No. 17-Tommy Trinder
The interviewer, Wilfred Pickles
Produced by Richard North
It is always good fun listening to Tommy Trinder , most precocious of comedians, who hands out laughs-and photographs. He specialises in singling out someone in the audience and being thoroughly rude to him. The victim, who enjoys it as much as anyone, seldom scores over this genius of repartee.
Tommy began by entertaining at working men's clubs for 7s. 6d. a night ; at nineteen he earned £ 15 a week as principal comedian in revue; at twenty-one he worked a single act throughout South Africa. Then for five years he did concert-party work round the seaside towns. Jack Hylton discovered him, and Tommy never looked back.