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05/18/23
Take It from HereLast Edited: 28-Mar-2007
This document is a reformatting of Martin Hood’s web document accompanying the GBCC Revision A distribution. An online copy of the source web document can be found at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~martinhood/TIFH-index.htm Sources used to compile that document are noted within it, with particular gratitude to Mark McKay.
Cast:JE = Jimmy EdwardsDB = Dick BentleyJN = Joy NichollsJW = June Whitfield
With:CW = Clarence Wright WB = Wilfrid BabbageWE = Wallas Eaton
HM = Herbert Mostyn (Muir/Norden)Guests:
Announcers: AD = Alan Dean, DD = David Dunhill, Brian Matthew = BM, AW = Adrian Waller, JH = John Hobday, DS = Douglas SmithWriters: FM = Frank Muir, DN = Denis Norden, EM = Eric Merriman, BT = Barry Took
Music: The Keynotes, the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra /Frank Cantrell/Robert Buzby/Paul Fenoulhet/Harry Rabinowitz/Peter Achester(?)/Malcolm Lothgar, AC = Alma Cogan, CS = Charles Shadwell and His Orchestra, Frank Cantrell/Bristol Variety Orchestra, SP = Sid Phillips and his band, PD = Polka Dots, TE = Toni Eden, PGS = Pa Glum Songbook
Producers: CM = Charles Maxwell, CC = Charles Chilton
Date Episode
Number
Episode Details Cast JL (editor) Location
(MH)
S
23-Mar-1948
#1S01e01
Producer cancels show– Lullaby of Broadway – Jimmy’s play -- You’re the Prettiest Thing – Jim: written play and acting roles / “Trial of Madame Z”
M
30-Mar-1948
#2s01e02
Introducing comedy and a name – Easter Parade – Dick and Joy read a romantic script – Experience – Jim: life in Africa / “White Congo”
M
06-Apr-1948
#3s01e03
Jim and Dick practice name dropping – Ballin’ the Jack – Dick wants to do drama – Yah-ta-ta – Jim: film productions / “It always rains on my Seventh Upturned Executioner”
M
13-Apr-1948
#4s01e04
Jim And Dick are looking for digs – Side by side – Alan Dean offers accommodation – Why Shouldn’t It Happen To Us? – Jim: interrupted / “Matinee on the Bounty”
M
20-Apr-1948
#5s01e05
Locked in by the landlady – Missouri Waltz – Dick wants to marry Jo(y) – Will it ever really be like this? – “Low Geste”
M
27-Apr-1948
#6s01e06
Inviting BBC producer to renew the contract – I Don’t Know Why – Dick’s party plan – Mrs. Losborough-Goodby Daily Echo correspondent interviews Jim / “Stooge Coach”
M
04-May-1948
#7s01e07
Party preparations – – – The Song’s Gotta Come from the Heart – Alan wants a part in the play / “The Wimpoles of Barrett Street“
M
11-May-1948
#8s01e08
Party cleanup / Chance of writing for a magazine – Bye Bye Blackbird – Jim, editor of ITFH magazine? – The Crow and the Blackbird – Jim: France / “The Three Muskeeteers”
M
18-May-1948
#9s01e09
A musical evening – Let’s Do It – quiz questions for Alan Dean – Jim: India / “The Search for Four Feathers or the Lives of a Windmill Dancer”
M
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25-May-1948
#10s01e10
Publicity Photo of Dick – Carolina in the Morning – Dick sells clothes – I Love a Mystery – “The Big House or Up the River without a Paddle”
M
01-Jun-1948
#11s01e11
Payment by laughter scale – Miss Annabel Lee – Keynotes whip-round to Dick – Big Brass Band From Brazil – Jim: Frankenstein / “The Ghoul and Boris show”
M
08-Jun-1948
#12s01e12
Snitzelpuff powder – The Knick Knack Song – mousetraps – It’s a Quiet Town – Jim: boxing / “He Knocked the Odd Man Out or You Always Hurt the One you Glove”
M
15-Jun-1948
#13s01e13
TIFH Music Festival – You’re in Kentucky sure as you’re born – singing for the Music Festival – His Rocking Horse Ran Away – Jim: education / “Goodbye Mr. Chips or We’ll Meet a Cane”
M
22-Jun-1948
#14s01e14
Milk Train to Cowes – The Froggie and the Catfish – Addressing a child – Pardon Me Pretty Baby – kiddies’ week
M
29-Jun-1948
#15s01e15
Buffalo Bentley rides again – Bread and Butter Woman – Forever Amber – Wrap your Troubles in Dreams – The London Chronicle
M
06-Jul-1948
#16s01e16
Trouble at the Mill or Loom504 – Dance Ballerina – holiday camp – I’ll never say never again – holiday seaside week
M
13-Jul-1948
#17s01e17
Crime does not pay but the hours are good – There ought to be a society – Eugene Interludes “Strange O’neill” – In the shade of the old apple tree – Chief of 3rd Programme is in the audience
M
20-Jul-1948
#18s01e18
Egg Bound or I think that I shall never see a film without Pyschiatry – woody Woodpecker – can’t read in bed – Peggy O’Neil – focus on Britain week
M
27-Jul-1948
#19s01e19
There’s no business like snow business – there’s no business like show business – Design of Bitter or Sweet Lives – Nebraska – the Olympics Welcome Committee
M
03-Aug-1948
#20s01e20
What’s cooking on the range? – Miss Johnson Phoned Again Today – rude picture machine – red, red robin – focus on Bank Holiday
M
10-Aug-1948
#21s01e21
21 Today (21st episode) / Focus of Parties – Tiptoe Through the Tulips – Harry Hickory: superstitions / Hot Dog opera – Be a Clown – Jim’s Program Notes: newspaper columnist – “Late Night Final”
JE, DB, JN, CWAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
30:00, 7034, m
good
TIFH A1
G
17-Aug-1948
#22s01e22
White Congo or If you go Zulu I’ll go Mosere, I’m gonna see a lot more of You – insurance policy – If I had a talking picture of you – Romance Week
M
24-Aug-1948
#23s01e23
Jim and Dick, Songwriters / Focus on Leisure – Ballin’ the Jack – Harry Hickory: meeting the milkman / Yes-No Quiz contestant / The Second Mrs. Fraser – Daddy Surprise Me – Jim’s Program Notes – “My Sister And I or There’s Nurse to Follow”
JE, DB, JN, CWAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:38, 6949, m
wow/fluttervery muffled,
poor
TIFH A1
R
31-Aug-1948
#24s01e24
Focus on Radio – Let’s Do It – Harry Hickory: can’t smoke in bed / Wallys’ working party – Music Master – If you knew Sansea or How Green is this corn
M
07-Sep-1948
#25s01e25
Focus on Entertainment – Let’s Do It – Harry hickory: giving up braces in favour of a belt / Hamlet in Hollywood – Sipping Cyder by the Zyder Zee – No Room at the White Horse Inn
M
14-Sep-1948
#26s01e26
Gardening / Focus on Careers – I’m Sitting on top of the world – Harry Hickory: marriage advice bureau – The Dicky Bird Song – Boobs on Broadway
M
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21-Sep--1948
#27s01e27
Late night Start / Focus on nightlife – Put your arms around me honey – Harry Hickory: football pools / playwriting competition – Cuanto le Gusta – Debenture Unlimited
M
28-Sep-1948
#28s01e28
Radio Times’ 25th anniversary / Focus on Better Listening – I’d love to live in Loveland – Harry Hickory: spychology – Betty Blue – TIFH with Father
M
05-Oct-1948
#29s01e29
Last programme / Preparation for playing the Albert Hall – Crazy Rhythm – Harry Hickory : milkman and wife / forming vocal quartet – Le Mariposa? – The Best Years of our TIFH
M
28-Dec--1948
#30s02e01
Competition from other shows / Jim’s protégé, Wal / Alan Dean wants to be an actor – Ain’t She sweet – Holiday Hiccup – Yes-No Samba – Once aboard the lugger or Man the TIFH Boats
M
04-Jan-1949
#31s01e02
New Year’s resolutions – The Lady from 29 Palms – Scrapheap for 1948 – A Little Bird – On a Highland with you or Sporran Affair
M
11-Jan-1949
#32s02e03
The listener research form / Wal: Ted Applewell – The Object of My Affection – Facts on Listener Research / Dick Barton Special Agent for Children – Put Your Shoes On Lucy – “The Bentley Boy or It’s That Rattigan”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
22:54, 5368, m
poor, variable
sound, songs omitted
TIFH A1
Y
18-Jan-1949
#33s02e04
Jim’s Letter of Proposal / Wal: Mabel Bucket – Every Little While – Facts on Country Life – The Maharajah of Magador – Catchphrases / Jim: entertaining a party of opticians / “You’re The Crime In My Café or They Made Me a Milkshake”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
28:00, 6564, m
fair
TIFH A1
Y
25-Jan-1949
#34s02e05
