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Play It Cool

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Fast moving sketches and a plethora of comedy characters.

Written by Eric Merriman - best known for his work on numerous BBC series of Beyond Our Ken.

Starring:

Ian Carmichael
Joan Sims
Hugh Paddick.

Films like Private's Progress and I'm All Right Jack helped make Ian Carmichael a major star of both British stage and screen. Play it Cool was his first radio comedy series promising a variety of potty and pompous situations.

With music from:

Rosemary Squires
The Mike Sammes Singers
The Ken Thorne Orchestra

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1964. Show less

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