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Francis Frederick Worsley (2 June 1902 – 15 September 1949) was a radio producer for the

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who was known for producing the radio comedy series ''

It's That Man Again ''It's That Man Again'' (commonly contracted to ''ITMA'') was a BBC radio comedy programme which ran for twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured Tommy Handley in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom the other cha ...

'' (ITMA) from 1939 to 1949. As a young man, he was briefly a first-class cricketer.

Life and career

Worsley was educated at

Brighton College Brighton College is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18); Brighton College Preparatory Sc ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

."Obituary: Mr Francis Worsley", ''The Times'', 16 September 1949, p. 7 He was a talented cricketer as a schoolboy and during summer holidays he played for

Cardiff Cricket Club Cardiff Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1819 and forms the cricket section of Cardiff Athletic Club with its headquarters at Cardiff Arms Park. The first team plays in the South Wales ...

, as a result of which he was selected by

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twice in the 1922 and 1923 seasons.Haigh, p. 147 On coming down from Oxford he entered the Colonial Education Service and worked in the

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, but within two years his health obliged him to resign. In 1928, Worsley joined the

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as an assistant in its talks department at Cardiff, and later worked in the corporation's outside broadcasts department and as programme director of the West Region, before joining the variety department in 1938. With the comedian

Tommy Handley Thomas Reginald Handley (17 January 1892 – 9 January 1949) was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme ''It's That Man Again'' ("''ITMA''") which ran between 1939 and 1949. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Handley went o ...

and the scriptwriter

Ted Kavanagh Henry Edward Kavanagh (7 March 1892 – 17 September 1958) was a British radio scriptwriter and producer. Ted Kavanagh was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1892. He initially studied medicine in Edinburgh before pursuing a career as a writer. H ...

, Worsley devised the radio programme ''

'' (ITMA), which ran from 1939 until the sudden death of its star, Handley, in January 1949. Worsley was then appointed to take charge of staff training within the BBC. Worsley died in hospital in London on 15 September 1949. He was survived by a widow and a son.

References

Sources

* Haigh, G. (ed.) (2006) ''Peter the Lord's Cat'', Aurum Press: London. .

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