To give the BBC due credit, they decided to take a chance on it, and so in 1951, with Dennis Main Wilson producing, it all began. We have finished rolling about at the script, and John Browell is wondering how he is going to control us. Wallace Greenslade is with us now, having finished his news reading for the day. Spike has decided to stand on his head. Hello, Sailor,' lisps Peter, looking up archly from under the piano, where he has retired for a short kip.
Spike now leaves for a chat with the effects boys.
He is particularly anxious to get the effect of someone being hit in the face with a sockful of custard. They try several effects but Milligan is a perfectionist, he knows what he wants. He goes up to the canteen in the top of the theatre. Of course, dear,' she says. Half an hour later he returns and asks for his custard.