Willoughby’s Wonderful Whiffs advertising deal / Wal: Jim’s schooldays – Little Girl – Facts on Advertising – The Pussy Cat Song – Jim: Restoration comedy / “Forever Edwards or Amber ‘Neath the Urges”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
28:33, 6695, m
fair
TIFH A1
G
01-Feb-1949
#35s02e06
Moustache Insurance / Wal: Florrie Shuttle – Takin’ Miss Mary to the Ball – Facts on Education / The Bronte Story – The 5:45 – Jim: trip to France / “Sir Percy Bentley or The Scarlet Pimple”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:18, 6869, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
08-Feb-1949
#36s02e07
Dick’s got a flat / Wal: Gertrude Slobber – We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye – Facts on the press / Home life of Dick Barton – Hang on the Bell Nellie – How Red was my River or Driving the Herd to Texas
M
15-Feb-1949
#37s02e08
Joy’s clothes – Ukulele Lady – Facts on Sport – A Man Could Be a Wonderful Thing – The Goony Pig or Zombie and Son
M
22-Feb-1949
#38s02e09
-- Mañana – -- Me and Johnny – Much Binding in Morocco or Bentley le Boko
M
01-Mar-1949
#39s02e10
-- Walking My Baby Back Home – -- Put Him in a Box and Tie Him up with Ribbon – Boy Meets Earl or Little Lord Bentleyboy
M
08-Mar-1949
#40s02e11
-- You, you’re Driving Me Crazy – -- The Crystal Gazer – Lumbago Comes to Tarzan
M
15-Mar-1949
#41s02e12
-- Three Little Words – -- You Was – Obnoxious
M
22-Mar-1949
#42s02e13
(From Portsmouth)Joy Is Missing / Wal: Agatha Dewdrop – Crazy Rhythm – Focus on Recruiting – Sunflower – Jim: sea travel / “Desert Island Risks or The Navy Blue Lagoon”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, CSFM/DN
CM
22:54, 6869, m
fair, musical numbers missing,
some dropouts
TIFH A1
G
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S
29-Mar-1949
#43s02e14
-- I’ve Told Every Little Star – – Lavender Blue – A Song to Forget or Only Ten More Chopin Days to Easter
M
05-Apr-1949
#44s02e15
-- Have You Ever Been Lonely? – – Somebody’s Lying – The Healing TIFH or Forceps Deliveries
M
12-Mar-1949
#45s02e16
-- Easter Parade – – My Mother’s Wedding day – Lousy Come Home or My Dogs Are Killing Me
M
19-Apr-1949
#46s02e17
Plump Jim / Wal: Miriam Gutter – In the Park in Paree – Facts On Bank Holidays – Hold Me Just a Little Closer Dear – Jim: Dick’s bullfighting in Spain / “Forever Caramba or Siesta Parade”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:42, 6869, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
26-Apr-1949
#47s02e18
Female Boxing / Wal: Eileen Leprechaun – The Keeper – Facts On Fashion / Dick Barton, well dressed agent – The Apple Song – Jim: trip to Russia / “The Way To The Czars or Strictly Off the Russian”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
28:34, 6869, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
03-May-1949
#48s02e19
Guest artist idea / Wal: Gertie Snitch – Down by the Station – Facts on Popular Music – Alphabet Song – Jim: literary background / “Utility Crêpe or All That Glitters Is Nat Gould”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
27:35, 6869, m
good
TIFH A1
G
10-May-1949
#49s02e20
Dick’s Birthday Next Saturday / Wal: Ariadne Garbage – Remember Me? -- Facts on the British Industries Fair – The Wedding of Lili Marlene – Jim: history / “Another Part Of The Forest or The Corny Green”
JE, DB, JN, WEAD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
28:37, 6869, m
good
TIFH A1
G
17-May-1949
#50s02e21
-- Tip-toes Through the Tulips – – There’s Nothing to Do in Sleepyville – A Far Distant Shaw or Corn in Egypt
M
24-May-1949
#51s02e22
-- My Heart Stood Still – – Candy Kisses – Tiptoe Thro' The Juleps or That's What I Loathe About The South
M
31-May-1949
#52s02e23
-- Japanese Sandman – – Argentine Story – Frankenstein Junior or Return of the Tin Man
M
07-Jun-1949
#53s02e24
-- What Can I Say Dear After I’ve Said I’m Sorry – – I Do I Do I Do – Circus Playhouse or Rings Under your Eyes
M
14-Jun-1949
#54s02e25
-- Rhythm of the Rain – – Rainy Day in Paris -- Pest Pilot or Let's Get High
M
21-Jun-1949
#55s02e26
-- Rolling Round the World – – The Bullfrog – Trilby or Hatter’s Parcel
M
28-Jun-1949
#56s02e27
-- Just One of Those Things – – Busy Doing Nothing – Eggo-Bound or I Think I Shall Never See a Film without Psychiatry
M
11-Oct-1949
#57s03e01
Moving into dressing rooms for the New Season – Kiss Me Sweet – Mirror of the Week: Think Yourself Out of This – My One and Only Highland Fling -- Jim: old Vienna / “Strauss In Your Hair or Goodnight Buchanan”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
28:06, 6869, m
good
TIFH A1
G
18-Oct-1949
#58s03e02
Joy’s New Flat – Confidentially – Mirror of the Week: Glossary Of Economic Terms – Wedding Day – Jim: boxing films / “Sixty Seconds Got Together or Till The Clouts Roll By”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
27:54, 6869, m
fair, unplayable on Thomson or WinAmp
TIFH A1
G
25-Oct-1949
#59s03s03
Dick is in bed with a temperature – Hopscotch Polka – Mirror of the Week: United Nations – La Seine – Jim: Rider Haggard / “Africa Squeaks or Ayesha, That’s My Baby”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
25:08, 6869, m
fair/poor
TIFH A1
Y
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S
01-Nov-1949
#60s03s04
Dick & Jim fight a duel – That’s My Weakness Now – Mirror of the Week: Guy Fawkes Day – Leprechaun Lullaby – Jim: When Britain Stood Alone / “Mrs. Vinegar Rides Again or Family Shower”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:25, 6869, m
fair
TIFH A1
Y
08-Nov-1949
#61 s03e05
– Winter Wonderland – -- – Top Of The Morning – “Did Your Mother Come From Oiland or The Gusher Girl”
M
15-Nov-1949
#62 s03e06
– Dreamer’s Holiday – -- – “Hail, Smiling Maugham or the Goon And Sixpence”
M
22-Nov-1949
#63 s03e07
– Snowy White Snowy – -- – “I’m Just Wild About Haroun or Sorry, Turkish Only”
M
29-Nov-1949
#64 s03e08
– The Girl In The Green Hat – – It’s What You Do With What You Got – “Discoveries Of 1492 or Now, Now, Voyager!”
M
06-Dec-1949
#65 s03e09
– The Teddy Bears’ Picnic – – Dick: Kathleen (words by Muir & Norden; Joy not singing due to a bad cold) – “The Browning Version or From Bard To Verse”
M
13-Dec-1949
#66 s03e10
– The Cab – – Scottish Samba – “When My Baby Swears At Me or She’s A Real Trouper”
M
20-Dec-1949
#67 s03e11
– Miss Annabell Lee – – The Merry Christmas Polka – “Stooge or Good Old Marley”
M
27-Dec-1949
#68 s03e12
– Three Little Words – – Dear Hearts And GentlePeople – “Low Jest or Under Two Gags”
M
03-Jan-1950
#69s03e13
Dress shop -- – New year resolutions – I Wanna Be A Cowboy In The Movies – “Crime On My Hands or Gendarme Thing After Another”
M
10-Jan-1950
#70s03e14
– Railway Song – – Why Not Now? – “Russian Boots or The Red Shoes”
M
17-Jan-1950
#71s03e15
– The Wedding Of The Painted Doll – – Canadian Capers – “Love In A Cold Climate or An Icicle Made For Two”
M
24-Jan-1950
#72s03e16
– Let’s Call The WholeThing Off – – Don’t Ever Marry For Money – “Bentley Takes The Count or Me And My Chateau”
M
31-Jan-1950
#73s03e17
Jim’s conjuring show – Grandfather’s Clock – Mirror of the Week: childrens’ shows / national film awards – My Friend Irma – Jim: “Chilblains’ Hour or From Bed To Nurse”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:12, 6869, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
7-Feb-1950
#74s03e18
Babysitting David Dunhill’s son – Policemen’s Holiday – Mirror of the Week: RAF dining – Joy & Dick: Didn’t We – Jim: King Arthur / “Nights At The Pin Table or No Tilting”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:25, 6869, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
14-Feb-1950
#75s03e19
– – -- It’s Nice To Have A Man About The House – “The Wearing Of The Green or Did Your Muffler Come From Ireland”
M
24-Jan-1950
#76s03e20
– We’re A Couple Of Swells – -- Photographer And TheStenographer -- Mind Over Mata or What’s Your Hari?
