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Play It Cool

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Days out and big business inspire a plethora of comedy characters galore in fast-moving sketches.

Written by Eric Merriman - best known for Beyond Our Ken.

Starring:

Ian Carmichael
Joan Sims
Hugh Paddick

Films like Private's Progress and I'm All Right, Jack propelled Ian Carmichael to stardom on both British stage and screen. Play it Cool was his first radio comedy series promising a variety of potty and pompous situations.

Music from:

Rosemary Squires
The Mike Sammes Singers
The Ken Thorne Orchestra

Producer: John Simmonds

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

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