Something To Shout About

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Something to Shout About

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1960s advertising agency sitcom starring Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding,

1960s advertising agency sitcom starring Michael Medwin, Joan Sims and Fenella Fielding,

Something to Shout About: Series 3: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Something to Shout About, Series 3, Episode 1

An inspector checks up on team efficiency at the advertising agency. From 1961

4 Extra Debut. An inspector checks up on team efficiency at the advertising agency. Stars Fenella Fielding and Joan Sims. From October 1961.

Mr Podmore, a Readjustment Officer, arrives to check up on team efficiency.  Creativity is stretched as they struggle to produce a commercial for slimming biscuits for dogs!

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'. 

Michael Lightfoot.............Michael Medwin 
Maggie.................................Eleanor Summerfield
Janet......................................Fenella Fielding
Mavis.....................................Joan Sims 
Adrian Beales.....................Nicholas Phipps
Mr Podmore.......................Warren Mitchell
 
Series three written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1961

Something to Shout About: Series 3

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1960s comedy, with Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding, focusing on the advertising world.

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