It's That Man Again


It's That Man Again

Tommy Handley and Ted Kavanagh wrote the scripts for this very popular wartime programme together with producer Francis Worsley. The name of the programme derived from a topical catchphrase. Whenever Hitler made some new territorial claim, the newspaper headlines would proclaim 'It's That Man Again'. The programme started on a trial basis in July 1939. The setting was a pirate commercial radio ship, from which Tommy Handley broadcast, assisted by Cecilia Eddy as his secretary Cilly, Eric Egan as a mad Russian inventor, Sam Heppner and Lionel Gamlin. These early editions were modelled on Bandwaggon which starred Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch. ITMA returned in September 1939 for a weekly series in which Tommy Handley was Minister of Aggravation and Mysteries at the Office of Twerps. With a new cast, Vera Lennox as his secretary Dotty, Maurice Denham as Mrs. Tickle the office char and Vodkin the Russian inventor, Jack Train as Funf the elusive German spy, and Sam Costa. One of the regular features was Radio Fakenburg, a send up of Radio Luxembourg which had stopped broadcasting during the War. It's That Man Again is a giant in the history of radio comedy. Mat Coward's book Classic Radio Comedy says, "Surely the most written-about radio series in history, it was successful to an extent which is hard to imagine today. Its international audience was measured in the tens of millions. Its star, Tommy Handley, was undoubtedly the most popular performer, in any field, ever known in Britain."
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