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From 30/10/1950
Max Bygraves, Julie Andrews and Hattie Jacques join Archie Andrews. Radio ventriloquism from Peter Brough. From October 1950.
Radio ventriloquism from Peter Brough and schoolboy, Archie Andrews.
With Max Bygraves, Julie Andrews, Hattie Jacques and Robert Moreton.
Running from 1950- 1958, Educating Archie introduced a number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a turn in tutoring Archie.
With the Tanner Sisters, the Hedley Ward Trio and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby.
Producer: Roy Speer
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1950
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