M
28-Feb-1950
#77s03e21
Jim’s slimming campaign -- Six Times A Week And Twice On Sundays -- Mirror of the Week: launderers contest / Ernie Get Your Gun – Music, Music, Music with Jim on euphonium & Dick on fiddle -- Jim: Queen Elizabeth / “My Friend Elizabeth or Lizzie Come Home”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
28:55, 6869, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
07-Mar-1950
#78s03e22
Dick’s greyhound – And All Because You Kissed Me Goodnight – Mirror of the Week: Lessons on Love, Courtship and Marriage – Quicksilver – Jim: Australia / “Ten Little Diggers or Starlight Shower”
JE, DB, JN, WEDD
KN, BBC/FCFM/DN
CM
29:01, 6869, m
fair
TIFH A1
G
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14-Mar-1950
#79s03e23
– Ain’t She Sweet -- Hat’s On The Side Of My Head – Cherry Stones – King’s Raspberry or Le Roi’s A Laugh
M
21-Mar-1950
#80s03e24
– Sweet Hortense – – I’d ’ve Baked A Cake – Song Of India or Little Delhi Daydream
M
28-Mar-1950
#81s03e25
– Whistling Rufus – – C’est Si Bon -- Six Crimes A Week And Vice On Sundays
M
04-Apr-1950
#82s03e26
– I’ve Got Spurs That Jingle-Jangle-Jingle – – But Me, I Love You -- The Ideal Holmes Exposition or Watson In London
M
11-Apr-1950
#83s03e27
– The Keeper – – Enjoy Yourself -- Quarter Latin or There’s But One Place For Me, Nero
M
18-Apr-1950
#84s03e28
– Chooin’ Gum -- Old Piano Roll Blues – – R.L.S. More or Less or Two Men, One Wrong (Jekyll & Hyde parody)
M
25-Apr-1950
#85s03e29
– The Trek Song And Sarie Marie – – Hey Neighbour – F.A. Didn’t Care or I Get A Kick Out Of You
M
02-May-1950
#86s03e30
– Oh You Sweet One – Clementine -- Lock, Stock And Barrel -- If I Can Scalp Somebody As I Go Along or The Lost Wig-end
M
09-May-1950
#87s03e31
– Frere Jacque – – Joy & Dick: Drearie – Government Filter or State Cigarette
M
16-May-1950
#88s03e32
– Tiddley Winkie Woo – – Way Back Home – The Hollywood Story or Flimsy Lot
M
23-May-1950
#89s03e33
– – – Wheels On The Waggo -- Wreckers’ Rendezvous or Smuggle Up A Little Closer
M
30-May-1950
#90s03e34
– Let’s Do It – – Chug-A-Lugg -- A Far Distant Shaw or Corn In Egypt
M
24-Oct-1950
#91s04e01
On the train from Blackpool – Strawberry Fair – Jim’s tour of the BBC Research college / Old Wal: Jim’s mum wants grandchildren – You Can’t Do Wrong Doing Right – Soil Erosion
JE, DB, JN, WE, HMDD
KN, BBC/RBFM/DN
CM
28:55, 6780, m
good, some encoding
errors
TIFH A1
G
31-Oct-1950
#92s04e02
Dick applies for the job of senior lecturer at BBC Research college / Old Wal: Maggie Ellis – Kerry Dances -- Jim introduces new staff members Joy & Richard / Sensational Radio Times headlines / Recordings of human voices by Mr. Cyril Fish -- The Style To Which I’mAccustomed – Juvenile Delinquency
JE, DB, JN, WE, HMDD
KN, BBC/RBFM/DN
CM
27:52, 6533, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
05-Nov-1950
#93s04e03
Jim & Joy: I’m Bashful -- Tzena Tzena (plus other songs) – – – The Gypsy Dream Girl (musical of Oedipus Rex) (2 part)
M
12-Nov-1950
#94s04e04
– Alouette – – My Christmas Wish / Life Is So Peculiar /Housing -- The Ti Konki Expedition
M
19-Nov-1950
#95s04e05
– Early One Morning – – –
M
26-Nov-1950
#96s04e06
Dick found snogging in broomcloset with Miss Maud OnceOverLightly – John Peel – Old Wal: Arfer ’Alliwell’sbaby mix-up / College library of human effects / Top of the Form school quiz – Joy & Dick: You Wonderful You – Now It Can Be Sold
M
03-Dec-1950
#97s04e07
– Flying Saucer – Operatic weather forecast – Red Silken Stockings – Drinking
M
10-Dec-1950
#98s04e08
– Twelve Days of Christmas – Teasin’ – Roland Butter, Poet
M
17-Dec-1950
#99s04e09
– Just The Way You Are – – Blue For A Boy -- Tom Brown’s Schooldays
M
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24-Dec-1950
#100s04e10
– Dry Bones -- Dick & Jim: The Moon Hath Raised – Looks Like A Cold Winter – A Fairy Tale
M
31-Dec-1950
#101s04e11
– Gimme Crack Corn -- Dick & Jim: The Thing -- Lily of Laguna -- Gambling
M
07-Jan-1951
#102a04e12
– Petite Waltz – – Speak A Word Of Love – Pardon My Rigor Mortis
M
14-Jan-1951
#103s04e13
Engagement between Dick & Maud is off — love letter found -- One, Two, Three A-Lairah -- Old Wal: moves to tear down The Buildings / Anthology of bores / Dick Barton in retirement -- Raise Your Voices -- The First Half-Century or Dearie, You’re So Much Older Than I
M
21-Jan-1951
#104s04e14
Dick the woman hater; Dick phones Maud’s house – Pigale -- Old Wal: save The Buildings campaign / Anthology of bores / Parent entering son in his old School -- A Bluebird Singing In My Heart – The Ascent Of Widow’s Peak
M
28-Jan-1951
#105s04e15
(Joy indisposed, replaced by Avril Angers) MeetingAvril -- She Wore A Little Jacket Of Blue -- Stenchley Players’ production for the Festival / Dick & Avril: Get Out Those Old Records – – Sam Wilfred, Big BusinessIndustrialist
M
4-Feb-1951
#106s04e16
– Can I Canoe You Up The River? -- Festival play in action -- Joy & Dick: Take A Letter, Miss Smith – Life Story Of Dai Brown, Flautist
M
11-Feb-1951
#107s04e17
– Courtin’ In The Kitchen – – I Do Do Do Do Like You – Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
M
18-Feb-1951
#108s04e18
– Stumbling – – Tipperary Samba – The Sheikh (Desert Madness
M
25-Feb-1951
#109s04e19
– A Penny A Kiss – – Joy & Dick: Clickety Clack -- King Solomon’s Mines
M
04-Mar-1951
#110s04e20
– Ain’t Gonna Grieve – – Always True To You In My Fashion – True Lives Magazine Story
M
11-Mar-1951
#111s04e21
– Give Me The Moonlight – – Sentimental Music – Lady Godiva
M
18-Mar-1951
#112s04e22
– Da-Dim, Da-Dom – Lady Barbara’s Secret as light comedy -- Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom – Richard The Lion Hearted!
M
25-Mar-1951
#113s04e23
– Mockin’ Bird Hill – – Transatlantic Lullaby -- Moonbound
M
01-Apr-1951
#114s04e24
– KeMinikins, Manikins, Mitzy Moo – – Joy & Dick: How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? -- Boswell’s London Journal
M
08-Apr-1951
#115s04e25
– Sarrow On The Treetop -- Television in the home -- Girls Were Made To Take Care Of -- Census Day
M
15-Apr-1951
#116s04e26
– Aba Daba Honeymoon -- Cards in the home (Canasta) -- Dick & Jim: Smile When You Laugh -- Construction Boss — Feats of Modern Engineering
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22-Apr-1951
#117s04e27
– Rose, Rose, I Love You – Library of human effects / On desert island -- Love Means Love – BBC Backstage Story
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29-Apr-1951
#118s04e28
– Destiny – The Festival of Britain 2051 -- London By Night – Dracula
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06-May-1951
#119s04e29
– Wimmin! – – Joy: I’m In Love With You – Ruffles, The Gentleman Cracksman
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13-May-1951
#120s04e30
– Ball Of Kirriemuir – – I Like It -- Politically correct Cowboys & Indians
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20-May-1951
#121s04e31
– Sweet Jennie Lee -- Operatic weather forecast -- Joy, Dick & Jim: The Unbirthday Song -- My Friend Elizabeth or Lizzie Come Home
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04-Dec-1951
#122s05e01
– Just One Of ThoseThings – – Joy & Keynotes: I’ve Never Been Loved -- The London Telephone Directory
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11-Dec-1951
#123s05e02
– Christmas Chopsticks – – Joy & Keynotes: I’d Rather BeMe -- Enrico Cupacoco, Tenor
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18-Dec-1951
#124s05e03
-- You -- Froggie And The Catfish -- Guns Along The Serpentine or Empty Paddles On The Old Canal
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25-Dec-1951
#125s05e04
-- Twelve Days Of Christmas – – Old Soft Shoe -- Scrooge Mark Five or The Ghost Knows Best
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01-Jan-1952
#126s05e05
– At Sundown – – Little White Cloud That Cried – Orchestra Husbands or The Sax Rears Its Ugly Head
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08-Jan-1952
#127s05e06
– The Trolley Song – – There’s Always Room At Our House – Shakespeare Sings Again or Babes On Stratford Broadway
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15-Jan-1952
#128s05e07
– Skip To My Lou -- Old Wal: efficiency drive at British Counsel / David Dunhill’s photograph of Daphne / Interview with headmaster of Cransby College progressive school – When The World Was Young -- Captain Horatio Lawnmower R.N. or The Trafalgar Square
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22-Jan-1952
#129s05e08
– Down Yonder – – Cowboy Square Dance -- Night Train To West Hartlepool or What’s My Line?
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29-Jan-1952
#130s05e09
Presenting Joy’s farewell gifts -- Varsity Drag – Old Wal: Rudolph/ David Dunhill pining over Daphne / Prison scene from opera Cosy Fanny Tutt without music -- Speak A Word Of Love -- No Better Than She Should Be or The T-t-t Girl
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05-Feb-1952
#131s05e10
– Glory Of Love – – Dick & Sally & Keynotes: I Wanna Go Home -- Fanny And The King Of Salaam or The Rangoon Show
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19-Feb-1952
#132s05e11
– Saturday Rag – – Dick & Jim: Play Me A Hurtin’ Tune –What Mr. Butler Saw or A Tax Is The Best Form Of Defence
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26-Feb-1952
#133s05e12
– The Lady Is A Tramp – – Dick & Sally: We Never Talk Much – The Radio Times Story or Those Names Make Noise
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04-Mar-1952
#134s05e13
– Stay Out Of The South – – Dick: It All Depends On You – And So To Beard or The Greatest Shower On Earth
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11-Mar-1952
#135s05e14
– Anything Goes – – Dick: Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey -- Behind The Big House or The Little Hut
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18-Mar-1952
#136s05e15
– I Don’t Care – – Dick & Sally: Tell Me You Love Me – Underneath The Archers or The Lincoln Handicap
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25-Mar-1952
#137s05e16
– True Loves And False Lovers – – Dick: Miss Annabelle Lee -- The Trial Of Agnes Dugan or He Was Her Man, But She Burnt His Kipper
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01-Apr-1952
#138s05e17
– North Carolina – – Jim: Love In Bloom -- My Art And I or What Have You Got, Toulouse?
