Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh
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Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was a comedy show broadcast from 1944 to 1950 and 1951 to 1954 by BBC Radio and in 1950–51 by Radio Luxembourg. It was written by and starred Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne as officers in a fictional RAF station coping with red tape and the inconveniences and incongruities of life in the Second World War. After the war the station became a country club and finally the show became the chronicle of a newspaper, The Weekly Bind.
Genre | Radio comedy |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio (1944–1950) Radio Luxembourg (1950–1951) BBC Radio (1951–1954) |
Starring | Richard Murdoch Kenneth Horne |
Original release | 1944 (1944) – 1954 (1955) |
Sponsored by | Mars (1950–1951) |
Among the supporting cast were Sam Costa as the officers' batman, Maurice Denham in a multitude of roles, Diana Morrison, Dora Bryan and Nicholas Parsons. Singers in the musical interludes in the show included Gwen Catley, Maudie Edwards. Binnie Hale and Doris Hare. Among those appearing as guest stars were Phyllis Calvert, Richard Dimbleby, Glynis Johns, Alan Ladd and Jean Simmons.
The show followed ITMA as the most popular British radio comedy, and was succeeded by Take It From Here and The Goon Show. After the show ended, its two stars returned to radio in later long-running series.