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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It's That Man Again - 431007 - Tommy Establishes Headquarters
It's That Man Again - 431028 - Fire Watchers Club
It's That Man Again - 431104 - Tommy Takes Over
It's That Man Again - 440106
It's That Man Again - 440113 - Navy Show Scapa Flow
It's That Man Again - 440217 - RAF Edition
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It's That Man Again - 440413 - Army Edition Woolwich
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It's That Man Again - 450510 - Victory Edition
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It's That Man Again - 471204 - Royal Command Show
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It's That Man Again - 490106 Last Episode
It's That Man Again - The Home Fleet
It's That Man Again - xx-xx-xx The ITMA Cup
It's That Man Again - xx-xx-xx Unknown
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