'It's That Man Again' in Bangor
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Excerpt from 1940 broadcast of 'It's That Man Again' when it had moved to Bangor.
Excerpt from 1940 broadcast of 'It's That Man Again' with Arthur Askey when it had moved to Bangor in order to avoid the London blitz in the Second World War. It stayed there for the course of the war. This excerpt has the vague sound of a bomb explosion in the background which actually killed a technician, though in typical style, the broadcast never stopped.
From:
Bangor in the Blitz: ITMA Goes to Bangor
First broadcast
:
10 November 1975
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : Second World War, Blitz, History of broadcasting, Bangor, Arthur Askey, ITMA
Notes : Why did the BBC need to move its radio shows from London in 1940? How did the war effect normal life? Discuss the bomb dropped on the BBC in Bangor. In what way was Arthur Askey different from the "celebs" of today?
