Take It from Here

Last Edited: 19-Jan-2016
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

This document is a third 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.

Broadcast on the BBC Light Programme with repeats on both the Light Programme and the Home Service.

Series 1-3 (1948-1950)
Series 4-7 (1950-1954)
Series 8-11 (1954-1958)
Series 12-13 (1958-1960)

Series 1-3 (1948-1950)
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
23-Mar-1948 #1
1-1
Producer cancels show – Lullaby
of Broadway – Jimmy’s play - You’re
the Prettiest Thing – Jim:
written play and acting roles
/ “Trial of Madame Z”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

30-Mar-1948 #2
1-2
Introducing comedy and a name –
Easter Parade – Dick and Joy read
a romantic script – Experience –
Jim: life in Africa / “White Congo”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

06-Apr-1948 #3
1-3
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

13-Apr-1948 #4
1-4
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

20-Apr-1948 #5
1-5
Locked in by the landlady – Missouri
Waltz – Dick wants to marry Jo(y) –
Will it ever really be like this? – “Low Geste”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

27-Apr-1948 #6
1-6
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

04-May-1948 #7
1-7
Party preparations –  –  – The Song’s Gotta
Come from the Heart – Alan wants a part in
the play / “The Wimpoles of Barrett Street“
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

11-May-1948 #8
1-8
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

18-May-1948 #9
1-9
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

25-May-1948 #10
1-10
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

01-Jun-1948 #11
1-11
Payment by laughter scale – Miss Annabel
Lee – Keynotes whip-round to Dick – Big
Brass Band From Brazil – Jim: Frankenstein
/ “The Ghoul and Boris show”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

08-Jun-1948 #12
1-12
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

15-Jun-1948 #13
1-13
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

22-Jun-1948 #14
1-14
Milk Train to Cowes – The Froggie and
the Catfish – Addressing a child –
Pardon Me Pretty Baby – kiddies’ week
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

29-Jun-1948 #15
1-15
Buffalo Bentley rides again – Bread and
Butter Woman – Forever Amber – Wrap
your Troubles in Dreams – The London
Chronicle
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
Wilfred Babbage and the Keynotes
The Orchestra Conducted by John Blore
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

06-Jul-1948 #16
1-16
Trouble at the Mill or Loom504 – Dance
Ballerina – holiday camp – I’ll never say
never again – holiday seaside week
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

13-Jul-1948 #17
1-17
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

20-Jul-1948 #18
1-18
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

27-Jul-1948 #19
1-19
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

03-Aug-1948 #20
1-20
What’s cooking on the range? – Miss
Johnson Phoned Again Today – rude
picture machine – red, red robin –
focus on Bank Holiday
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

10-Aug-1948 #21
1-21
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell
29:27, 27607, s
17-Aug-1948 #22
1-22
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

24-Aug-1948 #23
1-23
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell
29:39, 6949, M
31-Aug-1948 #24
1-24
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

07-Sep-1948 #25
1-25
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

14-Sep-1948 #26
1-26
Gardening / Focus on Careers – I’m
Sitting on top of the world – Harry
Hickory: marriage advice bureau –
The Dicky Bird Song – Boobs on Broadway
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

21-Sep-1948 #27
1-27
Late night Start / Focus on nightlife –
Put your arms around me honey – Harry
Hickory: football pools / playwriting
competition – Cuanto le Gusta –
Debenture Unlimited
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

28-Sep-1948 #28
1-28
Radio Times’ 25th anniversary / Focus on
Better Listening – I’d love to live in
Loveland – Harry Hickory: spychology –
Betty Blue – TIFH with Father
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

05-Oct-1948 #29
1-29
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Clarence Wright
the Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Writen by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer: Charles Maxwell

28-Dec-1948 #30
2-1
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Jan-1949 #31
2-2
New Year’s resolutions – The Lady from
29 Palms – Scrapheap for 1948 – A Little
Bird – On a Highland with you or Sporran
Affair
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Jan-1949 #32
2-3
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
29:09, 27329, s
18-Jan-1949 #33
2-4
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:00, 6564, M
25-Jan-1949 #34
2-5
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:33, 6695, M
01-Feb-1949 #35
2-6
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:18, 6889, M
08-Feb-1949 #36
2-7
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Feb-1949 #37
2-8
Joy’s clothes – Ukulele Lady – Facts on
Sport – A Man Could Be a Wonderful
Thing – The Goony Pig or Zombie
and Son
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

22-Feb-1949 #38
2-9
-- Mañana – -- Me and Johnny – Much
Binding in Morocco or Bentley le Boko
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

01-Mar-1949 #39
2-10
-- Walking My Baby Back Home – --
Put Him in a Box and Tie Him up with
Ribbon – Boy Meets Earl or Little Lord
Bentleyboy
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

08-Mar-1949 #40
2-11
-- You, you’re Driving Me Crazy – --
The Crystal Gazer – Lumbago Comes
to Tarzan
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Mar-1949 #41
2-12
-- Three Little Words – -- You Was –
Obnoxious
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

22-Mar-1949 #42
2-13
(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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
28:29, 26705, s
29-Mar-1949 #43
2-14
-- I’ve Told Every Little Star – – Lavender
Blue – A Song to Forget or Only Ten More
Chopin Days to Easter
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

05-Apr-1949 #44
2-15
-- Have You Ever Been Lonely? – –
Somebody’s Lying – The Healing TIFH
or Forceps Deliveries
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

12-Mar-1949 #45
2-16
-- Easter Parade – – My Mother’s
Wedding day – Lousy Come Home or
My Dogs Are Killing Me
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

19-Apr-1949 #46
2-17
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:42, 6961, M
26-Apr-1949 #47
2-18
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:34, 6697, M
03-May-1949 #48
2-19
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
27:35, 6465, M
10-May-1949 #49
2-20
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:37, 6708, M
17-May-1949 #50
2-21
-- Tip-toes Through the Tulips – –
There’s Nothing to Do in Sleepyville –
A Far Distant Shaw or Corn in Egypt
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

