Movies

Band Waggon (1940) Film version of the most popular British radio programme of its time, starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch, with Jack Hylton and his orchestra with vocalist Patricia Kirkwood. Askey and Murdoch are evicted from their squat on the roof of the BBC building and eventually find themselves in possession of a pirate television station. I am probably the only person you know who has any knowledge of this at all, having made a bit of a study of the development of British radio comedy via the excellent BBC radio series Laughter In the Air and the unfortunately rare few shows available, like this movie, from the Internet Archive. I'm not sure this would be of much interest to anyone otherwise, but I found it moderately entertaining, with good production numbers from the Hylton band, and some pretty sharp comedy from Askey and Murdoch. 6/10

Kirkwood, Hylton, Askey and Murdoch