Take It from Here

03/28/07

Take It from Here

Last Edited: 28-Mar-2007

This document is a 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.

Cast:

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JE = Jimmy Edwards

DB = Dick Bentley

JN = Joy Nicholls

JW = June Whitfield

With:

CW = Clarence Wright

WB = Wilfrid Babbage

WE = Wallas Eaton

HM = Herbert Mostyn (Muir/Norden)

Guests:

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Announcers: AD = Alan Dean, DD = David Dunhill, Brian Matthew = BM, AW = Adrian Waller, JH = John Hobday, DS = Douglas Smith

Writers: FM = Frank Muir, DN = Denis Norden, EM = Eric Merriman, BT = Barry Took

Music: The Keynotes, the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra /Frank Cantrell/Robert Buzby/Paul Fenoulhet/Harry Rabinowitz/Peter Achester(?)/Malcolm Lothgar, AC = Alma Cogan, CS = Charles Shadwell and His Orchestra, Frank Cantrell/Bristol Variety Orchestra, SP = Sid Phillips and his band, PD = Polka Dots, TE = Toni Eden, PGS = Pa Glum Songbook

Producers: CM = Charles Maxwell, CC = Charles Chilton

Date / Episode Number / Episode Details / Cast / JL (editor) / Location
(MH) / S /
23-Mar-1948 / #1
S01e01 / Producer cancels show– Lullaby of Broadway – Jimmy’s play -- You’re the Prettiest Thing – Jim: written play and acting roles / “Trial of Madame Z” / M
30-Mar-1948 / #2
s01e02 / Introducing comedy and a name – Easter Parade – Dick and Joy read a romantic script – Experience – Jim: life in Africa / “White Congo” / M
06-Apr-1948 / #3
s01e03 / 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” / M
13-Apr-1948 / #4
s01e04 / 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” / M
20-Apr-1948 / #5
s01e05 / Locked in by the landlady – Missouri Waltz – Dick wants to marry Jo(y) – Will it ever really be like this? – “Low Geste” / M
27-Apr-1948 / #6
s01e06 / 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” / M
04-May-1948 / #7
s01e07 / Party preparations – – – The Song’s Gotta Come from the Heart – Alan wants a part in the play / “The Wimpoles of Barrett Street“ / M
11-May-1948 / #8
s01e08 / 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” / M
18-May-1948 / #9
s01e09 / 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” / M
25-May-1948 / #10
s01e10 / 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” / M
01-Jun-1948 / #11
s01e11 / Payment by laughter scale – Miss Annabel Lee – Keynotes whip-round to Dick – Big Brass Band From Brazil – Jim: Frankenstein / “The Ghoul and Boris show” / M
08-Jun-1948 / #12
s01e12 / 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” / M
15-Jun-1948 / #13
s01e13 / 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” / M
22-Jun-1948 / #14
s01e14 / Milk Train to Cowes – The Froggie and the Catfish – Addressing a child – Pardon Me Pretty Baby – kiddies’ week / M
29-Jun-1948 / #15
s01e15 / Buffalo Bentley rides again – Bread and Butter Woman – Forever Amber – Wrap your Troubles in Dreams – The London Chronicle / M
06-Jul-1948 / #16
s01e16 / Trouble at the Mill or Loom504 – Dance Ballerina – holiday camp – I’ll never say never again – holiday seaside week / M
13-Jul-1948 / #17
s01e17 / 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 / M
20-Jul-1948 / #18
s01e18 / 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 / M
27-Jul-1948 / #19
s01e19 / 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 / M
03-Aug-1948 / #20
s01e20 / What’s cooking on the range? – Miss Johnson Phoned Again Today – rude picture machine – red, red robin – focus on Bank Holiday / M
10-Aug-1948 / #21
s01e21 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, CW
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 30:00, 7034, m
good / TIFH A1 / G
17-Aug-1948 / #22
s01e22 / 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 / M
24-Aug-1948 / #23
s01e23 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, CW
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 29:38, 6949, m
wow/flutter
very muffled, poor / TIFH A1 / R
31-Aug-1948 / #24
s01e24 / 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 / M
07-Sep-1948 / #25
s01e25 / 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 / M
14-Sep-1948 / #26
s01e26 / Gardening / Focus on Careers – I’m Sitting on top of the world – Harry Hickory: marriage advice bureau – The Dicky Bird Song – Boobs on Broadway / M
21-Sep--1948 / #27