24-May-1949 #51
2-22
-- My Heart Stood Still – – Candy
Kisses – Tiptoe Thro' The Juleps or
That's What I Loathe About The South
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

31-May-1949 #52
2-23
-- Japanese Sandman – – Argentine
Story – Frankenstein Junior or Return
of the Tin Man
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

07-Jun-1949 #53
2-24
-- 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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

14-Jun-1949 #54
2-25
-- Rhythm of the Rain – – Rainy Day
in Paris -- Pest Pilot or Let's Get High
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

21-Jun-1949 #55
2-26
-- Rolling Round the World – – The
Bullfrog – Trilby or Hatter’s Parcel
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

28-Jun-1949 #56
2-27
-- Just One of Those Things – – Busy
Doing Nothing – Eggo-Bound or I Think
I Shall Never See a Film without
Psychiatry
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Oct-1949 #57
3-1
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:06, 6588, M
18-Oct-1949 #58
3-2
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
27:54, 6540, M
25-Oct-1949 #59
3-3
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
25:08, 5892, M
01-Nov-1949 #60
3-4
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:25, 6895, M
08-Nov-1949 #61 3-5 – Winter Wonderland – -- – Top Of
The Morning – “Did Your Mother
Come From Oiland or The Gusher Girl”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Nov-1949 #62 3-6 – Dreamer’s Holiday – -- – “Hail,
Smiling Maugham or the Goon And
Sixpence”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

22-Nov-1949 #63 3-7 – Snowy White Snowy – -- – “I’m
Just Wild About Haroun or  Sorry,
Turkish Only”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

29-Nov-1949 #64 3-8 – The Girl In The Green Hat –
– It’s What You Do With What You
Got – “Discoveries Of 1492 or Now,
Now, Voyager!”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

06-Dec-1949 #65 3-9 – 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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

13-Dec-1949 #66
3-10
– The Cab – – Scottish Samba –
“When My Baby Swears At Me or
She’s A Real Trouper”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

20-Dec-1949 #67
3-11
– Miss Annabell Lee – – The Merry
Christmas Polka – “Stooge or Good
Old Marley”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

27-Dec-1949 #68
3-12
– Three Little Words – – Dear
Hearts And Gentle People – “Low
Jest or Under Two Gags”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

03-Jan-1950 #69
3-13
Dress shop -- – New year
resolutions – I Wanna Be A Cowboy In
The Movies – “Crime On My Hands or
Gendarme Thing After Another”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

10-Jan-1950 #70
3-14
– Railway Song – – Why Not Now? –
“Russian Boots or The Red Shoes”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

17-Jan-1950 #71
3-15
– The Wedding Of The Painted Doll –
– Canadian Capers – “Love In A Cold
Climate or An Icicle Made For Two”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

24-Jan-1950 #72
3-16
– Let’s Call The WholeThing Off – –
Don’t Ever Marry For Money –
“Bentley Takes The Count or Me And
My Chateau”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

31-Jan-1950 #73
3-17
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:12, 6845, M
07-Feb-1950 #74
3-18
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:50, 6757, M
14-Feb-1950 #75
3-19
– – -- It’s Nice To Have A Man About
The House – “The Wearing Of The
Green or Did Your Muffler Come From
Ireland”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

24-Jan-1950 #76
3-20
– We’re A Couple Of Swells – --
Photographer And The
Stenographer -- Mind Over Mata
or What’s Your Hari?
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

28-Feb-1950 #77
3-21
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:55, 6780, M
07-Mar-1950 #78
3-22
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”
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:01, 6800, M
14-Mar-1950 #79
3-23
– Ain’t She Sweet -- Hat’s On The
Side Of My Head – Cherry Stones –
King’s Raspberry or Le Roi’s A Laugh
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

21-Mar-1950 #80
3-24
– Sweet Hortense – – I’d ’ve Baked
A Cake – Song Of India or Little
Delhi Daydream
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

28-Mar-1950 #81
3-25
– Whistling Rufus – –  C’est Si Bon --
Six Crimes A Week And Vice On
Sundays
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Apr-1950 #82
3-26
– I’ve Got Spurs That Jingle-Jangle-
Jingle – – But Me, I Love You -- The
Ideal Holmes Exposition or Watson
In London
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean, The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Apr-1950 #83
3-27
– The Keeper – – Enjoy Yourself --
Quarter Latin or There’s But One
Place For Me, Nero
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

18-Apr-1950 #84
3-28
– Chooin’ Gum -- Old Piano Roll
Blues – – R.L.S. More or Less or
Two Men, One Wrong (Jekyll &
Hyde parody)
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

25-Apr-1950 #85
3-29
– The Trek Song And Sarie Marie –
– Hey Neighbour – F.A. Didn’t Care
or I Get A Kick Out Of You
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

02-May-1950 #86
3-30
– Oh You Sweet One – Clementine
-- Lock, Stock And Barrel -- If I
Can Scalp Somebody As I Go Along
or The Lost Wig-end
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

09-May-1950 #87
3-31
– Frere Jacque – – Joy & Dick:
Drearie – Government Filter or
State Cigarette
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

16-May-1950 #88
3-32
– Tiddley Winkie Woo – – Way Back
Home – The Hollywood Story or
Flimsy Lot
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

23-May-1950 #89
3-33
– – – Wheels On The Waggo --
Wreckers’ Rendezvous or Smuggle
Up A Little Closer
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

30-May-1950 #90
3-34
– Let’s Do It – – Chug-A-Lugg --
A Far Distant Shaw or Corn
In Egypt
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell