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08-Apr-1952
#139s05e18
– Around The Corner – – Dick: Young And Healthy -- The Fighting Forty Fourth or They Died With Their Baths Clean
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15-Apr-1952
#140s05e19
-- You’re Just In Love – – Look Out For Mr. Stork -- Dead Wood Dick or You Have Been Lumbered
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22-Apr-1952
#141s05e20
Dick’s flower in button hole & passion for gardening -- He Had To Get Under -- Old Wal: scouts bob-a-job week / TIFE’s newsletter: David Dunhill’s jokes / Village beauty queen election committee -- Sweetheart Serenade -- The African Jack or What’s Sauce For The Goose Is SauceFor Uganda
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29-Apr-1952
#142s05e21
– Gandy Dancers Ball – – Make ’Em Laugh -- Big Cars I Love You or A-Round The Corner <honk> <honk>
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06-May-1952
#143s05e22
– Pawnshop On The Corner – – Joy & Dick: Singin’ In The Rain -- Viva Cascara or You Too Can Be The Life Of Zapata
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13-May-1952
#144s05e23
– When I Take My Sugar To Tea – – Dance Me Loose -- The Five Finger Exercise or How Green Was My Valet
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20-May-1952
#145s05e24
-- You Brought A New Kind Of Love – – Joy & Dick: Moonlight Bay -- Till The Clots Roll By or The Darned Old Piers Show
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27-May-1952
#146s05e25
– The Boom Song – – Lullaby For Johnny -- Odd Man In or The Wicket Lady
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03-Jun-1952
#147s05e26
End of the series: holidays discussion / Old Wal: Rudolph – Gently, Johnny – David Dunhill’s Russian speedcop joke / Tom Brown’s Schooldays or We’ll Meet A Can -- Piana Anna – Lady Godiva
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05-Jan-1953
#148s06e01
– Pot Luck – – – Twelve And Six Highgate or The Angel, One And Five
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12-Jan-1953
#149s06e02
– Bone Dry – – Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo -- Desire Under The Milk Marketing Board or Not Now Brown Cow
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19-Jan-1953
#150s06e03
– Johnny Goggabee – – Dick: You Make Me Feel So Young -- The Unfurnished Symphony or Lousy Housey
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26-Jan-1953
#151s06e04
– Love Of My Life – – Dick: Cecelia -- Rudolf Raisindial or Current Release
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02-Feb-1953
#152s06e05
– If You Knew Susie – – Dick: Ain’t We Got Fun -- Good Old Chalet or The Wooden Horse
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09-Feb-1953
#153s06e06
Jim to adopt Dick for income tax fiddle -- Barrels ’n Barrels Of Roses -- Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / David Dunhill’s amateur dramatics / Children’s cinema club – Inchworm -- The Three Hot Sausages or Buchan’s Cold Spell
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16-Feb-1953
#154s06e07
– Making Whoopee – – Hippopotamus Song (Flanders & Swann) – Yo-Ho-Ho And A Bottle Of Bay-Rum or More Males To The Galleon
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23-Feb-1953
#155s06e08
– Side By Side – – I Talk To The Trees -- Wake Up On The Bach There or Nymphs And Shepherds Stay WhereYou Are
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02-Mar-1953
#156s06e09
Joy & Dick feel that Jim’s fiancée, Sandra Palfrey, is not suitable -- Doggie In The Window – Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / Ideal home life – Dick: What A Beautiful Waste Of Time -- Low Noon or When Two Gun McGinty Met Two Gun Lou It Was A Four-Gun Conclusion
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09-Mar-1953
#157s06e10
(Joy indisposed, replaced by Pearl Carr) – Downhearted – – Dick & Pearl: I’ll Buy That Dream -- Love Is A Dancing Thing or Let’s Spit This One Out
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16-Mar-1953
#158s06e11
– Hot Dog Rag – – I’m Gonna Ring The Bell Tonight -- Poor Little Rich Boy or Little Sir Ego
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23-Mar-1953
#159s06e12
Personal column: Jim’s fiancée, Sandra Palfrey, to replace Dick in TIFE -- That Lucky Old Sun -- Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / Dido & Achilles – Pretend -- Pride And Orange Juice or Pip Emma
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30-Mar-1953
#160s06e13
– Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie – – Tell Me You’re Mine -- The Breath Of A Nation or Take It From (breath) Hurr
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06-Apr-1953
#161s06e14
– Oh Happy Day – – Joy & Dick: That’s The Way To Write A Love Song -- From Non-Stop Nudes To The BBC or The Naked And The Dead (the Edwards biography)
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13-Apr-1953
#162s06e15
– Pardon Me Pretty Baby – Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / The driving test -- Joy, Dick & Jimmy: Little Red Monkey -- Punch And Yehudi or May The Better Menuhin
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20-Apr-1953
#163s06e16
What your stars predict: Dick’s prediction for the future – Bottle Me Up – Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / The annual argument about summer time clock adjustments -- If I Had A Penny – Outside of Helen or A Note Of Troy-Oomph
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27-Apr-1953
#164s06e17
– Seven Lonely Days – – Haven’t A Worry -- Svengali or Du Maurier The Merrier
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04-May-1953
#165s06e18
Sale by auction: Dick’s stamp collection -- Birth Of The Blues -- Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / Quiz prize of a BBC announcer -- Joy & Jim: Tell Me A Story -- Of Martian Men or Here’s A Thing!
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11-May-1953
#166s06e19
– That’s What Makes Paris Paree -- – Changing Of The Guard -- Turn The Street Corner Softly or The Leeds Police Dismisseth Us
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18-May-1953
#167s06e20
Radio gossip column: Dick is to change his style -- Tell Us Where The Good Times Are -- Old Wal, Coronation tour guide / Film clichés – Lovely Weather For Ducks -- Hup The Working Classes! or Note A New Strike
JE, DB, JN, WE, HMDD
KN, BBC/PFFM/DN
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29:45, 6974, m
poor, hiss, interference
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25-May-1953
#168s06e21
– Celebration Rag – – I Do, I Do, I Do -- The Legend Of The Willow Pattern Plate or Chinese Junk
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01-Jun-1953
#169s06e22
– A Bushel And A Peck – – Joy: Hello Sunshine -- The Happiest Days Of Our TIFH or This Slap Happy Breed
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08-Jun-1953
#170s06e23
– April In Portugal – – Joy: Till They’ve All Gone Home – Gwynn And Bear It or The Little Rude Monarchy
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15-Jun-1953
#171s06e24
(from HMS Indefatigable at the Spithead review) Naval welcome -- Rock And Roll -- Old Wal / Interview recorded with petty officer, rating and Wren officer -- The Fleet’s In Port Again -- The Cruel BBC or Indigestible Will Turn Into Wind
JE, DB, JN, WE, HMDD
KN, BBC/PFFM/DN
CM
30:09, 7069, m
poor
TIFH A1
Y
22-Jun-1953
#172s06e25
– I Know That You Know – – Say Si Si -- Costume Piece or Has Anybody Here Seen Calais
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29-Jun-1953
#173s06e26
– Just One Of Those Things -- The African Jack or What’s Sauce For The Goose Is Sauce For Uganda / Farewell to Joy -- G’bye Now -- The Darned Old Piers Show or If Wet, In The Beach Pavilion
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12-Nov-1953
#174s07e01
New Series Changes – Isn’t Life Wonderful – Glums: Eth Is Introduced – Ricochet – Cinema ice cream girl, corset adverts, Radio Times / Home Service & Light Programme Versions Of A Play – What A Perfect Combination – Pygmalion
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:47, 6045, m
fair, low volume
TIFH A1
Y
19-Nov-1953
#175s07e02
The Two Girls -- If I Had A Golden Umbrella – Licorice allsorts, pin table arcades, cinema trailers / Trailer That Speaks The Truth For Empress Of The Undergrowth – Patty Whack – Glums: The Maisonette – A Little Kiss Goodnight – National Gallery / Mona Lisa
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:11, 6137, m
fair, low volume
TIFH A1
Y
26-Nov-1953
#176s07e03
The Girls’ Complaints – Mr. Taptoe – Chocolate hard & soft centres, shows for boys in uniform / Convicts’ All Star Bill presented by Ted Razor – – Glums: Does Modern Interior Decoration... – Where Are You Gonna Be When The – Broadcasting House searches / The Hooded Terror & Dick Barton
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03-Dec-1953
#177s07e04
Distinguishing Between The Girls – Little Fir Tree – Noiseless breakfast cereals, malted drinks / Professional Quiz-Enterer – Istanbul – Glums: Budgets – Lucky Us -- Skate instead of cod / Trawler Fishing
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10-Dec-1953
#178s07e05
Christmas Card Verses -- Little Girl From Little Rock -- London telephone directories, hotel bills / Common Cold Research Centre – I Know An Old Lady – Glums: Wedding Guest List – Thank You – Newspaper competition / Rocketship To The Moon
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17-Dec-1953
#179s07e06
Christmas Presents: Cigarette Lighters – The Moon Is Blue – Stain remover, girls at London revues / Influence Of Pictures On Cinema Staff: From Here To Eternity, Joan Crawford Picture, Julius Caesar – Kiss And Cuddle Polka – Glums: Ron’s Lesson In Tact – Nothing To Do – Wife would like a novel from library / The Country
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24-Dec-1953
#180s07e07
Christmas Drinks – This Is A Very Special Day – Silly season – The Keeper – Glums: Christmas Sardines – Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love – Fairy stories / Jim’s Fairy Story: The Woodchopper & The Princess
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31-Dec-1953
#181s07e08
Dick’s Pipe – That’s Amore – Telephone boxes, cinema queues / Influence Of Pictures On Cinema Staff: Noel Coward films, POW Escape films, Esther Williams pictures – A Little Kiss – Glums: Eth Gets Her Engagement Ring – Begorrah –Dinner For One Please, James
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:22, 6182, m
good/fair, phasing
TIFH A1
G
07-Jan-1954
#182s07e09
Dick To Be Pathetic Like Norman Wisdom – Sittin’ In The Sun – Washing up basins, television / Television Operating Theatre – Kiss Me Again – Glums: Eth’s First Meal -- Makin’ Whoopee – Getting on with the Russians / Rasputin
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
30:39, 7185, m
good
TIFH A1
G
14-Jan-1954
#183s07e10
Dick To Present Prizes At A School Prize-Giving – A Purple Cow – Clean sheets, pajama jacket, inspector of taxes / Something For Nothing – Rosa Marie – Glums: Eth’s Pre-Wedding Anxiety – A Kiss And A Cuddle -- Expensive prices for club food / The Highwaymen
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21-Jan-1954
#184s07e11
Dick’s Biography – Tennessee Wig-Walk – Salted peanuts, wet paint, washing hands while train is standing at station / Hamlet Pantomime – Glums: Ron’s Moustache & Mr. Glum’s Photos – Coming Through The Rye – Do Something – Gaiety girls / The Breach Of Promise Case
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:40, 6486, m
good, hiss, interference
TIFH A1
G
28-Jan-1954
#185s07e12
Jim’s Income Tax Demand -- Man – Butter dishes, suitcases / Holiday Hour: Chapeau Sur La Bonce – The Jones Boy – Glums: The First Wedding Present – Would You Like To Take A Walk – The Sacred Scarab Of Salome
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4-Feb-1954
#186s07e13
Dick To Switch Over To Full-Time Singing – Pride Of The Nancy Lee – Public telephone system, small change / Telephone Call As In Films & Real Life: “Dr. Frobisher Is The Phantom Killer” [Frank is Dr. Frobisher] – Glums: Eth’s Cold – Tennessee Local – Did You Ever Get That Feeling In The Moonlight – The American Couple
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
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28:04, 7185, m
