Tommy Handley's Page

Perhaps Britain's most famous wartime broadcaster (apart form, perhaps, Winston Churchill) Tommy Handley presided over the fast moving and refreshingly zaney ITMA (It's That Man Again) a hugely successful BBC radio programme that ran for most of the 1940's until Handley's untimely death in January 1949. Tommy's career sprang into lihfe in the early 1920's and he enjoyed success in the halls and on radio and turned out a large number of records for his many fans. His humour was built upon his high speed use of often excruciating puns and he could handle a script supremely well, but was always ready to deviate with inspired ad-libs as he jousted with his fellow cast memebers.

CD RT_021		Memories of ITMA Part 1 - Foaming at the Mouth - 1 with Sam Scram, Cecil, Claude, Station Announcer, Lefty, Signor So So , The Diver, Mrs. Mopp Part 2 - Foaming at the Mouth - 2 with Mr. What's His Name, The Commercial Traveller, Signor So So, Ali Oop Part 3 - Much Fiddling - with Mrs. Mopp, Colonel Chinstrap, The Admiral, Poppy Poo Pah Part 4 - The Navy - with Mrs. Mopp, Sam Scram, Comical Chris Part 5 - The Army - with Sam Scram, Interrupter, The 'Ever So' Girls, Andrew Geikie, Poppy Poo Pah, Section Officer Mopp Part 6 - The RAF - with Sam Scram, Interrupter, The 'Ever So' Girls, Andrew Geikie, Poppy Poo Pah, Section Officer Mopp Part 7 - Tomtopia - with His ADC, Wamba M'Booja, Miss Hotchkiss, Bigga Banga, His Daughter, Major Munday, Colonel Chinstrap Part 8 - Home Again - with Miss Hotchkiss, Mona Lott, Sophie Tuckshop, Frisby Dyke Part 9 - A Royal Occasion - with Guide, Senior Announcer, Mr. Groover, Announcer, The Girls, Miss Hotchkiss, The Wide Boy Part 10 - The 300th Performance - with Fumph, Ali Oop, The Commercial Traveller, Signor So So, Sam Fairfechan, Sam Scram Mrs. Mopp Bonus Tracks: 11 - Tommy Handley Calling - Part 1 12 - Tommy Handley Calling - Part 2 13 - Tommy Handley Calling - Part 3 - Huning big game 14 - Tommy Handley Calling - Part 4 - Pridge for beginners
	The Cast of ITMA apperaing on this CD:	Sidney Keith - Sam Scram Horace Percival - Cecil; The Diver; Mr. What's His Name; Ali Oop; Interrupter Jack Train - Claude; Lefty; Colonel Chinstrap; Senior Announcer; The Wide Boy; Fumph Fred Yule - Station Announcer; Andrew Geikie; Bigga Banga; George Gorge; Mr. Grooves Dino Galvani - Signor So So Dorothy Summers - Mrs. Mopp; Section Officer Mopp Clarence Wright - The Commercial Traveller; The (Aide de Camp) A.D.C. Bill Stephens - The Admiral; Comical Chris Jean Capra - Poppy Poo Pah; One of the "Ever So" Girls; Naïve Diana Morrison - Aunt Sally; Miss Hotchkiss Paula Green - One of the "Ever So" Girls Hugh Morton - Wamba M'Booja; Announcer; Sam Fair fechan Lind Joyce - Bigga Banga's Daughter; One of "The Girls" Carleton Hobbs - Major Munday Joan Harben - Mona Lott; One of "The Girls" Hattie Jacques - Sophie Tuckshop; Guide; One of "The Girls" Derek Guyler - Frisby Dyke The BBC Augmented Variety Orchestra - Conductors - Charles Shadwell; Rae Jenkins An Orchestra composed of members of the Home Fleet
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