Series 4-7 (1950-1954)
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
24-Oct-1950 #91
4-1
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R7
28:36, 26812, s
31-Oct-1950 #92
4-2
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’m Accustomed – Juvenile Delinquency
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R7
28:31, 26732, s
05-Nov-1950 #93
4-3
Jim & Joy: I’m Bashful -- Tzena Tzena
(plus other songs) – – – The Gypsy
Dream Girl (musical of Oedipus Rex) (2 part)
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

12-Nov-1950 #94
4-4
– Alouette – – My Christmas Wish / Life Is
So Peculiar / Housing -- The Ti Konki
Expedition
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

19-Nov-1950 #95
4-5
– Early One Morning – – – Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

26-Nov-1950 #96
4-6
Dick found snogging in broomcloset with
Miss Maud OnceOverLightly – John Peel –
Old Wal: Arfer ’Alliwell’s baby mix-up /
College library of human effects / Top of
the Form school quiz – Joy & Dick: You
Wonderful You – Now It Can Be Sold
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
27:28, 12880, M
LP groove
noise
03-Dec-1950 #97
4-7
–  Flying Saucer – Operatic weather
forecast – Red Silken Stockings – Drinking
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

10-Dec-1950 #98
4-8
– Twelve Days of Christmas – Teasin’
– Roland Butter, Poet
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

17-Dec-1950 #99
4-9
– Just The Way You Are – – Blue For
A Boy -- Tom Brown’s Schooldays
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

24-Dec-1950 #100
4-10
– Dry Bones -- Dick & Jim: The Moon Hath
Raised – Looks Like A Cold Winter – A
Fairy Tale
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

31-Dec-1950 #101
4-11
– Gimme Crack Corn -- Dick & Jim: The
Thing -- Lily of Laguna -- Gambling
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

07-Jan-1951 #102
4-12
– Petite Waltz – – Speak A Word
Of Love – Pardon My Rigor Mortis
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

14-Jan-1951 #103
4-13
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

21-Jan-1951 #104
4-14
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

28-Jan-1951 #105
4-15
(Joy indisposed, replaced by Avril Angers)
Meeting Avril -- She Wore A Little Jacket
Of Blue -- Stenchley Players’ production
for the Festival / Dick & Avril: Get Out
Those Old Records – – Sam Wilfred, Big
Business Industrialist
Avril Angers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Feb-1951 #106
4-16
– Can I Canoe You Up The River?
-- Festival play in action -- Joy
& Dick: Take A Letter, Miss Smith
– Life Story Of Dai Brown, Flautist
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Feb-1951 #107
4-17
– Courtin’ In The Kitchen – – I Do
Do Do Do Like You – Hamlet, Prince
Of Denmark
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

18-Feb-1951 #108
4-18
– Stumbling – – Tipperary Samba
– The Sheikh (Desert Madness
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

25-Feb-1951 #109
4-19
– A Penny A Kiss – – Joy & Dick:
Clickety Clack -- King Solomon’s
Mines
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Mar-1951 #110
4-20
– Ain’t Gonna Grieve – – Always
True To You In My Fashion –
True Lives Magazine Story
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Mar-1951 #111
4-21
– Give Me The Moonlight – –
Sentimental Music – Lady Godiva
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

18-Mar-1951 #112
4-22
– Da-Dim, Da-Dom – Lady
Barbara’s Secret as light comedy
-- Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom –
Richard The Lion Hearted!
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

25-Mar-1951 #113
4-23
– Mockin’ Bird Hill – –
Transatlantic Lullaby --
Moonbound
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

01-Apr-1951 #114
4-24
– 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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

08-Apr-1951 #115
4-25
– Sarrow On The Treetop --
Television in the home -- Girls
Were Made To Take Care Of
-- Census Day
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Apr-1951 #116
4-26
Aba Daba Honeymoon -- Cards
in the home (Canasta) -- Dick
& Jim: Smile When You Laugh
-- Construction Boss — Feats
of Modern Engineering
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

22-Apr-1951 #117
4-27
Rose, Rose, I Love You –
Library of human effects / On
desert island -- Love Means
Love – BBC Backstage Story
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

29-Apr-1951 #118
4-28
– Destiny – The Festival of
Britain 2051 -- London By
Night – Dracula
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

06-May-1951 #119
4-29
– Wimmin! – – Joy: I’m In
Love With You – Ruffles,
The Gentleman Cracksman
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

13-May-1951 #120
4-30
– Ball Of Kirriemuir – –
I Like It -- Politically correct
Cowboys & Indians
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

20-May-1951 #121
4-31
– Sweet Jennie Lee --
Operatic weather forecast --
Joy, Dick & Jim: The
Unbirthday Song -- My Friend
Elizabeth or Lizzie Come Home
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Dec-1951 #122
5-1
– Just One Of Those Things –
Joy & Keynotes: I’ve Never
Been Loved -- The London
Telephone Directory
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Dec-1951 #123
5-2
– Christmas Chopsticks – –
Joy & Keynotes: I’d Rather
Be Me -- Enrico Cupacoco,
Tenor
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

18-Dec-1951 #124
5-3
-- You -- Froggie And The
Catfish -- Guns Along The
Serpentine or Empty Paddles
On The Old Canal
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

25-Dec-1951 #125
5-4
-- Twelve Days Of Christmas
– – Old Soft Shoe -- Scrooge
Mark Five or The Ghost
Knows Best
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

01-Jan-1952 #126
5-5
– At Sundown – – Little White
Cloud That Cried – Orchestra
Husbands or The Sax Rears
Its Ugly Head
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

08-Jan-1952 #127
5-6
– The Trolley Song – – There’s
Always Room At Our House –
Shakespeare Sings Again or
Babes On Stratford Broadway
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Jan-1952 #128
5-7
– 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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

22-Jan-1952 #129
5-8
– Down Yonder – – Cowboy
Square Dance -- Night Train
To West Hartlepool or
What’s My Line?
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

29-Jan-1952 #130
5-9
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
27:07, 12785, M
groove noise
05-Feb-1952 #131
5-10
– Glory Of Love – – Dick &
Sally & Keynotes: I Wanna
Go Home -- Fanny And The
King Of Salaam or The
Rangoon Show
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

