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Educating Archie

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1950s classic light entertainment with ventriloquist Peter Brough and his doll Archie

1950s classic light entertainment with ventriloquist Peter Brough and his doll Archie Andrews

Educating Archie: From 19/10/1951

From 19/10/1951

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Educating Archie, From 19/10/1951

Tony Hancock, Julie Andrews and Hattie Jacques join Archie Andrews.

Tony Hancock, Julie Andrews and Hattie Jacques join Archie Andrews. Radio ventriloquism from Peter Brough. From October 1951.

Archie's off to cinema - and lands in trouble with Dr Anthony Hancock. 

Radio ventriloquism from Peter Brough and schoolboy, Archie Andrews. 

With Tony Hancock, Eric Sykes, Alfred Marks, Hattie Jacques, Peter Madden and Julie Andrews. 

Running from 1950- 1958, Educating Archie introduced a number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a turn in tutoring Archie. 

Script by Sid Colin and Walter Ridley

With the Tanner Sisters, the Hedley Ward Trio and Anton and his Orchestra.

Producer: Roy Speer

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1951.

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