Much Binding in the Marsh

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Comedy starring Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch, set in an RAF station

Much Binding in the Marsh: From 01/12/1953

From 01/12/1953

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Much Binding in the Marsh, From 01/12/1953

Miss Gladys Plum conjures up a cocktail and there's a visit to a factory making novelties.

The staff go crackers and visit a novelty factory and Miss Plum makes a cocktail. With Kenneth Horne and Dora Bryan.  From 1953.

Tensions surface between Costa and Beamish

Miss Plum writes a column about How to Behave at Home - including tips on a cold running buffet.

Plus a visit to Notting Hill Novelty.

Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch.

With:

Sam Costa
Maurice Denham
Dora Bryan

Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.

Music from the BBC Men’s Chorus and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet 

Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Luxembourg).

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1953.

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