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Those of you who liked Hancock's Half Hour, episodes still available Y~~Tube

on our first weekend in bfpo20, Jan 1960, on forces favourites was the song"Sloop John B"....



one line goes....................."I wanna go home"!!

Jean Metcalf and Michelmore married :-D

I remember listening to family favourites on a Sunday lunch time although we had no one in the forces

As a child I recall Journey into Space was creepy.

Mrs Dale's Diary always began with "I'm worried about Jim"

Able Seaman Johnson had a mum called Min.


Bridge 'ere. Goldstein chattin'.

OK No. one,
steady as she goes....errr left hand down a bit....

:-D :-D ;-)

THAT's occasionally on Radio 4 extra too! :-D :-D

..and 'It sticks out half a mile' - 'Dad's Army' after the war.

All above named comedy programmes were good, but the one I remember best and with most nostalgia is 'I'm Sorry. I'll read that Again'.

A brilliant show! :-D :-D

Loved the Navy Lark, saw one of the broadcasts from HMS Ark Royal (I think, memory failing me, could have been Victorious).

52-57 Appleyards BBCTV .54-57 Grove family BBC TV OH use to go to his Aunties House to watch ..I cant remember them .use to love Hancock,s Half Hour though on the radio Thank you everybody its been great catching up with some of the shows of yesteryear :-D

I recall the spooky Valentine Dyall programmes - one night a week, probably latter half of the 40s. Mum was almost glued to the wireless (as it was then).

The Appleyards and The Grove Family - anyone?

Many of those programmes are covered on this site:
http://www.turnipnet.com/whirligig/radio/index.htm

It usually includes the signature tunes.

Round the Horne is not covered but Beyond Our Ken is. That preceded Round the Horne and had the same cast.

Billy Cotton has much to answer for, my lack of class for instance.

I loved him and asked fred why he shouted 'Wakey ,Wakey'.

Fred, Mr Upper-Class himself, said 'I don't know. Probably to show how common he is.'

Well that was it wasn't it? What was good enough for Billy Cotton was good enough for me and sixty years later, I am still doing it.

Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams were Julian and Sandy in Round the Horn. I remember them being solicitors in one episode and they had a criminal practice that kept them very busy!

Sundays were great - Family Favourites, Ken Dodd and the Navy Lark and little Jimmy Clitheroe - we hit the "off" button for Billy Cotton's Band Show - Wakey Wakey - could not stand him!!!

Round the Horne is also occasionally on Radio 4 extra.

Another programme I couldn't understand as a child - yet my bothers were in stitches - as am, now, when I hear Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams as Julian and Sandy (not Kenneth Horne) launching off into a Polari rant. :-D :-D

'Mabel at the table and Harry Hudson at the piano', though heaven knows why I remember that bit! (Apologies if I have got it wrong)

Navy lark Leslie Phillips .Jon Pertwee ..Heather Chasen ..Round the Horne Kenneth Williams .Hugh Paddick .Hmm .never a fan of these progs . Workers Play time Variety show & Have a Go Wilfred Pickles Thanks Folks for in put Barbra :-)

Sharron is alluding to Kenneth Horn ( may he be blessed with merriment) frequent use of London gay slang which was in part derived from Romany. As most of the country were unaware he got away with a lot. He was incorrect in his thinking that the BBC top brass were unaware. As Horne had fans in the highest places there was not much they could do about it.

SS-GB (double S) is on tonight 9am. Ukip Playtime.