12-Feb-1952
--
no programme


19-Feb-1952 #132
5-11
– Saturday Rag – – Dick & Jim:
Play Me A Hurtin’ Tune –What
Mr. Butler Saw or A Tax Is The
Best Form Of Defence
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

26-Feb-1952 #133
5-12
– The Lady Is A Tramp – – Dick
& Sally: We Never Talk Much –
The Radio Times Story or Those
Names Make Noise
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Mar-1952 #134
5-13
– Stay Out Of The South – –
Dick: It All Depends On You –
And So To Beard or The
Greatest Shower On Earth
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

11-Mar-1952 #135
5-14
– Anything Goes – – Dick: Put
Your Arms Around Me, Honey
-- Behind The Big House or
The Little Hut
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

18-Mar-1952 #136
5-15
– I Don’t Care – – Dick & Sally:
Tell Me You Love Me –
Underneath The Archers or The
Lincoln Handicap
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

25-Mar-1952 #137
5-16
– True Loves And False Lovers
– – Dick: Miss Annabelle Lee --
The Trial Of Agnes Dugan or
He Was Her Man, But She
Burnt His Kipper
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

01-Apr-1952 #138
5-17
– North Carolina – – Jim: Love
In Bloom -- My Art And I or
What Have You Got,
Toulouse?
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

08-Apr-1952 #139
5-18
– Around The Corner – – Dick:
Young And Healthy -- The
Fighting Forty Fourth or They
Died With Their Baths Clean
Sally Rogers, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Apr-1952 #140
5-19
-- You’re Just In Love – – Look
Out For Mr. Stork -- Dead
Wood Dick or You Have Been
Lumbered
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

22-Apr-1952 #141
5-20
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
Sauce For Uganda
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

29-Apr-1952 #142
5-21
– Gandy Dancers Ball – – Make
’Em Laugh -- Big Cars I Love
You or A-Round The Corner
<honk> <honk>
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

06-May-1952 #143
5-22
– Pawnshop On The Corner –
– Joy & Dick: Singin’ In The
Rain -- Viva Cascara or You
Too Can Be The Life Of
Zapata
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

13-May-1952 #144
5-23
– When I Take My Sugar To
Tea – – Dance Me Loose --
The Five Finger Exercise or
How Green Was My Valet
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

20-May-1952 #145
5-24
-- You Brought A New Kind
Of Love – – Joy & Dick:
Moonlight Bay -- Till The
Clots Roll By or The Darned
Old Piers Show
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

27-May-1952 #146
5-25
– The Boom Song – – Lullaby
For Johnny -- Odd Man In or
The Wicket Lady
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

03-Jun-1952 #147
5-26
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
27:31, 12960,
M
05-Jan-1953 #148
6-1
– Pot Luck – – – Twelve And
Six Highgate or The Angel,
One And Five
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

12-Jan-1953 #149
6-2
– Bone Dry – – Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo --
Desire Under The Milk
Marketing Board or Not Now
Brown Cow
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

19-Jan-1953 #150
6-3
– Johnny Goggabee – – Dick:
You Make Me Feel So Young
-- The Unfurnished
Symphony or Lousy Housey
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

26-Jan-1953 #151
6-4
– Love Of My Life – – Dick:
Cecelia -- Rudolf Raisindial
or Current Release
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

02-Feb-1953 #152
6-5
– If You Knew Susie – – Dick:
Ain’t We Got Fun -- Good Old
Chalet or The Wooden Horse
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

09-Feb-1953 #153
6-6
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

16-Feb-1953 #154
6-7
– Making Whoopee – –
Hippopotamus Song (Flanders
& Swann) – Yo-Ho-Ho And A
Bottle Of Bay-Rum or More
Males To The Galleon
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

23-Feb-1953 #155
6-8
– Side By Side – – I Talk To
The Trees -- Wake Up On
The Bach There or Nymphs
And Shepherds Stay Where
You Are
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

27-Feb-1953
--
special
Royal Gala Programme
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards BBC R4X
6:44, 6407, s
02-Mar-1953 #156
6-9
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

09-Mar-1953 #157
6-10
(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
Pearl Carr, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

16-Mar-1953 #158
6-11
– Hot Dog Rag – – I’m Gonna
Ring The Bell Tonight -- Poor
Little Rich Boy or Little Sir
Ego
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

23-Mar-1953 #159
6-12
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

30-Mar-1953 #160
6-13
– Pretty Little Black-Eyed
Susie – – Tell Me You’re Mine
-- The Breath Of A Nation or
Take It From (breath) Hurr
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

06-Apr-1953 #161
6-14
– 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)
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

13-Apr-1953 #162
6-15
– 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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

20-Apr-1953 #163
6-16
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
27:50, 13107,
M
27-Apr-1953 #164
6-17
– Seven Lonely Days – –
Haven’t A Worry -- Svengali
or Du Maurier The Merrier
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-May-1953 #165
6-18
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!
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:13, 13284,
M
11-May-1953 #166
6-19
– That’s What Makes Paris
Paree -- – Changing Of
The Guard -- Turn The
Street Corner Softly or
The Leeds Police
Dismisseth Us
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

18-May-1953 #167
6-20
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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
29:45, 6974, M
25-May-1953 #168
6-21
– Celebration Rag – – I Do,
I Do, I Do -- The Legend
Of The Willow Pattern
Plate or Chinese Junk
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

01-Jun-1953 #169
6-22
– A Bushel And A Peck – –
Joy: Hello Sunshine -- The
Happiest Days Of Our TIFH
or This Slap Happy Breed
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

08-Jun-1953 #170
6-23
– April In Portugal – – Joy:
Till They’ve All Gone Home –
Gwynn And Bear It or The
Little Rude Monarchy
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

