Band Waggon

  • Radio variety / sitcom
  • BBC National Programme / BBC Regional Programme
  • 1938 - 1947
  • 53 episodes (3 series)

Ground-breaking radio comedy series starring Arthur Askey and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch, mixing sitcom with music and other light entertainment.

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Band Waggon. Image shows from L to R: Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch (Richard Murdoch), Arthur Askey (Arthur Askey), Hobday (Donald Calthrop)
 Film

Band Waggon

Wartime film based on the popular BBC radio comedy series.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV
 TV

Living It Up

Television adaptation of Arthur Askey and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch's sitcom elements from BBC Radio's Band Waggon. The pair run a pirate TV station.

It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC
 Radio

It's That Man Again

Wartime comedy series starring Tommy Handley, which spawned many of the catchphrases popular all over the country during the 1940s.

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