In the Beginning
Back to the wireless days of 1922 and 大象传媒's new DG John Brown takes charge. Stars Graham Crowden and Jimmy Perry. From 1994.
The man behind TV hits Dad's Army and Hi-De-Hi - Jimmy Perry's star-packed comedy about the early wireless days of the 大象传媒.
Back in 1922, when a microphone jammed if a speaker talked too loudly, the letters of praise and complaint flooded in.
Then a new Director-General, John Brown, came to take over the British Broadcasting Company.
John Brown ...... Graham Crowden
Colonel Beecham ...... Jimmy Perry
Fred "Keep 'em Laughing" Hicks ...... Roy Hudd
Sergeant Lucas ...... Bill Pertwee
Roger Eccles ...... Jeffrey Holland
Miss Nightingale ...... Joanna Munro
Arthur ...... Toby Longworth
Admiral Carpenter ...... Peter Cellier
Jeffrey Stainton ...... Chris Luscombe
Bobby Bright ...... Leonard Kirby
Phyllis Godfrey ...... Amanda Bellamy
Rex Murray ...... Logan Murray
Music by Roy Moore.
Producer: Jo Clegg.
First broadcast nightly on 大象传媒 Radio 2 in September 1994.
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