15-Jun-1953 #171
6-24
(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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R7
29:32, 27688, s
22-Jun-1953 #172
6-25
– I Know That You Know – –
Say Si Si -- Costume Piece or
Has Anybody Here Seen Calais
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

29-Jun-1953 #173
6-26
– 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
Joy Nichols, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards,
Wallas Eaton, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

12-Nov-1953 #174
7-1
TS 142
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
30:18, 28347, s
19-Nov-1953 #175
7-2
TS 143
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
30:15, 28300, s
26-Nov-1953 #176
7-3
TS 144
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
27:50, 26093, s
03-Dec-1953 #177
7-4
TS 145
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
27:37, 25885, s
10-Dec-1953 #178
7-5
TS 146
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
TS146 off-air
and
TSR12 hybrid
22:36, 21144, s
17-Dec-1953 #179
7-6
TS 147
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
27:48, 26058, s
extreme hiss
24-Dec-1953 #180
7-7
TS 148
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

31-Dec-1953 #181
7-8
TS 149
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
28:19, 26554, s
07-Jan-1954 #182
7-9
TS 150
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R7
29:09, 27326, s
14-Jan-1954 #183
7-10
TS 151
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
27:45, 26019, s
21-Jan-1954 #184
7-11
TS 152
TS R8
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
27:02, 25285, s
28-Jan-1954 #185
7-12
TS 153
TS R9
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R9
27:03, 25309, s
04-Feb-1954 #186
7-13
TS 154
TS R10
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R10
27:04, 25318, s
11-Feb-1954 #187
7-14
TS 155
TS R19
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
26:47, 25112, s
18-Feb-1954 #188
7-15
TS 156
TS R27
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TSR27
11:53, 11118, s
final segment
only
25-Feb-1954 #189
7-16
TS 157
TS R11
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R11
26:59, 25206, s
04-Mar-1954 #190
7-17
TS 158
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
10:00, 9355, s
first 10 minutes
only
11-Mar-1954 #191
7-18
TS 159
TS R12
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
26:59, 12654,
M
18-Mar-1954 #192
7-19
TS 160
TS R13
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R13
27:02, 25287, s
25-Mar-1954 #193
7-20
TS 161
TS R14
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R14
27:07, 25360, s
01-Apr-1954 #194
7-21
TS 162
TS R15
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R15
27:02, 25283, s
08-Apr-1954 #195
7-22
TS 163
TS R16
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:36, 12944,
M
15-Apr-1954 #196
7-23
TS 164
TS R14
Flowers & Gardening – Said The Little
Moment – Bathing costumes, ice-cream
cornet / Russian Lyrics to Western Dance
Songs – Friends And Neighbours – Glums:
Ron is Aquarius, Eth Capricorn – Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday – Holidays in
Cornwall / Cornish Smuggling
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
28:33, 26780, s
22-Apr-1954 #197
7-24
TS 165
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 165
30:15, 28291, s
29-Apr-1954 #198
7-25
TS 166
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

06-May-1954 #199
7-26
TS 167
Film Festival: Helen Of Troy – Just One Of
Those Things – – That’s Entertainment –
Glums: Does Love Fly Out... – – Jane
Austen’s ‘Pride & Orange-Juice’
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield, Herbert Mosten
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell


Series 8-11 (1954-1958)
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
09-Dec-1954 #200
8-1
TS 168
Two Hundredth Programme Presentation –
I Can’t Tell A Waltz From A Tango – Nigel
Mayfair, right hand man to an
international financier /Library Committee
Discuss Objectionable Book Good Time
Bertha – I Wish I Was Back In The Army –
Ron & Eth Are Reunited – Back In The Old
Routine – Beau Brummel
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
27:00, 25249, s
missing first
segment, good
otherwise
16-Dec-1954 #201
8-2
TS 169
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)]
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
19:05, 17843, s
last 2/3 of
show only from
Muskrat Ramble
23-Dec-1954 #202
8-3
TS 170
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 170
30:05, 28136, s
30-Dec-1954 #203
8-4
TS 171
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 171
29:16, 27376, s
06-Jan-1955 #204
8-5
TS 172
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

13-Jan-1955 #205
8-6
TS 173
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 173
5:26, 5086, s
Car hooters
segment only
20-Jan-1955 #206
8-7

TS 174
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 174
29:36, 27669, s
27-Jan-1955 #207
8-8

TS 175
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 175
29:48, 27882, s
03-Feb-1955 #208
8-9

TS 176
TS R22
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 176
27:04, 25324, s
10-Feb-1955 #209
8-10

TS 177
TS R23
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R23
27:13, 25473, s
missing 2nd
song
17-Feb-1955 #210
8-11

TS 178
TS R24
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:08, 28183, s
24-Feb-1955 #211
8-12

TS 179
TS R27
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:41, 12977,
M
03-Mar-1955 #212
8-13

TS 180
TS R28
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:39, 12963,
M
10-Mar-1955 #213
8-14

TS 181
TS R29
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:44, 12998,
M
17-Mar-1955 #214
8-15

TS 182
TS R30
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R30
27:03, 25473, s
24-Mar-1955 #215
8-16

TS 183
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:16, 12787,
M
31-Mar-1955 #216
8-17

TS 184
TS R34
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
15:51, 14836, s
first and last
segments only
07-Apr-1955 #217
8-18

TS 185
TS R32
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:02, 12579,
M
14-Apr-1955 #218
8-19

TS 186
TS R33
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
26:59, 12652,
M
21-Apr-1955 #219
8-20

TS 187
TS R34
A New Suit For Jim – A Smile Is Worth A
Million Tears – Visit back to The Buildings
/ Unusual Holidays: Up The Canal By Barge,
Rustic Folk Song Recording – Pendulum
Song – Ron’s Crew Cut – For Me And My Gal
– Dick Valentine / Top-Of-The-Bill Postman
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
28:36, 6705,
M
28-Apr-1955 #220
8-21