good/fair, some
clipping
TIFH A1
G
11-Feb-1954
#187s07e14
Jim To Cut Off His Moustache – Eh, Campari – Hot water bottles / BBC Auditions: Geoff Halibut, impressionist & Marghanita, little girl – Early One Morning – Glums: Will Ritualistic Taboos Succumb... – Pardon Me Pretty Baby – Doctor Chu Manfu
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18-Feb-1954
#188s07e15
Comedians Strike Threat -- Bell Bottom Blues – Boiled eggs / Flying Saucer Landing at Blackpool – Doctor, Lawyer & Indian Chief – Glums: Is Heredity More Important Eugenically Than... – Just Keep On Doin’ What You’re Doin’ – The old Tivoli up for sale / The Old Tivoli
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25-Feb-1954
#189s07e16
Dick Is Homesick For Australia – Flirtation Waltz – Packets of corn flour, bootlaces / Social Introductions As In Films & Real Life – Glums: The Wedding Dress – Till We Two Are One –You’re Getting To Be A Habit – Reading Plato / Shangri-La
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:32, 6457, m
good
TIFH A1
G
4-Mar-1954
#190s07e17
Jim To Stand For Parliament: Jimmunism (Part 1) – From The Vine Came The Grape – Spoonful of golden syrup, potato crisps / TIFE’s Radio Brochure: Switzerland – Solfeggio – Glums: Is It Better To Work At A Task... – Nevertheless – Pools / Stenchley United Football Team
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11-Mar-1954
#191s07e18
Jim To Stand For Parliament: Jimmunism (Part 2) – Make Love To Me -- Socks, underground railway / Post Office Advertising -- Glums: Ron Gets Sacked – My Arms, My Heart, My Love – My First Affair – The Return Of The First Husband
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
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27:39, 6481, m
good
TIFH A1
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18-Mar-1954
#192s07e19
Commercialism – Cornflakes Jones – Halfpenny stamps / The Critics With Ordinary People – Glums: Ron’s Jealousy – Loving Spree– Ten Little Miles From Town – History in schools / Henry VIII
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:37, 6475, m
good
TIFH A1
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25-Mar-1954
#193s07e20
Dick wants to hunt – Bimbo – Underground ticket clipper, swing doors, TV Programmes don’t finish on time / Riders Of The Range with hurry up & slow down signals –Glums: Ron Goes To Night School – Dime And A Dollar – That’s For Me – Cornish Smugglers
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:37, 6477, m
good
TIFH A1
G
1-Apr-1954
#194s07e21
Dick’s Photography Craze – Cross Over The Bridge – Shoe-laces, people standing up in cinemas / Blackmail As In Films & Real Life– Glums: The Pools – Somebody Bad Stole De Weddin’ Bell -- That’s What A Rainy Day Is For -- The stone age / Palaeolithic Man
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:40, 6486, m
good
TIFH A1
G
8-Apr-1954
#195s07e22
A Holiday In France? – Such A Night – Women: matches, stockings / Complaints About “Bison” Joke From Last Week’s Show – I Get So Lonely – Glums: Eth Knits A Pullover -- Tea For Two – The Tea Room Trio
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:32, 6456, m
good
TIFH A1
G
15-Apr-1954
#196s07e23
Flowers & Gardening – Said The Little Moment – Bathing costumes, ice-cream cornet / Russian Lyrics to Western Dance Songs – Friends And Neighbours – Glums: Ron isAquarius, Eth Capricorn – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – Holidays in Cornwall / Cornish Smuggling
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22-Apr-1954
#197s07e24
A Widow For Jim? – The Little Shoemaker – Mayonnaise bottles, women’s magazines, Under 20 Parade programs / Youth Debate Program– Glums: Honeymoon Plans – Jambo West Of Zanzibar – I Love The Way You Say Goodnight – Old Vienna / The Student Prince
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:44, 6503, m
good
TIFH A1
G
29-Apr-1954
#198s07e25
Plan For End Of Series Buffet For Cast – Chigin Chagin – Wine gums, X-certificate films / ‘Euclid’ film trailer – The Catwalk – Glums: Can One Avoid National Service By... – You’ve Done Something To My Heart – Spine chillers / The Mystery Of The Wax Museum
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06-May-1954
#199s07e26
Film Festival: Helen Of Troy – Just One Of Those Things – – That’s Entertainment – Glums: Does Love Fly Out... – – Jane Austen’s ‘Pride & Orange-Juice’
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09-Dec-1954
#200s08e01
Two Hundredth Programme Presentation – I Can’t Tell A Waltz From A Tango – Nigel Mayfair, right hand man to an international financier /Library Committee DiscussObjectionable Book Good Time Bertha – I Wish I Was Back In The Army – Ron & Eth Are Reunited – Back In The Old Routine – Beau Brummel
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16-Dec-1954
#201s08e02
Dick’s Commercial TV Offer – Teach Me Tonight – Smellorama / Department Store Santas – Muskrat Ramble – Faults -- I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love – American Cop Movie [script: Dick (Richard Lyon)]
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23-Dec-1954
#202s08e03
Christmas Present Exchange – Two Step, Side Step – The Picknicker’s new home perm set / The Office Christmas (Before And After) – The Old Ark’s A-Movering – Christmas – Two Sleepy People – American serviceman for Christmas / Court Martial Of Major Beamish
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
24:42, 5791, m
fair/poor, hiss, muffled, clipped, no end credits
TIFH A1
Y
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30-Dec-1954
#203s08e04
Seven Years of TIFH: Dick Names Jim As Beneficiary In His Will – Naughty Lady of Shady Lane – Tealess tea / Children’s Tea Party – Top Hat – New Year’s Eve – Could Be – Wildlife Africa Story
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:26, 6434, m
good/fair, some
encoding artifacts
TIFH A1
G
06-Jan-1955
#204s08e05
Dick Wants To Take Part In A Hunt (The Weighing Machine) – Mambo Italiano – Do it yourself / Cross-Word Drama – Sobbin’ Women – When Considering A Wedding Day… – How About You – Countryside Factory Folk
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13-Jan-1955
#205s08e06
Dr. Yaroslav: Inverted Contemplation – Much Too Much – Car hooters / Gems From Guildford And Surbiton – Frere Jacques – If A Lady Asks A Gentleman To Walk... – Make Yourself Comfortable – Swiss Family Robinson
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20-Jan-1955
#206s08e07
Jim’s Railway Tickets For The Cast – Paper Kisses – Artifacts / TIFE’s Guide To Bristol: Clifton Suspension Bridge – Charlie Is My Darling -- The Family Tiff – Our Love Affair – The Clifton Suspension Bridge
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BVO/FCFM/DN
CM
27:12, 6379, m
good/fair, some
encoding artifacts
TIFH A1
G
27-Jan-1955
#207s08e08
Dick Wants To Do More Shows Out Of London – It’s A Woman’s World – Hammer chewer / Verse Play By Food Merchant Firm Amateur Dramatic Society – Mobile -- Eth Phones Home – Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams – The Harley St. Surgeon
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:05, 6116, m
fair, hiss, volume
fluctuations
TIFH A1
G
03-Feb-1955
#208s08e09
Jim Is In Love With June – Smarter – Diamond tiara, helicopters / Scotland Yard Policemen’s Memoirs – Spring, Spring, Spring – Mrs. Glum’s Leg In Plaster – If You Get What You Want You Don’t... – Big Five memoirs, thrillers / The Mystery Of Maltravers Grange
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:02, 6336, m
fair, encoding artifacts
TIFH A1
G
10-Feb-1955
#209s08e10
Jim Wants To Take June To A Show – Ready, Willing And Able – Invitation to evening out / Private Confabs: Boxing, Two Doctors Conferring, Bus Conductor And Driver In Traffic Jam – Carolina In The Morning – Family Favourites – Palsy Walsy – BBC series on life at a public school / The New Headmistress
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:14, 6386, m
good/fair
TIFH A1
G
17-Feb-1955
#210s08e11
Jim’s Dinner With June – Right To Be Wrong – Wife’s wardrobe, beauty treatments / Sea Songs For Price-Conscious Housewives – And Her Mother Came Too – Mrs. Glum’s Welcome Back – ’Deed I Do – The Escaped Convict
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:28, 6207, m
good
TIFH A1
G
24-Feb-1955
#211s08e12
Dick’s Inferiority Complex About Being A Comedian -- Apples, Peaches And Cherries – Aunty Kitty’s / Private Confabs: Cricket Batsmen, Lord Mayor’s Speech, Beauty Competition Cup Presentation – Crazy Music – Ron Plans To Emigrate To Australia – The Year We Fell In Love – Tivoli Theatre / Hollywood
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
24:51, 5825, m
poor, tinny, muffled, no
credits
TIFH A1
R
03-Mar-1955
#212s08e13
Jim Needs A Chaperone To Escort June To His Farm – Tweedelly Dee – Greek opponent who invented a malted Night-time milk drink / Campaign For Truth In Radio: Fashion Parades, In Town Tonight interview with American singer – Under The Bridges Of Paris – Ron Leaves For Australia – Somebody Loves Me – Oratorios / Hiawatha
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:07, 5890, m
poor, interference,
encoding artifacts,
cross- talk
TIFH A1
Y
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10-Mar-1955
#213s08e14
Jim Practices To Serenade June With His Euphonium – If Anyone Finds This I Love You – Posh dinner party / Ideal Home Exhibition: Middle-Aged Couple At Kitchen Section – Kerry Dance – Ron Is In Trouble With The Police – Easy To Remember – Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
24:03, 5640, m
fair, hiss, muffled,
interference, no end credits
TIFH A1
Y
17-Mar-1955
#214s08e15
Jim Plans To Duel With David Dunhill Over June – It’s A Great Day For The Irish – Wal Foundation – How Important Can It Be – Ron On Probation – – Commercial aviation / B.O.A. Jim Air Charter Service
M
24-Mar-1955
#215s08e16
The New Suave Jim – That’s The Way Love Goes – Wife doesn’t want to be rich / ‘Jimmy Edwards Ltd’ Shareholders Meeting – Jennie Jenkins – Going to the Movies – Isn’t This A Lovely Day – Horror comics / The Probation Officer
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:45, 6036, m
fair, hiss, some
encoding artifacts,
cross-talk, no credits
TIFH A1
Y
31-Mar-1955
#216s08e17
Jim Has Taken June To Hear His Brass Band – I’m So Lonely – Antique Shop in 2155 – Chee Cheroo Chee (G Gin G) – If We Are Put On This Earth – You Made Me Love You – H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man / The Strange Affair Of Major Dawlish
M
07-Apr-1955
#217s08e18
The Eternal Triangle: Alma Falls For Jim – Tika Tika Tok – Invitation to old friends from The Buildings / BBC Coverage During Newspaper Strike: Your Stars And You, Let Me Help You – Easter Parade – The Test Of Time On Ron & Eth’s Love – I May Be Wrong – Renting a lighthouse / Lighthouse Keepers
M
14-Apr-1955
#218s08e19
Jim Tells Alma Her Love Is Hopeless – Where Will The Dimple Be – Inferior decorator / Committee To Censor Jokes – Heat Wave – The Crossword – Maybe – Monte Carlo Casino Tragedy
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:14, 6620, m
good/fair, drop outs,
hiss,
TIFH A1
G
21-Apr-1955
#219s08e20
A New Suit For Jim – A Smile Is Worth A Million Tears – Visit back to The Buildings / Unusual Holidays: Up TheCanal By Barge, Rustic Folk Song Recording – Pendulum Song – Ron’s Crew Cut – For Me And My Gal – Dick Valentine / Top-Of-The-Bill Postman1
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:36, 6705, m
good/fair, hiss, possible spliced mix
of two shows
TIFH A1
G
28-Apr-1955
#220s08e21
Dick Phones Charles Maxwell Requesting A Higher Salary – Crazy Little Mixed Up Heart – Paintings / Unusual Holidays: To The Antarctic On A Whaling Ship, Pot-holing In Cheshire – Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie – Planning A Whitsun Wedding – I Don’t Know Why -- Holiday in North Africa / Pepe Le Moko Of The Casbah
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:40, 6489, m
fair, hiss, severe wow and flutter,
clipping
TIFH A1
Y
05-May-1955
#221s08e22
Dick Suggests Hypnotism To Stop His Obsession With June – Dreamboat – Wallas Palace / Difference Between Films And Their Trailers: ‘No Roger, No’, War Picture –Birds And Puppies And Tropical Fish – Selecting A Page Boy – You’ll Never Know – The Sex Change Experiment [credit name changes not in script!]
