''Top of the Town'' was a 1950s radio programme, broadcast on the

BBC Light Programme The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1. It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the ...

and hosted by

Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of th ...

. The pilot episode was broadcast on 5 June 1953 on the

BBC Home Service The BBC Home Service was a national and regional radio station that broadcast from 1939 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 4. History 1922–1939: Interwar period Between the early 1920s and the outbreak of World War II, the BBC ...

; the first series started shortly afterwards, on 1 November 1953, and was broadcast weekly on the

for sixteen episodes, until 21 February 1954. A second series was commissioned and ran in weekly episodes for 16 weeks between 31 October 1954 and 27 February 1955.

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* * {{refend BBC Light Programme programmes BBC Home Service programmes