TS 188
TS R35
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R35
27:03, 25473, s
05-May-1955 #221
8-22

TS 189
TS R36
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!]
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R36
27:06, 25351, s
12-May-1955 #222
8-23

TS 190
TS R37
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R37
27:04, 25315, s
19-May-1955 #223
8-24

TS 191
TS R38
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R38
27:06, 25348, s
26-May-1955 #224
8-25

TS 192
TS R39
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:28, 27557, s
02-Jun-1955 #225
8-26
Last Show / Paleolithic Man -- Bye Bye
Blackbird – – I Know That You Know /
The Old Tivoli / Farewell – Ron & Eth’s
Wedding Arrives
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
BBC R4X
27:53, 26145, s
11-Oct-1955 #226
9-1
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 Childrens Department – Shoddy In
Toytown
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:28, 27557, s
off-air
18-Oct-1955 #227
9-2
TS R40
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
27:04, 25325, s
25-Oct-1955 #228
9-3
TS R41
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R41
27:37, 25351, s
01-Nov-1955 #229
9-4

TS R42
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:27, 12875,
M
08-Nov-1955 #230
9-5

TS R43
Meeting Wall, Programme Controller – In
Madrid – The Sweet Shop Takings Are
Stolen – Bring Me A Bluebird – ATCWHG:
Hatred of women – The Iron Duke
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R43
20:21, 19029, s
missing first
few minutes
15-Nov-1955 #231
9-6
TS 199
TS R44
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:17, 27394, s
22-Nov-1955 #232
9-7

TS 200
TS R44
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
28:30, 26660, s
29-Nov-1955 --
9-8
repeat of s07e09

06-Dec-1955 #233
9-9
‘The Army And Navy’ Song – Nothin’ For
Christmas – Electricity Blackout –
Someone On My Mind – – Marie Celeste
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) off air
28:48, 26932, s
13-Dec-1955 #234
9-10
Insuring TIFH (after absence of s09e08)
– Little Boy Fishin’ – Christmas Presents
– Love And Marriage – – The Helping Hand
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

20-Dec-1955 #235
9-11
TS 201
Christmas & The Boxing Day Alphabet –
Winter Wonderland – Ron & Eth Go To
Eth’s For Christmas -- Old St. Nicholas –
– Christmas Slush Story
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) off air
28:25, 26586, s
27-Dec-1955 #236
9-12
TS R78
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R78
27:13, 25297, s
03-Jan-1956 #237
9-13
TS 203
TS R44
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R44
29:09, 27270, s
10-Jan-1956 #238
9-14

TS 204
TS R45
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R45
27:05, 25333, s
17-Jan-1956 #239
9-15

TS 205
TS R46
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R46
27:05, 25331, s
24-Jan-1956 #240
9-16

TS 206
TS R47
Jim takes June to Band Practice
Expecting Sabrina – Crazy Rhythm –
Elopement Plans – Nicolo, Nicolino –
ATCWHG: Inspiration for music –
William Tell
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
ABC RN
27:00, 12661,
M
31-Jan-1956 #241
9-17

TS 207
Jim Is Being Followed For Army Initiative
Test – Zambezi – Elopement Day – Pick
Yourself A Star – ATCWHG: Schools –
Marple Hall School
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 207
28:51, 26986, s
07-Feb-1956 #242
9-18

TS 208
President Of The Anti-Meat League
– Lewis Bridal Song – The Amateur
Dramatic Society – Change Of Heart --
ATCWHG: -- The World War II Boffin
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 208
29:12, 27319, s
14-Feb-1956 #243
9-19

TS 208
TS R50
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R50
27:04, 25313, s
hybrid edited
21-Feb-1956 #244
9-20
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) BBC R7
master
27:46, 25987, s
28-Feb-1956 #245
9-21

TS 211
TS R52
Prison Scene From Opera Cosy Fanny
Tutt Without Music – Varsity Drag --
The Cold Spell – Out Of Town –
–  Coffee Bar
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
28:20, 26600, s
06-Mar-1956 #246
9-22

TS R53
Programme Parade To Music – Ballin’
The Jack – Ron Has A Splinter --
Willie Can – ATCWHG: -- Cowboy
Story
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R53
22:30, 21044, s
missing start,
from Ballin' the
Jack
14-Mar-1956 #247
9-23

TS R54
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R54
26:36, 24887, s
21-Mar-1956 #248
9-24

TS R55
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R55
28:09, 26334, s
28-Mar-1956 #249
9-25
Travel Agent For Paris Trip – Don’t
Ringa Da Bell – After Eth’s Office
Dance – No, Not Much – – Casanova
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

04-Apr-1956 #249a
9-26
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]
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
Alma Cogan, June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
12:47, 11960, s
Hiawatha
section only
25-Dec-1956 Special Take It From Malta (script missing) Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley
Janet Brown, Margaret Mitchell, Harry Jacobson
Edited by Jacques Brown

02-Jan-1957 #250
10-1
TS 215
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 215
29:40, 27751, s
09-Jan-1957 #251
10-2

TS 216
Petrol Rationing Strategies: Dick’s
Scooter, Jim’s Combine Harvester –
I Saw Esau – Impact Of Historic
Events If They Happened Today:
Lady Godiva – My Favourite
Brunette – The Glums
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 216
29:30, 27591, s
16-Jan-1957 #252
10-3
Jim’s Stinginess: Christmas Card Returns –
I Dreamed -- Booklovers’ Corner: Noddy’s
New Car, Tomorrow Is My Yesterday,
Vaga The Water Vole – That Certain Party
– Ron The Babysitter
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
29:48, 27713, s
23-Jan-1957 #253
10-4
TS 218
TS R58
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:33, 28582, s
30-Jan-1957 #254
10-5

TS R59
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R59
30:10, 28210, s
06-Feb-1957 #255
10-6

