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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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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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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


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

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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

M

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

M

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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#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

M

11-Dec-1951

#123s05e02

– Christmas Chopsticks – – Joy & Keynotes: I’d Rather BeMe -- Enrico Cupacoco, Tenor

M

18-Dec-1951

#124s05e03

-- You -- Froggie And The Catfish -- Guns Along The Serpentine or Empty Paddles On The Old Canal

M

25-Dec-1951

#125s05e04

-- Twelve Days Of Christmas – – Old Soft Shoe -- Scrooge Mark Five or The Ghost Knows Best

M

01-Jan-1952

#126s05e05

– At Sundown – – Little White Cloud That Cried – Orchestra Husbands or The Sax Rears Its Ugly Head

M

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

M

05-Feb-1952

#131s05e10

– Glory Of Love – – Dick & Sally & Keynotes: I Wanna Go Home -- Fanny And The King Of Salaam or The Rangoon Show

M

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

M

26-Feb-1952

#133s05e12

– The Lady Is A Tramp – – Dick & Sally: We Never Talk Much – The Radio Times Story or Those Names Make Noise

M

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

M

11-Mar-1952

#135s05e14

– Anything Goes – – Dick: Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey -- Behind The Big House or The Little Hut

M

18-Mar-1952

#136s05e15

– I Don’t Care – – Dick & Sally: Tell Me You Love Me – Underneath The Archers or The Lincoln Handicap

M

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

M

01-Apr-1952

#138s05e17

– North Carolina – – Jim: Love In Bloom -- My Art And I or What Have You Got, Toulouse?

M

08-Apr-1952

#139s05e18

– Around The Corner – – Dick: Young And Healthy -- The Fighting Forty Fourth or They Died With Their Baths Clean

M

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

M

29-Apr-1952

#142s05e21

– Gandy Dancers Ball – – Make ’Em Laugh -- Big Cars I Love You or A-Round The Corner <honk> <honk>

M

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

M

13-May-1952

#144s05e23

– When I Take My Sugar To Tea – – Dance Me Loose -- The Five Finger Exercise or How Green Was My Valet

M

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

M

27-May-1952

#146s05e25

– The Boom Song – – Lullaby For Johnny -- Odd Man In or The Wicket Lady

M

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

M

05-Jan-1953

#148s06e01

– Pot Luck – – – Twelve And Six Highgate or The Angel, One And Five

M

12-Jan-1953

#149s06e02

– Bone Dry – – Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo -- Desire Under The Milk Marketing Board or Not Now Brown Cow

M

19-Jan-1953

#150s06e03

– Johnny Goggabee – – Dick: You Make Me Feel So Young -- The Unfurnished Symphony or Lousy Housey

M

26-Jan-1953

#151s06e04

– Love Of My Life – – Dick: Cecelia -- Rudolf Raisindial or Current Release

M

02-Feb-1953

#152s06e05

– If You Knew Susie – – Dick: Ain’t We Got Fun -- Good Old Chalet or The Wooden Horse

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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)

M

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

M

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

M

27-Apr-1953

#164s06e17

– Seven Lonely Days – – Haven’t A Worry -- Svengali or Du Maurier The Merrier

M

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!

M

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

M

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


KN, BBC/PFFM/DN

CM

29:45, 6974, m

poor, hiss, interference

TIFH A1

Y

25-May-1953

#168s06e21

– Celebration Rag – – I Do, I Do, I Do -- The Legend Of The Willow Pattern Plate or Chinese Junk

M

01-Jun-1953

#169s06e22

– A Bushel And A Peck – – Joy: Hello Sunshine -- The Happiest Days Of Our TIFH or This Slap Happy Breed

M

08-Jun-1953

#170s06e23

– April In Portugal – – Joy: Till They’ve All Gone Home – Gwynn And Bear It or The Little Rude Monarchy

M

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


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

M

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


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

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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

M

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


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


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


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

M

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


AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN

CM

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

M

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

M

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


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

M

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


AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN

CM

27:39, 6481, m

good

TIFH A1

G

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


AC, KN, BBC/HRFM/DN

CM

27:37, 6475, m

good

TIFH A1

G

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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


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


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


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

M

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


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

M

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’

M

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

M

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)]

M

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

M

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

M

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


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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12-May-1955

#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


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


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


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


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


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

Y

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


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


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


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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