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From 24/10/1950
Jimmy Edwards becomes Head of the BBC Research College. Classic Frank Muir and Denis Norden comedy. From October 1950.
Jimmy Edwards drops a bombshell when he becomes Head of the BBC Research College.
Long-running classic comedy written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Starring:
Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
Joy Nichols
Wallas Eaton
Featuring:
‘Herbert Mostyn’ – a bit-part persona adopted, when necessary, by both Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Music from The Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1950.
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