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:35, 6702, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A1
G
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#222s08e23
Dick Reads Jim’s Palm – I’ve Been Thinking – Wife is putting on weight / Private Confabs: Department Store Assistant & Under-Manager, Two Policemen By Parked Car – Stowaway – Wedding Present Wish List – I’ll String Along With You – Lucrezia Borgia
19-May-1955
#223s08e24
Dick’s Affection for the Piglet At Jim’s Farm – Just One More Time – Etiquette / Interview With American Tourist –Load Of Hay – Ron Considers His Upbringing – That Old Feeling – Circus Story
26-May-1955
#224s08e25
Dick Is Going Back To Australia – Keep Me In Mind -- Niceties / Unusual Holidays: Hitchhiking In France, Devil’s Island – Lily Of Laguna – Is It True That There Are Only Two Basic Ideas…– We Just Couldn’t Say – Goodbye Chivalry / King Arthur
2-Jun-1955 #225s08e26
Last Show / Palaeolithic Man -- Bye Bye Blackbird – – I Know That You Know / The Old Tivoli / Farewell – Ron & Eth’s Wedding Arrives
11-Oct-1955
#226s09e01
Reading The Oath Of Allegiance, Commercialism – Bring Your Smile Along Smile, Darnn You, Smile – At The Pictures – I’ve Got You Under My Skin (with an intro by Muir and Norden) – Wal: become a pauper through commercial television, working for the BBC ChildrensDepartment – Shoddy In Toytown
M
18-Oct-1955
#227s09e02
Future Policy Discussion Meeting – South Rampart Street Parade – Ron & Eth To Run A Shop – A Man -- Wal: wife caught her nose in the mangle, working for the BBC Features Department – Matrimonial Agency
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:13, 6147, m
fair, hiss, a bit fuzzy
TIFH A1
G
25-Oct-1955
#228s09e03
Dick Takes June’s Wedding Present Collection – Relax-Ay-Vous – The Sweet Shop Stock – Don’t Stay Away Too Long – Wal: wife’s big toe stuck in the plughole, working for Classical Music Department – Madame Butterfly
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:56, 6782, m
fair/poor, hiss, drop outs, fuzzy
TIFH A1
Y
01-Nov-1955
#229s09e04
Dick’s Invitation To David Dunhill’s Fireworks Party – Oo Lala Boom Boom – The Sweet Shop Opens – In Love For The Very First Time – Wal: things you can’t mention on the air – The Country Doctor
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:58, 6793, m
fair, hiss, fuzzy, partial
credits
TIFH A1
G
8-Nov-1955
#230s09e05
Meeting Wall, Programme Controller – In Madrid – The Sweet Shop Takings Are Stolen – Bring Me A Bluebird – ATCWHG: Hatred of women – The Iron Duke
M
15-Nov-1955
#231s09e06
The £1000 Giveaway Quiz: Double Your Nothing – Tina Marie – Ron Drunk After Returning Home From Dance With Eth -- Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo – – The Time Machine
M
22-Nov-1955
#232s09e07
First Show Broadcast From The Newly Decorated & Redesigned Studio – Bonny Blue Girl – Ron Has The Flu – A Girl Can’t Say -- ATCWHG: -- The Young Lovers
M
29-Nov-1955
#---s09e08repeat of s07e09
Dick To Be Pathetic Like Norman Wisdom – Sittin’ In The Sun – Washing up basins, television / Television Operating Theatre – Kiss Me Again – Glums: Eth’s First Meal -- Makin’ Whoopee – Getting on with the Russians / Rasputin
M
06-Dec-1955
#233s09e09
‘The Army And Navy’ Song – Nothin’ For Christmas – Electricity Blackout – Someone On My Mind – – Marie Celeste
M
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13-Dec-1955
#234s09e10
Insuring TIFH (after absence of s09e08) – Little Boy Fishin’ – Christmas Presents – Love And Marriage – – The Helping Hand
M
20-Dec-1955
#235s09e11
Christmas & The Boxing Day Alphabet – Winter Wonderland – Ron & Eth Go To Eth’s For Christmas -- Old St. Nicholas – – Christmas Slush Story
M
27-Dec-1955
#236s09e12
Audience Participation Feature: People Are Awful – A Guid New Year To Ane An’ All – Aftermath Of A Glum Christmas – Ooh Bang Jiggily Jang – ATCWHG: Peter Pan – Robin Hood
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:12, 6378, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A1
G
03-Jan-1956
#237s09e13
The Winner Of An Evening With Dick From A Newspaper Competition – Ballad Of Davy Crockett -- New Year’s Resolutions – I Wanna Dance To A Mambo Combo – ATCWHG: Law – The Murder Trial
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:16, 5923, m
fair/poor, hiss, fuzzy, no credits
TIFH A1
Y
10-Jan-1956
#238s09e14
Ask Edwards With Mrs Elsie Patchett & Mr. Waggrem – Scotland The Brave – The Gas Manager – Life Could Not Better Be -- ATCWHG: Edwards in pantomime – The Pantomime Horse
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:49, 6289, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A1
G
17-Jan-1956
#239s09e15
Jim’s Willful Parking – Moments To Remember – The Agony Column – What Is This Thing Called Love? – ATCWHG: Hatred of cinema – The Prison Governor’s Story
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:47, 6278, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A1
G
24-Jan-1956
#240s09e16
Jim takes June to Band Practice Expecting Sabrina – Crazy Rhythm – Elopement Plans – Nicolo, Nicolino – ATCWHG: Inspiration for music – William Tell
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:26, 6431, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A1
G
31-Jan-1956
#241s09e17
Jim Is Being Followed For Army Initiative Test – Zambezi – Elopement Day – Pick Yourself A Star – ATCWHG: Schools – Marple Hall School
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:03, 6107, m
fair, hiss, encoding artifacts,
fuzzy
TIFH A1
Y
07-Feb-1956
#242s09e18
President Of The Anti-Meat League – Lewis Bridal Song – The Amateur Dramatic Society – Change Of Heart -- ATCWHG: -- The World War II Boffin
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:18, 6166, m
fair, hiss, encoding artifacts,
cross-talk, missing credits
TIFH A1
Y
14-Feb-1956
#243s09e19
Visit From The Minister of Culture Of An Iron Curtain Country – Lizzie Borden – Ron As Noel Coward In Private Lives – Vitamin U – ATCWHG: Bentley hates anything eerie – Ghost Story
M
21-Feb-1956
#244s09e20
Jim And Dick Sack Wall – Memories Are Made Of This -- Ron In Private Lives – Banjo’s Back In Town (unaccompanied due to musicians’ strike & introduced by Denis Norden and Frank Muir) – ATCWHG: The French Revolution – The Scarlet Pimple
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KNFM/DN
CM
27:43, 6498, m
good/fair, hiss, fuzzy
TIFH A1
G
28-Feb-1956
#245s09e21
Prison Scene From Opera Cosy Fanny Tutt Without Music – Varsity Drag -- The Cold Spell – Out Of Town – – Coffee Bar
M
06-Mar-1956
#246s09e22
Programme Parade To Music – Ballin’ The Jack – Ron Has A Splinter -- Willie Can – ATCWHG: -- Cowboy Story
JE, DB, JW, WEDD
AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:29, 6210, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A1
G
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14-Mar-1956
#247s09e23
Jim Invites An Ex-Army Sergeant To Examine Bentley – Hit The Road To Dreamland – At The Ideal Home Exhibition – Let It Ring – ATCWHG: Difficulty finding a barber -- Harry’s High Class Hairdressing
M
21-Mar-1956
#248s09e24
Jim’s Rich Uncle Cosmo – You Can’t Be True To Two – Consulting The Dictionary – Rummy Dumb Bunny – ATCWHG: Murder thriller – The David Dunhill Murder
M
28-Mar-1956
#249s09e25
Travel Agent For Paris Trip – Don’t Ringa Da Bell – After Eth’s Office Dance – No, Not Much – – Casanova
M
04-Apr-1956
#249as09e26
Summer Plans / Russian Lyrics to Western Dance Songs [from s07e23] – Key To My Heart – Mrs. Glum Leaves – All The Way Round The World – – Hiawatha [from s08e13]
M
25-Dec-1956
Special
Take It From Malta (script missing) M
02-Jan-1957
#250s10e01
250th Show: No Presents, Listener Who Has Heard Every Show, Tape Of First Show – Ginger – This is Your TIFH – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – Ron Goes On Money Or Nothing
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMDD
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
30:34, 7167, m
fair/poor, hiss,
encoding artifacts, muffled
TIFH A2
Y
09-Jan-1957
#251s10e20
Petrol Rationing Strategies: Dick’s Scooter, Jim’s Combine Harvester – I Saw Esau – Impact Of Historic Events IfThey Happened Today: Lady Godiva – My Favourite Brunette – The Glums Take In A Lodger
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:04, 6580, m
fair, encoding artifacts,
hiss,
TIFH A2
G
16-Jan-1957
#252s10e03
Jim’s Stinginess: Christmas Card Returns – I Dreamed -- Booklovers’ Corner: Noddy’s New Car, Tomorrow Is MyYesterday, Vaga The Water Vole – That Certain Party – Ron The Babysitter
JE, DB, JW, WEBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:17, 6164, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A2
G
23-Jan-1957
#253s10e04
Dick Is The Junior Winner Of The Drexo Write-A-Slogan Competition – The Charge Of The Light Brigade – Film Parade Fanfare Magazine Time Movie Roundup: Interview with cinemagoer / Soundtrack from Mouldy – Dick: You Make Me Feel So Young – The Sale-Priced Bedroom Suite
JE, DB, JW, WEBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:46, 6744, m
good/fair, hiss,
encoding artifacts,
inteference
TIFH A2
G
30-Jan-1957
#254s10e05
Visit Of The Income Tax Inspector - Dick’s Pills – The Banana Boat Song – The Hypochondriac’s Guide To Ill Health/Stormy Meeting Of British Medical Society – Tell Me Pretty Maide – The Glums Locked Out
M
06-Feb-1957
#255s10e06
Dick’s Recording Contract Offer – Africa – Television Toddlers Truce: Wild Bill Brady M.A. B.Sc. – Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep – Ron’s Will Bequest
