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ITMA - It's That Man Again

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Wartime comedy, written by Tommy Handley and Ted Kavanagh

ITMA - It's That Man Again: From 11/04/1946

13/11/2006

From 11/04/1946

BBC Radio 4 Extra - ITMA - It's That Man Again, From 11/04/1946

Can Tommy Handley, governor of Tomtopia, get support to stage an important race?

Can Tommy Handley, governor of Tomtopia, get support to stage an important race? With Jack Train. From April 1946.

Can Tommy Handley - the Governor of Tomtopia - get support to stage an important race?

With Jack Train, Clarence Wright, Fred Yule, Jean Capra, Carleton Hobbs, Hugh Morton, Mary O'Farrell, Lind Joyce and Diana Morrison.

It's That Man Again - ITMA made a radio superstar of Tommy Handley (1894-1949) and had more than 20 million devoted listeners to the BBC Home Service each week - with millions more around the world. The show's title came from a newspaper headline used in stories about Adolf Hitler in the lead up to the Second World War.
Catchphrases like "TTFN - Ta-Ta for now" and "Can I Do You Now, Sir?" coupled with a frenetic, topical approach made it utterly distinctive.

From 1939 to 1949, over 310 episodes were broadcast, breaking away from existing comedy and music hall conventions with an anarchic and irreverent style - created by its writer Ted Kavanagh.

BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.

Producer: Francis Worsley.

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1946.

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