1. The Bee Song
2. We’re Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
3. Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major
4. The Channel Swimmer (narration)
5. Ding Dong Bell
6. The Seagull Song
7. Every Little Piggy’s Got A Curly Tail
8. I Want A Banana
9. More Chestnut Corner (sketch)
10. Get In Your Shelter
11. Follow The White Line
12. Blacking Out The Flat (sketch)
13. Thanks For Dropping In Mr Hess
14. Big And Stinker’s Parlour Games (sketch)
15. It’s Spring Again
16. I Pulled Myself Together
17. Early In The Morning
18. Knitting
19. I’m Sending A Letter To Santa Claus
20. How Ashamed I Was
After service in the First World War Arthur Askey went into the entertainment business, working the music halls around the country but without making much of an impact. He was eventually drafted in to join the BBC radio show Band Waggon, one of the first situation comedy programmes, although it originally began life as something of a variety show. The show grew in popularity from 1938 onwards, mainly because Arthur and his writing partner Richard Murdoch became responsible for much of the writing.
It was the use of catchphrases such as 'Hello playmates' and 'I thank you' that made Arthur a household name, with Arthur being able to translate this success after the Second World War into films and recordings. His best known song is, of course, The Bee Song, but there were plenty of other musical interludes that Arthur made just as memorable.
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