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

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

''Band Waggon'' was co-produced by [[Gordon Crier]] and [[Harry S. Pepper]]<ref>Peter Hay , ''Canned Laughter: The Best Stories from Radio and Television'' (1992), p. 42</ref><ref>[http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon.html Bandwaggon] at britishcomedy.org.uk, accessed 30 July 2016</ref> and was the first comedy show to be designed specifically for radio. Together with ''[[Monday Night at Eight|Monday Night at Seven]]'', it 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 stage show of the same name and starring Askey and Murdoch was toured by Jack Hylton beginning in November 1938.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reynolds's Newspaper |journal=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=October 9, 1938 |page=16}}</ref> The show with the addition of [[Tommy Trinder]] was playing at the [[London Palladium]] when the [[World War II|Second World War]] broke out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3d5/band-waggon/production/7j6|title=Production of Band Waggon | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> The following year, another version - with [[Norman Evans]] in place of Trinder - played at the [[Blackpool Opera House]].

An Audiobook CD, featuring extracts from the ''Band Waggon'' radio show along with other comedy recordings by Askey and Murdoch, was issued in 2006.

==Film version==
{{Main article|Band Waggon (film)}}
A film version of the series was released in 1940 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 [[trademark]] [[catchphrase]]: "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 Marriott]]. In 1958, a television version was made, starring Askey and Murdoch, called ''[[Living It Up (UK TV series)|Living It Up]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0031077|title=Band Waggon}}
*[http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon.htm The ''Bandwaggon'' Show Guide]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/ww2/homefront.shtml ''The BBC at War''] including a 66 second [https://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/media/ww2/bandwaggon2.ram ''Band Waggon'' audio clip]
*[https://rfwilmut.net/wireless/askey.html A three-minute excerpt from ''Band Waggon'' and an Askey/Murdoch sketch]
*[http://www.ltmrecordings.com/bandwaggon.html ''Band Waggon'' audiobook CD published by CD41]

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