TS R60
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:16, 27382, s
13-Feb-1957 #256
10-7
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) BBC7
master
29:40, 27747, s
20-Feb-1957 #257
10-8
TS 222
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)
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 222
29:24, 27506, s
27-Feb-1957 #258
10-9

TS 223
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 223
30:00, 28064, s
06-Mar-1957 #259
10-10

TS 224
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 224
30:06, 28153, s
13-Mar-1957 #260
10-11

TS 225
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]
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 225
30:05, 28135, s
20-Mar-1957 #261
10-12

TS 226
Recording Made After Last
Week’s Show – Mangoes – Ideal
Home Life [from 6/9] – Hello –
Burgled By Uncle Charlie
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 226
29:35, 27678, s
27-Mar-1957 #262
10-13
Dick Wants To Join A Tennis Club
– – Biography Of Edward Ewart
Barnacle, Prime Minister – – Ron’s
Pet Tortoise
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) off air
29:35, 27678, s
03-Apr-1957 #263
10-14

TS 227
(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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 227
28:31, 26668, s
10-Apr-1957 #264
10-15

TS 228
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 228
29:28, 27563, s
17-Apr-1957 #265
10-16

TS 229
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 229
30:18, 28348, s
24-Apr-1957 #266
10-17

TS 230
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 230
29:48, 27868, s
01-May-1957 #267
10-18

TS 231
The Boxer (Part 2): The
Knockout! – Ten Thousand
Bedrooms – Celebrities At A
Garden Fête – You Were
Meant For Me – Ron’s Lucky Day
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 231
30:33, 28066, s
08-May-1957 #268
10-19

TS 232
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 232
29:51, 27924, s
15-May-1957 #269
10-20
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) BBC7
master
30:32, 28563, s
08-Jan-1958 #270
11-1

TS 234
Jim Arranges A Party At Dick’s
Flat, Disturbing Dick’s Evening –
Put A Light In The Window –
Cousin Wilbraham Arrives
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 234
30:20, 28365, s
15-Jan-1958 #271
11-2

TS 235
Dick’s Publicity Stunts: Saving
Drowning Jim, Rescuing Kitten
From Tree – The Lovely Ladies Of
Milano – Ron’s Tattoo
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 235
30:25, 28445, s
22-Jan-1958 #272
11-3

TS 236
Jim’s Rich Girlfriend – Scratch, Scratch –
Mrs. Glum Leaves
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 236
30:33, 28581, s
29-Jan-1958 #273
11-4

TS 237
TS R75
Dick Hires Art Antiques To Entice
Americans To Rent His Flat – Just
Born (To Be Your Baby) – How Ron
And Eth First Became Engaged
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:27, 28475, s
05-Feb-1958 #274
11-5

TS R76
Jim’s Broken Leg Compensation Fiddle
– Dance Around In Your Bones – The
Glums’ House On Fire
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R76
29:34, 27662, s
12-Feb-1958 #275
11-6

TS 239
Roman Occupation Of Britain – Ha Ha
Ha – Ron’s Head Caught In The Park Railings
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 239
30:57, 28951, s
19-Feb-1958 #276
11-7

TS 240
Dick Sings Shepherd Of The Hills – Green
Grow The Rushes O – The Glum
Bagwash Service
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 240
30:48, 28807, s
26-Feb-1958 #277
11-8

TS 241
TS R81
Memoirs Of A Ship’s Purser – Sugartime –
Ron, The Artist’s Model
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:49, 28821, s
05-Mar-1958 #278
11-9

TS 242
TS R82
Soho Beat – Oh Oh, I’m Falling In Love
Again – The Train Trip To Brighton
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:10, 28217, s
12-Mar-1958 #279
11-10

TS R83
Dick’s Book:  Strange Tales Of The Orient
/ The Cartwright Affair – Red River Rose –
Eth’s £42/13/8 Tax Refund
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:14, 28282, s
19-Mar-1958 #280
11-11

TS 244
Homer’s Odyssey – Clementine – Ron The
Budgerigar Teacher
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:16, 27381, s
26-Mar-1958 #281
11-12
(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]
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)/BBC R7/
archive disc
28:09, 26334, s
02-Apr-1958 #282
11-13

TS 246
Swan Lake – Rooney – Mr. Glum Borrows
Next Door’s Furniture
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
31:01, 29018, s
09-Apr-1958 #283
11-14

TS 247
Charles II – When Johnny Comes Marching
Home – Eth’s Old Flame
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:51, 28867, s
16-Apr-1958 #284
11-15

TS 248
The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam – Gretna
Green – Eth Is Accused Of Stealing
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:59, 28975, s
23-Apr-1958 #285
11-16
The New Steel Works Boss [from 6/20] --
I Suddenly – Ron’s New Suit
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)/BBC R7
master
30:38, 28660, s
30-Apr-1958 #286
11-17
Dick Sings ‘Music Maestro Please’
Interrupted By Jim As Luigi / The Italian
Restaurant – – Daddy’s Boy
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)/BBC R7
master
30:48, 28811, s
07-May-1958 #287
11-18
Night Train To Paris – The Music Master –
A Saga Of Sixpence
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)/BBC R7
master
30:50, 28843, s
14-May-1958 #288
11-19

TS 252
TS R90
Inspector Chatsby Investigates: The Case
Of The Blackmailed Businessman – Little
Serenade – Ron’s Grandfather
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:08, 28180, s
21-May-1958 #289
11-20
End Of Series - Forthcoming Holidays /
The Pantomime Horse [from 9/14] – What
Is This Thing Called Love? – Mr. Glum’s
Permission To Wed
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)/BBC R7
master
30:06, 28149, s

Series 12-13 (1958-1960)
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
27-Nov-1958 #290
12-1
TS R91
Tales Of London Airport – The Lady Is A
Tramp – The Glums Move A Bed
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:59, 28050, s
04-Dec-1958 #291
12-2

