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Educating Archie. Peter Brough. Copyright: BBC
Educating Archie

Educating Archie

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Light Programme
  • 1950 - 1960
  • 232 episodes (9 series)

Sitcom about scampish schoolboy Archie Andrews, actually a ventriloquist's dummy. Stars Peter Brough, Robert Moreton, Tony Hancock, Harry Secombe, Max Bygraves and more.

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Educating Archie. Peter Brough. Copyright: BBC

Steam radio: a Baby Boomer's personal memory of post-war wireless comedy

With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest shows of the post-war era in this ode to brilliant comedy on the wireless.

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