Radio Times

Synopsis

Set in London's Criterion Theatre in the Spring of 1941, Radio Times traces the struggles of the Cast of variety bandwagon a BBC Light Entertainment Show broadcasting for the first time Live to America. Unfortunately nothing is going right, Hitler is showing a total lack of tact with his Blitz and war damage has blocked off some of the Performers, but the show must go on and what a show - full of Song, Dance and non-stop laughter.

Our Review:

Paul Couch - 23 October 2012

It’s the height of the London Blitz and, deep underground at the Criterion Theatre, the BBC light entertainment programme’s flagship show, Variety Bandwagon, is in trouble. Flamboyant frontman Sammy Shaw has gone AWOL (though not for long), and there’s a Tatar of a producer on duty who’s determined to do everything by the book, including passing all content to the Ministry of Information for vetting prior to transmission. The problem is that Shaw (Gary Wilmot) is a showman who’s used to doing things his way, both in front of and away from the microphone. He’s already jilted fiancée Olive (Sara Crowe) at the altar and now seems hell-bent on driving her back into the arms of former lover, matinee idol Gary Strong, played by Michael Hobbs.

On paper, Radio Times seems like a viable enough outing and many familiar songs of the era (Run, Rabbit, Run, Hey Little Hen, There’s Something About a Soldier, Who’...