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:50, 6760, m
good/fair, muffled, hiss,
encoding artifacts, missing credits
TIFH A2
Y
13-Feb-1957
#256s10e07
The Rich American And The Honourable Dick – I Love My Baby – Libel In Broadcasting: Radio Play Interrupted By Listeners’ Telephone Complaints – That’s What Makes Paris Paree – Ron Gets Amnesia
JE, DB, JW, WEAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:27, 6903, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A2
G
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20-Feb-1957
#257s10e08
The Efficiency Expert – While Strolling In The Park – How Ron And Eth First Met – Gonna Get Along Without You Now – How Ron and Eth First Met (continued)
JE, DB, JW, WEAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:30, 6918, m
good, hiss, encoding artifacts
TIFH A2
G
27-Feb-1957
#258s10e09
Insurance Company Agents – The Money Tree – Dramatic Dialogue With Plot Hanging On One Line Being Said / June: Stormy Weather, Interrupted By Dick – That’s What A Rainy Day Is For – Glums On The Serpentine
JE, DB, JW, WEAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
14:53, 3489, m
fairGlums only,
encoding artifacts
TIFH A2
M
06-Mar-1957
#259s10e10
Pilfering: The New Double Bass Player Is Interrogated – Give Me More – Book Of The Month: My Most Famous Distrials – I Love The Way You Say Goodnight – The Fancy Dress Ball
M
13-Mar-1957
#260s10e11
One Of The Scriptwriters (Denis Norden) Is Off Sick – I’ve Got A Pocketful Of Dreams – The Private Life Of Henry VIII [from 7/19] – Whenever There’s Me There’s You – Ron Plans To Emigrate [from 8/12 and 8/13]
JE, DB, JW, WEAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:58, 6088, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A2
G
20-Mar-1957
#261s10e12
Recording Made After Last Week’s Show – Mangoes – Ideal Home Life [from 6/9] – Hello – Burgled By Uncle Charlie
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
14:11, 3325,m
good/fair,Glums only,
Muffled
TIFH A2
M
27-Mar-1957
#262s10e13
Dick Wants To Join A Tennis Club – – Biography Of Edward Ewart Barnacle, Prime Minister – – Ron’s Pet Tortoise
M
03-Apr-1957
#263s10e14
(from HMS Collingwood, Portsmouth, naval electrical training school) / The Tape Recording Machine – Rock And Roll – Life Of Admiral Cuthbert Cuttlefish – Jim, Dick And June: The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid, Jim on trombone – Ron’s Birth Certificate
JE, DB, JW, WEAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:59, 6093, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A2
G
10-Apr-1957
#264s10e15
Prend-Le-D’Ici: French Translation Of Theme Song / French Fortnight: The French Radio Producer – Ninety-Nine Ways – Summer Time: The April Argument – Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me – Mr. Glum Gets Stuck In The Bath
JE, DB, JW, WEAW
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
12:24, 2907, m
good/fairGlums only,
TIFH A2
M
17-Apr-1957
#265s10e16
Story In Exposure Scandal Magazine: The Love Life Of Dick Bentley – – Difference Between The Four Radio Services: Home Service Play Adapted To The Other Services – – Ron’s Yul Brynner Haircut
M
24-Apr-1957
#266s10e17
The Boxer (Part 1): Introducing Joey Palmer – Spring Spring Spring – Inventors’ Corner #1: Device For Measuring Curved Lines, Flag Day Chest Deflector – Too Close For Comfort – Eth v Mr. Glum Consent Battle
JE, DB, JW, WE, HMBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:59, 6092, m
good,
TIFH A2
G
01-May-1957
#267s10e18
The Boxer (Part 2): The Knockout! – Ten Thousand Bedrooms – Celebrities At A Garden Fête – You Were Meant For Me – Ron’s Lucky Day
JE, DB, JW, WEBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:04, 6113, m
good,
TIFH A2
G
08-May-1957
#268s10e19
The Boxer (Part 3): The Match Is Tomorrow – We Will Make Love – Inventors’ Corner #2: Dirt Spray, Safety Belt For Motorbike Passengers – Make Yourself Comfortable – The Glums Dine Out
JE, DB, JW, WEBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:10, 6136, m
good, some interference
TIFH A2
G
15-May-1957
#269s10e20
Dick Is Expecting His BBC Rebooking Contract In The Mail -- ’S Wonderful – Gems From Guildford And Surbiton [from 8/6] – Mr. Wonderful – The Glums Visit Eth’s Father
JE, DB, JW, WEBM
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:18, 6869, m
good
TIFH A2
G
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08-Jan-1958
#270s11e01
Jim Arranges A Party At Dick’s Flat, Disturbing Dick’s Evening – Put A Light In The Window – Cousin Wilbraham Arrives
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:15, 6391, m
good
TIFH A2
G
15-Jan-1958
#271s11e02
Dick’s Publicity Stunts: Saving Drowning Jim, Rescuing Kitten From Tree – The Lovely Ladies Of Milano – Ron’s Tattoo
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:21, 6178, m
good
TIFH A2
G
22-Jan-1958
#272s11e03
Jim’s Rich Girlfriend – Scratch, Scratch – Mrs. Glum Leaves
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:04, 6110, m
good
TIFH A2
G
29-Jan-1958
#273s11e04
Dick Hires Art Antiques To Entice Americans To Rent His Flat – Just Born (To Be Your Baby) – How Ron And Eth First Became Engaged
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:23, 6888, m
good/fair, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
05-Feb-1958
#274s11e05
Jim’s Broken Leg Compensation Fiddle – Dance Around In Your Bones – The Glums’ House On Fire
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:02, 6104, m
good
TIFH A2
G
12-Feb-1958
#275s11e06
Roman Occupation Of Britain – Ha Ha Ha – Ron’s Head Caught In The Park Railings
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:12, 6142, m
good/fair, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
19-Feb-1958
#276s11e07
Dick Sings Shepherd Of The Hills – Green Grow The Rushes O – The Glum Bagwash Service
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/PAFM/DN
CM
26:37, 6243, m
good
TIFH A2
G
26-Feb-1958
#277s11e08
Memoirs Of A Ship’s Purser – Sugartime – Ron, The Artist’s Model
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:16, 6157, m
good, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
05-Mar-1958
#278s11e09
Soho Beat – Oh Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again – The Train Trip To Brighton
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:27, 6203, m
good
TIFH A2
G
12-Mar-1958
#279s11e10
Dick’s Book: Strange Tales Of The Orient / The Cartwright Affair – Red River Rose – Eth’s £42/13/8 Tax Refund
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:55, 6782, m
good/fair, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
19-Mar-1958
#280s11e11
Homer’s Odyssey – Clementine – Ron The Budgerigar Teacher
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:22, 5949, m
good
TIFH A2
G
26-Mar-1958
#281s11e12
(10th Anniversary Edition) Cast Reminisce And Introduce Items From Earlier Shows / National Health Service Song To The Tune Of ‘Tico Tico’ [from 1948] / Old Wal From The Buildings: Alf And The Moving Staircase Steps / Oh Mavis – Just One Of Those Things – Johnny Johnston From The Keynotes Faces Criticism Of Song Choice / Pygmalion [from 7/1] / Charles Maxwell Introduces Next Item / Operatic Weather Forecast [from 4/7]
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:31, 6686, m
good
TIFH A2
G
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02-Apr-1958
#282s11e13
Swan Lake – Rooney – Mr. Glum Borrows Next Door’s Furniture
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:50, 6292, m
good, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
09-Apr-1958
#283s11e14
Charles II – When Johnny Comes Marching Home – Eth’s Old Flame
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:25, 6663, m
good
TIFH A2
G
16-Apr-1958
#284s11e15
The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam – Gretna Green – Eth Is Accused Of Stealing
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:55, 6309, m
good/fair,
TIFH A2
G
23-Apr-1958
#285s11e16
The New Steel Works Boss [from 6/20] -- I Suddenly – Ron’s New Suit
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:47, 6749, m
good
TIFH A2
G
30-Apr-1958
#286s11e17
Dick Sings ‘Music Maestro Please’ Interrupted By Jim As Luigi / The Italian Restaurant – – Daddy’s Boy
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:22, 6886, m
good, encoding artifacts
TIFH A2
G
07-May-1958
#287s11e18
Night Train To Paris – The Music Master – A Saga Of Sixpence
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:37, 6945, m
good, fuzzy, encoding artifacts
TIFH A2
G
14-May-1958
#288s11e19
Inspector Chatsby Investigates: The Case Of The Blackmailed Businessman – Little Serenade – Ron’s Grandfather
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
30:35, 7169, m
good/fair, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
21-May-1958
#289s11e20
End Of Series - Forthcoming Holidays / The Pantomime Horse [from 9/14] – What Is This Thing Called Love? – Mr. Glum’s Permission To Wed
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:11, 6844, m
good
TIFH A2
G
27-Nov-1958
#290s12e01
Tales Of London Airport – The Lady Is A Tramp – The Glums Move A Bed
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:17, 5928, m
fair, uneven sound , no
credits
TIFH A2
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04-Dec-1958
#291s12e02
I Was Napoleon’s Double – Light Of Love – Ron Joins The Police Force
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:41, 6489, m
good
TIFH A2
G
11-Dec-1958
#292s12e03
