TONY'S RADIO SHOWS

"Calling All Forces"

5-8-51

Transmission :Hancock appeared in the edition of Sunday 5-8-51, 2100-2200, BBC Light Programme (repeated Friday 11-8-51, 1310, BBC Home Service). Recorded 4-8-51
Cast :He performed with Googie Withers, Geraldo and compere Ted Ray, as well as working solo.
Script (not the solo spot) by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin.
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Hooper.

25-2-52

Transmission :Hancock appeared in the edition of Monday 25-2-52, 2100-2200, BBC Light Programme (repeated Saturday 1-3-52, 1310, BBC Home Service). Recorded 23-2-52.
Cast :In this programme Hancock performed his solo act, then worked with Ted Ray (the compere), Pauline Stroud, Geraldo, Denis Goodwin, Alan Skempton and Leslie Welch.
Script (not the solo spot) by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin.
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Hooper.


Tony Hancock and Charlie Chester took over from Ted Ray as co-comperes of the show on Easter Monday, 14-4-52. Hancock usually worked with the musical guest in each show and performed a sketch with the main guest. Also, Hancock would perform a sketch with Charlie Chester and a supporting actress. Hancock appeared in every show from 14-4-52 until the end of the series, as follows:-

"Calling All Forces : April - July 1952
Broadcast Date	Guests
14-4-52	Arthur Askey, Eddie Calvert, Edna Fryer, (in sketch with Hancock), and the George Mitchell Singers
21-4-52	Jack Warner, Ken Mackintosh, Bob Monkhouse, Joan Heal, and the George Mitchell Singers
28-4-52	Peter Cavanagh, Monia Liter, Hattie Jacques, and the George Mitchell Singers
5-5-52	Terry-Thomas, Nat Temple, and Josephine Crombie
12-5-52	Cardew Robinson, Jack Simpson, Miriam Karlin, and Denis Goodwin
19-5-52	Robb Wilton, Kenny Baker, and Patricia Gilbert
26-5-52	Robert Moreton, Steve Race and Malcolm Lockyer, Diana Decker and Denis Goodwin
2-6-52	Cyril Fletcher, Tollefsen, Joan Heal, and the Augmented Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
9-6-52	Bill Kerr, Ronnie Aldrich, Pat Cutts, and the Augmented Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
16-6-52	Harry Secombe, Johnny Dankworth, and Lisbeth Kearnes
23-6-52	Richard Murdoch, Wally Rockett, and Edna Fryer
30-6-52	Derek Roy, Winifred Atwell, and Jennifer Ramage
7-7-52	Jimmy Edwards, Freddie Randall, and Billie Whitelaw
14-7-52	Bernard Braden, Tommy Reilly, and Primrose Milligan
21-7-52	Peter Sellers, Stanley Black (solo piano), and Miriam Karlin
28-7-52	Eric Barker, Humphrey Lyttleton and Wally Fawkes, and Edna Fryer

Transmission : Mondays, 2100-2200, BBC Light Programme. Repeated the following Saturday at 1310, BBC Home Service. Recorded the previous Saturday.

Comperes : Charlie Chester and Tony Hancock

Regular cast : Leslie Welch, Carole Carr, the Mitchellaires (except 14, 21 and 28-4-52) and the BBC Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black (except 2 and 9-6-52).

Scripts by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin (first ten shows), Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (the next three shows), Charlie Chester with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (the final three shows)

Produced by Jacques Brown and John Hooper