ITMA (It's That Man Again)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf radio comedy programme
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:BBC_Sound_Archive
gptkbp:awarded OBE to Tommy Handley
gptkbp:broadcastOn gptkb:BBC_Radio
gptkb:Bristol
gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:London
gptkbp:catchphrase Can I do you now, sir?
TTFN (Ta-ta for now)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Ted_Kavanagh
gptkbp:endDate death of Tommy Handley
gptkbp:firstAired 1939
gptkbp:format gptkb:comedy
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ITMA (It's That Man Again)
gptkbp:influenced British comedy
gptkbp:inspiredBy wartime events
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:lastAired 1949
gptkbp:mainWriter gptkb:Ted_Kavanagh
gptkbp:notableCast gptkb:Hattie_Jacques
gptkb:Dino_Galvani
gptkb:Dorothy_Summers
gptkb:Jack_Train
gptkb:Sydney_Keith
Horace Percival
gptkbp:notableCharacter Colonel Chinstrap
Funf
Mrs. Mopp
gptkbp:notableFor ensemble cast
satirical sketches
boosting wartime morale
fast-paced humour
influencing later radio sitcoms
influencing postwar British radio comedy
popularizing catchphrases
gptkbp:numberInSeries 12
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes over 300
gptkbp:parodyOf gptkb:The_Goon_Show
gptkbp:producer Francis Worsley
gptkbp:setDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spinOff ITMA film (1942)
ITMA film (1945)
gptkbp:star gptkb:Tommy_Handley
gptkbp:targetAudience wartime British public
gptkbp:themeMusicComposer 'It's That Man Again' by Billy Mayerl
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tommy_Handley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7