s01e27 / Late night Start / Focus on nightlife – Put your arms around me honey – Harry Hickory: football pools / playwriting competition – Cuanto le Gusta – Debenture Unlimited / M
28-Sep-1948 / #28
s01e28 / Radio Times’ 25th anniversary / Focus on Better Listening – I’d love to live in Loveland – Harry Hickory: spychology – Betty Blue – TIFH with Father / M
05-Oct-1948 / #29
s01e29 / 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 / M
28-Dec--1948 / #30
s02e01 / 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 / M
04-Jan-1949 / #31
s01e02 / New Year’s resolutions – The Lady from 29 Palms – Scrapheap for 1948 – A Little Bird – On a Highland with you or Sporran Affair / M
11-Jan-1949 / #32
s02e03 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 22:54, 5368, m
poor, variable sound, songs omitted / TIFH A1 / Y
18-Jan-1949 / #33
s02e04 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 28:00, 6564, m
fair / TIFH A1 / Y
25-Jan-1949 / #34
s02e05 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 28:33, 6695, m
fair / TIFH A1 / G
01-Feb-1949 / #35
s02e06 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 29:18, 6869, m
good/fair / TIFH A1 / G
08-Feb-1949 / #36
s02e07 / 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 / M
15-Feb-1949 / #37
s02e08 / Joy’s clothes – Ukulele Lady – Facts on Sport – A Man Could Be a Wonderful Thing – The Goony Pig or Zombie and Son / M
22-Feb-1949 / #38
s02e09 / -- Mañana – -- Me and Johnny – Much Binding in Morocco or Bentley le Boko / M
01-Mar-1949 / #39
s02e10 / -- Walking My Baby Back Home – -- Put Him in a Box and Tie Him up with Ribbon – Boy Meets Earl or Little Lord Bentleyboy / M
08-Mar-1949 / #40
s02e11 / -- You, you’re Driving Me Crazy – -- The Crystal Gazer – Lumbago Comes to Tarzan / M
15-Mar-1949 / #41
s02e12 / -- Three Little Words – -- You Was – Obnoxious / M
22-Mar-1949 / #42
s02e13 / (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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, CS
FM/DN
CM / 22:54, 6869, m
fair, musical numbers missing, some dropouts / TIFH A1 / G
29-Mar-1949 / #43
s02e14 / -- I’ve Told Every Little Star – – Lavender Blue – A Song to Forget or Only Ten More Chopin Days to Easter / M
05-Apr-1949 / #44
s02e15 / -- Have You Ever Been Lonely? – – Somebody’s Lying – The Healing TIFH or Forceps Deliveries / M
12-Mar-1949 / #45
s02e16 / -- Easter Parade – – My Mother’s Wedding day – Lousy Come Home or My Dogs Are Killing Me / M
19-Apr-1949 / #46
s02e17 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 29:42, 6869, m
good/fair / TIFH A1 / G
26-Apr-1949 / #47
s02e18 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 28:34, 6869, m
good/fair / TIFH A1 / G
03-May-1949 / #48
s02e19 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 27:35, 6869, m
good / TIFH A1 / G
10-May-1949 / #49
s02e20 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
AD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 28:37, 6869, m
good / TIFH A1 / G
17-May-1949 / #50
s02e21 / -- Tip-toes Through the Tulips – – There’s Nothing to Do in Sleepyville – A Far Distant Shaw or Corn in Egypt / M
24-May-1949 / #51
s02e22 / -- My Heart Stood Still – – Candy Kisses – Tiptoe Thro' The Juleps or That's What I Loathe About The South / M
31-May-1949 / #52
s02e23 / -- Japanese Sandman – – Argentine Story – Frankenstein Junior or Return of the Tin Man / M
07-Jun-1949 / #53
s02e24 / -- 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 / M
14-Jun-1949 / #54
s02e25 / -- Rhythm of the Rain – – Rainy Day in Paris -- Pest Pilot or Let's Get High / M
21-Jun-1949 / #55
s02e26 / -- Rolling Round the World – – The Bullfrog – Trilby or Hatter’s Parcel / M
28-Jun-1949 / #56
s02e27 / -- Just One of Those Things – – Busy Doing Nothing – Eggo-Bound or I Think I Shall Never See a Film without Psychiatry / M
11-Oct-1949 / #57
s03e01 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
DD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 28:06, 6869, m
good / TIFH A1 / G
18-Oct-1949 / #58
s03e02 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
DD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 27:54, 6869, m
fair, unplayable on Thomson or WinAmp / TIFH A1 / G
25-Oct-1949 / #59
s03s03 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
DD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 25:08, 6869, m
fair/poor / TIFH A1 / Y
01-Nov-1949 / #60
s03s04 / 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” / JE, DB, JN, WE
DD
KN, BBC/FC
FM/DN
CM / 29:25, 6869, m
fair / TIFH A1 / Y