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From 08/11/1955

The Battle of Waterloo gets a feminine touch and Ethel’s shop takings are swiped in ‘The Glums’. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From 1955.

*** Please note: Due to mysterious reasons lost in the BBC archive - the first seven minutes of this programme is duplicated in the following episode dated 15/11/1955. Then each programme contains different material. Our apologies for any confusion. ***

The Battle of Waterloo gets a feminine touch and Ethel's sweet shop takings are swiped in 'The Glums'.

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Starring:

Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
June Whitfield
Alma Cogan
Wallace Eton.

Music from The Keynotes and the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra with Harry Rabinowitz.

Announcer: David Dunhill

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1955.

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