Band Waggon

Band Waggon

"Band Waggon" was a comedy radio show broadcast by the BBC from 1938 to 1940. The first season featured Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch. In the second season, Askey and Murdoch were joined by Syd Walker, and the third season added Diana Clare for two episodes.

"Band Waggon" was the first comedy show to be designed specifically for radio, and established the practice of broadcasting a regular comedy and music programme at the same time each week. The show ended in 1940, allowing Askey to pursue a career in film and Murdoch to join the Royal Air Force. A show of the same name and starring Askey and Murdoch with Tommy Trinder was playing at the London Palladium when WW II broke out. The following year another version - with Norman Evans in pace of Trinder - played at the Blackpool Opera House.

In 1940 a film of the same name, based on the radio show, was produced, directed by Marcel Varnel, again featuring the double act of Arthur Askey and Richard "Stinker" Murdoch. The plot involves the latter pair using unorthodox methods to get their show onto the BBC and running into enemy agents at a castle in Sussex. Arthur Askey, playing himself, in his first major film role, employs his trade mark catch-phrase: "I Thank You" and songs: "Big-Hearted Arthur" and "The Bee". The film also features the music of Jack Hylton, the singing talents of Patricia Kirkwood, dancing girls and the clowning of Moore Marriot. In 1958, a television version was made, starring Askey and Murdoch, called "Living It Up".

External links

*imdb title|id=0031077|title=Band Waggon
* [http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon.htm The Bandwaggon Show Guide]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/ww2/homefront.shtml The BBC at War] including a 66 second [http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/media/ww2/bandwaggon2.ram "Band Waggon" audio clip]


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