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London Calling: 1: In the Beginning

on BBC Radio 2

A four-part comedy, running nightly, about the early days of the BBC, written by Jimmy Perry, the man behind "Dad's Army" and "Hi-De-Hi".
The microphone jammed if a speaker talked too loudly, the letters of praise and complaint flooded in, and then a new Director-General, John Brown, came to take over the British Broadcasting Company.

Contributors

Written By:
Jimmy Perry
John Brown:
Graham Crowden
Colonel Beecham:
Jimmy Perry
Admiral Carpenter:
Peter Cellier
Roger Eccles:
Jeffrey Holland
Phyllis Godfrey:
Amanda Bellamy
Rex Murray:
Logan Murray
Jeffrey Stainton:
Chris Luscombe
Sgt Lucas:
Bill Pertwee
Miss Nightingale:
Joanna Monro
Isabel Blair:
Julie Gibbs
Arthur:
Toby Longworth
Bobby Bright:
Leonard Kirby
Fred Keep 'Em Laughing Hicks:
Roy Hudd
[Actor]:
Brian Bowles

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