1939–1947
5 surviving broadcasts held in the archive
Band Waggon (1938–1940) was the BBC's first true comedy series built around continuing characters, with Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch sharing a fictional flat above Broadcasting House. Only a handful of transfers survive, including the 30 September 1939 edition broadcast weeks after the declaration of war, and the 1947 Jubilee revival. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection: band-waggon
19 September
No. 1
1939
43 min
Band Waggon (1938–1940) was the BBC's first true comedy series built around continuing characters, with Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch sharing a fictional flat above Broadcasting House. Only a handful of transfers survive, including the 30 September 1939 edition broadcast weeks after the declaration of war, and the 1947 Jubilee revival. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
13 November
No. 2
1947
27 min
Band Waggon (1938–1940) was the BBC's first true comedy series built around continuing characters, with Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch sharing a fictional flat above Broadcasting House. Only a handful of transfers survive, including the 30 September 1939 edition broadcast weeks after the declaration of war, and the 1947 Jubilee revival. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
1939 · year only
No. 3
44 min
Band Waggon (1938–1940) was the BBC's first true comedy series built around continuing characters, with Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch sharing a fictional flat above Broadcasting House. Only a handful of transfers survive, including the 30 September 1939 edition broadcast weeks after the declaration of war, and the 1947 Jubilee revival. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 4
4 min
Band Waggon (1938–1940) was the BBC's first true comedy series built around continuing characters, with Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch sharing a fictional flat above Broadcasting House. Only a handful of transfers survive, including the 30 September 1939 edition broadcast weeks after the declaration of war, and the 1947 Jubilee revival. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 5
8 min
Band Waggon (1938–1940) was the BBC's first true comedy series built around continuing characters, with Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch sharing a fictional flat above Broadcasting House. Only a handful of transfers survive, including the 30 September 1939 edition broadcast weeks after the declaration of war, and the 1947 Jubilee revival. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.