Present For Jim’s 17 Year Old Nephew / Woman Pirate Captain – Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries – Ron Needs A Dinner Suit
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
30:44, 7205, m
good/fair, muffled,
fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
18-Dec-1958
#293s12e04
Johnny Guitar – Beep Beep – The Christmas Raffle
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
30:23, 7122, m
good/fair, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
25-Dec-1958
#294s12e05
All Glums Episode: If You Knew Susie/Bye Bye Blackbird / whistle Colonel Bogey / California Here I Come – The Christmas Hide-And-Seek
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:45, 6505, m
good /fair
TIFH A2
G
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01-Jan-1959
#295s12e06
Dick, The Mediaeval Lute Player / The Farmer’s Boy – Yellow Bird – Ron Changes His Name
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
26:50, 6290, m
good/fair, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
08-Jan-1959
#296s12e07
Amazing Untrue Science Fiction Confessions: The Thing And I [remake of ‘Of Martian Men’ from 6/18] – Pick Yourself Up – The Glums Are Locked In A Store
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:40, 6723, m
fair, muffled, fuzzy, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
15-Jan-1959
#297s12e08
The Tree Surgeon -- Honey Honey – Ron Gets Trapped In A Sofa Bed
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
28:24, 6660, m
fair, muffled, fuzzy, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
22-Jan-1959
#298s12e09
At The Club With His Grace: Jim Goes Away Whenever Test Matches Are On / The Search For The Black Pearl Oyster Bed – This Old Man – Ron And Eth’s Wedding Reception
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
30:13, 7083, m
good
TIFH A2
G
29-Jan-1959
#299s12e10
The Camp On Mud Island – Three O’Clock – Mr. Glum Tries To Sell The House
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
29:23, 6889, m
good
TIFH A2
G
05-Feb-1959
#300s12e11
Cut And Come Again: Memoirs Of A Harley St. Surgeon – – Ron And Eth Plan To Elope
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:29, 6444, m
good
TIFH A2
G
12-Feb-1959
#301s12e12
World War II Surrender Document – House Of Bamboo – Ron And Eth Inspect A Flat
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:54, 6542, m
poor, muffled, no
credits
TIFH A2
Y
19-Feb-1959
#302s12e13
The Punch And Judy Story – I Got A Wife – Mr. Glum’s Honeymoon Promise
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/MRFM/DN
CM
25:58, 6087, m
fair/poor, muffled
TIFH A2
Y
26-Feb-1959
#303s12e14
French Musical: Trilby – There’s No Ism Like Hypnotism – The Eternity Ring
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:26, 6433, m
good, fuzzy
TIFH A2
G
05-Mar-1959
#304s12e15
The Rock ’n’ Rock Singer (‘So Little Time’) – Raspberries And Strawberries – Ron’s Steamship Job
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
25:49, 6054, m
fair/poor, fuzzy, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
12-Mar-1959
#305s12e16
All Glums Episode: Ron And Eth’s Wedding Day / How Ron And Eth First Met – I’m On My Way – The Glums On The Serpentine / Mr. Glum Gets Stuck In The Bath
JE, DB, JW, WEJH
KN, BBC/HRFM/DN
CM
27:36, 6472, m
good, hiss
TIFH A2
G
22-Oct-1959
#306s13e01
Introduction To The 13th Series / Collecting For The Richard Bentley Theatre – – Pagan Love Rites In Outer London – TE: We Just Couldn’t Say Good-Bye – Ron Feigns Amnesia
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBCEM/BT
CC
23:47, 5575, m
good/fair, hiss, fuzzy, no credits
TIFH A2
G
29-Oct-1959
#307s13s02
Richard Bentley Theatre Site Needed For A Bird Sanctuary – SP: Varsity Drag – I Was King Of The Underworld – TE: Lullaby In Ragtime – Ron Is Taken To The Pictures
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
22:34, 5291, m
good/fair, hiss, fuzzy, encoding artifacts
TIFH A2
Y
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05-Nov-1959
#308s13e03
Jim Is Treasurer Of Richard Bentley Theatre Fund: The Publicity Stunt – – Binnie Burke Says ‘I Loved Every Minute Of It’ – – Ron Regains His Memory
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
22:27, 5263, m
good/fair, hiss,
encoding artifacts, no
credits
TIFH A2
Y
12-Nov-1959
#309s13e04
A Visit From Two Actors Who Offer To Present A Greek Tragedy – SP: Sweet Georgia Brown – Jim Of The Porchester – TE: I’ll Take Romance – Ron Learns French
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
29:44, 6970, m
good/fair, hiss,
TIFH A2
G
19-Nov-1959
#310s13e05
Dick Introduces A Prospective Builder Of The Richard Bentley Theatre – – I Was A Boffin For Britain – – Ron The Actor
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
23:21, 5475, m
good/fair, fuzzy, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
26-Nov-1959
#311s13e06
Jim Wants To Run The Bars In The Richard Bentley Theatre – – I Practised In The Bush – – Ron The Athlete
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
23:26, 5493, m
good/fair, hiss, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
03-Dec-1959
#312s13e07
Jim Orders The Rolling In Of Beer Barrels Into The Studio – SP: I Found A New Baby -- Stop That Racket – TE: You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me – Mr. Glum Writes A Letter To Mrs. Glum
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
29:19, 6874, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
10-Dec-1959
#313s13e08
The Foreman Complains About Dick’s Assistance At The Building Site – – Watch This Space – – Ron The Newspaperboy
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
23:45, 5567, m
good/fair, hiss, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
17-Dec-1959
#314s13e09
Dick’s Archaeological Find At The Building Site – – The Wallas Eaton Story – – The Glums Go Carol Singing
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
23:48, 5581, m
fair/poor, hiss, wow-flutter, no
credits
TIFH A2
Y
24-Dec-1959
#315s13e10
Christmas Present Exchange – – Room At The Big Top – – The Christmas Party
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
23:25, 5492, m
fair/poor, hiss, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
31-Dec-1959
#316s13e11
Jim’s Indiscretions During The BBC Staff Party – – The Story Of Georgi – – The Light That Failed
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, SP, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
25:02, 5870, m
fair/poor, hiss, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
07-Jan-1960
#317s13e12
Jim Introduces The President Of The West Sussex Shakespeare League -- PD: Old Man River – Around The Floor In Eighty Ways – TE: (Love Is) The Tender Trap – The Fancy Dress Ball
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
29:57, 7021, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
14-Jan-1960
#318s13e13
Dickensian Auditioner For The One Man Show – PD: The Stanley Steamer – Cheapside Story – TE: I Hear Music – Ron’s New Suit
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
30:11, 7075, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
21-Jan-1960
#319s13e14
Wapping Girl Campers Try Out For The Opening Act –PD: My Resistance Is Low -- Johnny Pizzicato -- Dick And June: Slow Boat To China -- Mr. Glum Loses A Wager
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
TE, PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
24:22, 5715, m
good/fair, hiss, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
28-Jan-1960
#320s13e15
Dick Buys Naval Surplus For The Theatre – PD: Little White Bull -- The Love Game – PGS: The Wheel Tapper’s Song – Ron Learns Ju-Jitsu
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
26:45, 6270, m
good/fair, hiss, no credits
TIFH A2
Y
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04-Feb-1960
#321s13e16
Read Through Of A Submitted Whodunnit: The Corpse Wore Trousers -- PD: April In Paris -- The Horrible Thing On The Isle Of Wight -- Dick And June: It All Depends On You – The Masked Bandit
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
30:14, 7089, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
11-Feb-1960
#322s13e17
The Escapologist – PD: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ – Pardon My Glove – PGS: The Legion Of The Lost – Mrs. Glum Leaves
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
29:53, 7005, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
18-Feb-1960
#323s13e18
Plans To Stage Fings Is Better Than Wot They Was – PD: The Point Of No Return – The Greasepaint Jungle – Dick And June: ’S Wonderful – Mr. Glum Sells The Furniture
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
30:18, 7104, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
25-Feb-1960
#324s13e19
Crowd Supply For The Première – PD: Mi Amore – The House Trap – PGS: I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles – Ron Learns To Swim
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
29:48, 6988, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
03-Mar-1960
#325s13e20
Attempt To Bribe A Reviewer On The Opening Night Of The Theatre – PD: On The Beach – Bonjour Trusthouse -- Jimmy, Dick And June: The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid -- The Glums Leave For Australia
JE, DB, JW, WEDS
PD, BBC/HREM/BT
CC
29:53, 7007, m
good/fair, hiss
TIFH A2
G
?? Comp. Cream Of Take It From Here
Collateral Material27-Mar-2007
Comedy The Original Godfathers
Tribute to Denis Norden and Frank Muir
Paul JacksonProduced by Paul Kobrack
28:01, 26282, S
BBC 4 web
G
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