TS R92
I Was Napoleon’s Double – Light Of Love
– Ron Joins The Police Force
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)/BBC R7
master
29:17, 27385, s
11-Dec-1958 #292
12-3
TS 256
Present For Jim’s 17 Year Old Nephew
/ Woman Pirate Captain – Life Is Just A
Bowl Of Cherries – Ron Needs A
Dinner Suit
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
30:11, 28228, s
18-Dec-1958 #293
12-4
TS 258
Johnny Guitar – Beep Beep – The
Christmas Raffle
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 258
30:09, 28072, s
25-Dec-1958 #294
12-5
TS 259
All Glums Episode:
If You Knew Susie/Bye Bye Blackbird /
whistle Colonel Bogey / California
Here I Come – The Christmas
Hide-And-Seek
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 259
30:00, 28056, s
01-Jan-1959 #295
12-6
TS 257
TS R94
Dick, The Mediaeval Lute Player / The
Farmer’s Boy – Yellow Bird – Ron
Changes His Name
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R94
30:21, 28382, s
08-Jan-1959 #296
12-7

TS 260
TS R95
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R95
29:40, 27745, s
15-Jan-1959 #297
12-8

TS R96
The Tree Surgeon -- Honey Honey – Ron
Gets Trapped In A Sofa Bed
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R96
29:46, 27846, s
22-Jan-1959 #298
12-9

TS 262
TS R97
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R97
29:49, 27895, s
29-Jan-1959 #299
12-10

TS 263
TS R98
The Camp On Mud Island – Three O’Clock
– Mr. Glum Tries To Sell The House
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS 263
29:58, 28027, s
05-Feb-1959 #300
12-11
Cut And Come Again: Memoirs Of A Harley
St. Surgeon – – Ron And Eth Plan To Elope
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW)
30:23, 28418, s
12-Feb-1959 #301
12-12

TS R100
World War II Surrender Document – House
Of Bamboo – Ron And Eth Inspect A Flat
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) TS R100
30:00, 28060, s
19-Feb-1959 #302
12-13
The Punch And Judy Story – I Got A Wife
– Mr. Glum’s Honeymoon Promise
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:01, 28076, s
26-Feb-1959 #303
12-14
French Musical: Trilby – There’s No Ism Like
Hypnotism – The Eternity Ring
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
30:04, 28125, s
05-Mar-1959 #304
12-15
TS 268
The Rock ’n’ Rock Singer (‘So Little Time’) –
Raspberries And Strawberries – Ron’s
Steamship Job
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:42, 27783, s
12-Mar-1959 #305
12-16

TS 269
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
(KW) hybrid
29:33, 27633, s
22-Oct-1959 #306
13-1

TS 270
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
31:24, 29369, s
29-Oct-1959 #307
13-2

TS 271
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:06, 28157, s
05-Nov-1959 #308
13-3
Jim Is Treasurer Of Richard Bentley Theatre
Fund: The Publicity Stunt – – Binnie Burke
Says ‘I Loved Every Minute Of It’ – – Ron
Regains His Memory
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) off air
23:17, 21780, s
12-Nov-1959 #309
13-4

TS 272
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
29:38, 27723, s
19-Nov-1959 #310
13-5
Dick Introduces A Prospective Builder Of
The Richard Bentley Theatre – – I Was A
Boffin For Britain – – Ron The Actor
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) off air
23:17, 21780, s
26-Nov-1959 #311
13-6
Jim Wants To Run The Bars In The
Richard Bentley Theatre – – I Practised In
The Bush – – Ron The Athlete
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) off air
23:39, 22126, s
03-Dec-1959 #312
13-7

TS 273
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:05, 28134, s
10-Dec-1959 #313
13-8
The Foreman Complains About Dick’s
Assistance At The Building Site – – Watch
This Space – – Ron The Newspaperboy
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) off air
24:06, 22554, s
17-Dec-1959 #314
13-9
Dick’s Archaeological Find At The Building
Site – – The Wallas Eaton Story – – The
Glums Go Carol Singing
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, Sid Phillips and his Orchestra
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW)
31:00, 28996, s
24-Dec-1959 #315
13-10
Christmas Present Exchange – – Room At
The Big Top – – The Christmas Party
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW)
29:35, 27665, s
31-Dec-1959 #316
s13e11
Jim’s Indiscretions During The BBC Staff
Party – – The Story Of Georgi – – The
Light That Failed
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW)
30:19, 28360, s
07-Jan-1960 #317
13-12
TS 274
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:38, 28650, s
14-Jan-1960 #318
13-13

TS 275
Dickensian Auditioner For The One Man Show
– PD: The Stanley Steamer – Cheapside Story
– TE: I Hear Music – Ron’s New Suit
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:38, 28646, s
21-Jan-1960 #319
13-14

TS 276
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
31:07, 29101, s
28-Jan-1960 #320
13-15

TS 277
Dick Buys Naval Surplus For The Theatre –
PD: Little White Bull -- The Love Game – PGS:
The Wheel Tapper’s Song – Ron Learns Ju-Jitsu
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:51, 28855, s
04-Feb-1960 #321
13-16

TS 278
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
31:07, 29113, s
11-Feb-1960 #322
13-17

TS 279
The Escapologist – PD: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’
– Pardon My Glove – PGS: The Legion Of The
Lost – Mrs. Glum Leaves
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:50, 28828, s
18-Feb-1960 #323
13-18

TS 280
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:55, 28917, s
25-Feb-1960 #324
13-19

TS 281
Crowd Supply For The Première – PD:
Mi Amore – The House Trap – PGS: I’m
Forever Blowing Bubbles – Ron Learns To Swim
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
31:15, 29237, s
03-Mar-1960 #325
13-20

TS 282
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
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Wallas Eaton,
June Whitfield
Toni Eden, The Polka Dots
BBC Revue Orchestra, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Produced by Charles Chilton
(KW) hybrid
30:32, 28568, s

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