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Little Willie Saves the Day

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The Daily Sketch slams boring Auntie. Will John Brown agree to light entertainment shows?

The Daily Sketch slams boring Auntie. Will DG John Brown agree to light entertainment shows? Stars Graham Crowden. From September 1994.

Back to the BBC's early wireless days of 1922. 

The Daily Sketch says the BBC's programmes are boring. Will DG John Brown finally agree to broadcast some light entertainment, or will his peccadillo with Auntie Phyllis force him over the edge? Either way, Fred "Keep 'Em Laughing" Hicks has got an unusual new act for radio.

Written by Jimmy Perry, the man behind Dad's Army and Hi-De-Hi. 

John Brown ...... Graham Crowden
Colonel Beecham ...... Jimmy Perry
Fred "Keep 'em Laughing" Hicks    ......    Roy Hudd
Roger Eccles ...... Jeffrey Holland
Sergeant Lucas ...... Bill Pertwee
Roger Eccles ...... Jeffrey Holland
Miss Nightingale ...... Joanna Munro
Arthur ...... Toby Longworth
Admiral Carpenter ...... Peter Cellier
Jeffrey Stainton ...... Chris Luscombe
Bobby Bright ...... Leonard Kirby
Rex Murray ...... Logan Murray
Isabel Blair ...... Julie Gibbs
Isabel Blair    ......    Julie Gibbs
Phyllis Godfrey    ......    Amanda Bellamy 

Music by Roy Moore.

Producer: Jo Clegg. 

First broadcast nightly on BBC Radio 2 in September 1994.

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Graham Crowden and Jimmy Perry star in a sitcom about the early days of the wireless

Graham Crowden and Jimmy Perry star in a sitcom about the early days of the wireless and the BBC

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