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It's Not Cricket (radio Series)
''It's Not Cricket'' was a 1953 Australian radio variety series. It was written for the ABC to supplement radio broadcasts of the 1953 Ashes series from England. The series was recorded in England and airmailed to Australia. Writers included Frank Muir and Denis Norden, who wrote British scripts, and Fred Parsons, who wrote Australian scripts. Some episodes were recorded in Britain, others in Australia. The first three broadcasts were on 11, 12 and 13 June in 1953. Reception The ''Advertiser'' wrote: "The idea I gathered was not to provide us with top line variety shows for the five scheduled nights, but to create a Test party atmosphere in the studios and relay that to listeners. Generally, they all succeeded very well and if the comedy, the music and the studio stunts occasionally needed a few forced laughs to help them along, that only made the party atmosphere more realistic." Cast British *Joy Nichols *Dick Bentley *Jimmy Edwards *Sam Costa * Kitty Bluett and Bill Kerr *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Commission
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is a publicly-owned statutory organisation that is politically independent and accountable; for example, through its production of annual reports, and is bound by provisions contained within the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an Act of Federal Parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Train
Jack Train (28 November 1902 – 19 December 1966) was a British comic actor best known for his appearances as a variety of eccentric characters in the BBC radio series ''It's That Man Again'' (''ITMA''). Life and career Train was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 28 November 1902."Mr Jack Train", ''The Times'', 20 December 1966, p. 10 During his service in the Royal Navy in the First World War he began performing as an entertainer. Leslie Hore-Belisha, later Minister for War, saw his act when he was entertaining sailors at Devonport, advised him to turn professional and arranged an audition for him. In 1928 he made his first West End appearance, in a Herbert Farjeon revue called ''Many Happy Returns''. His only stage appearance in a serious play was in ''Journey's End'', after which he spent five years as the straight man to Nervo and Knox. He first broadcast in 1924 and was heard on the air frequently, mostly in light entertainment but from time to time in serious drama. In Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LBW Smith
''LBW Smith'' is a 1958 Australian radio serial drama from the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It was produced to coincide with the 1958–59 Ashes cricket series between Australia and England, and it is notable for its innovative production which incorporated the results of games in the scripts at the last minute. The serial was written by George F. Kerr who was the ABC's most prolific writer at the time. Premise The cricket-mad Duke of Bootle from England and Mrs Flinders from Australia bet on who will win the Ashes. Both travel around Australia following the Test matches. They discover a player, LBW Smith, who might be eligible for either country. Cast *Don Pascoe as the Duke of Bootle *Lionel Stevens as Cavendish the valet *Queenie Ashton as Mrs Kev Flinders *Richard Meikle as LBW Smith *Madi Hedd as Liz *Ric Hutton *June Salter Production The series incorporated elements of the real-life Ashes including up-to-date scores, crowd noises, and cameos from commentators su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Styles
Edwin Styles (13 January 1899 – 20 December 1960) was a British stage comedian, pantomime actor, radio and TV performer and film actor. Partial filmography * ''Hell Below'' (1933) - Herbert Standish - Flight Comdr. * '' On the Air'' (1934) - Edwin Styles * '' Road House'' (1934) - Archie Hamble * '' Patricia Gets Her Man'' (1937) - Brian Maxwell * '' The Five Pound Man'' (1937) - Richard Fordyce * '' Adam and Evelyne'' (1949) - Bill Murray * '' The Lady with a Lamp'' (1951) - Mr. Nightingale * '' Derby Day'' (1952) - Sir George Forbes * '' Penny Princess'' (1952) - Chancellor - Cobbler * ''Top Secret'' (1952) - Barworth Superintendent * ''The Accused'' (1953) - Solicitor * '' The Weak and the Wicked'' (1954) - Seymour * '' For Better, for Worse'' (1954) - Anne's Boss * '' Isn't Life Wonderful!'' (1954) - Bamboula * '' The Dam Busters'' (1955) - Observer At Trials * ''Up in the World'' (1956) - Conjuror * ''The Full Treatment ''The Full Treatment'' (released in the US as ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chips Rafferty
John William Pilbean Goffage MBE (26 March 190927 May 1971), known professionally as Chips Rafferty, was an Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the late 1930s until he died in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American productions, including '' The Overlanders'' and '' The Sundowners''. He appeared in commercials in Britain during the late 1950s, encouraging British emigration to Australia. Early days John William Pilbean Goffage was born at Billy Goat Hill, near Broken Hill, New South Wales to John Goffage, an English-born stock agent, and Australian-born Violet Maude Joyce.Pike, A. (1996) "Goffage, John William Pilbean hips Rafferty(1909–1971)", ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 14, Melbourne University Press. Gaining the nickname "Chips" as a school boy, Rafferty studied at Parramatta Commercial School. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
