Much Binding in Fleet Street

New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 779, 25 June 1954, Page 6

Much Binding in Fleet Street

Now back with the BBC after a spell * "in commercial radio, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, Sam Costa and Maurice Denham really make news in the Much Binding series which begins at the ZBs on July 4. They break into

Fleet Street, take over a newspaper with a circulation of two, and in their first few editions produce a side-splitting crop of literary and typographical errors and misleading « household hints, And, of course, when news falls short the old

firm is not too ethical to make their own. Determined to scoop Fleet Street, and undaunted by the lack of real bank robberies, the staff of the Weekly Bind agree to stage one. , A newcomer to the’ aforesaid "old firm" is Dora Bryan, a rising young comedienne of stage, film and radio. Her tips on "How To Run Up a Fancy Dress," her glimpses of Mayfair's "Autumn Modes," and above all, her "Pleasant Thoughts for the Day" (by Prudence Gush, nee Costa), are among the most misleading features that sprinkle the columns of the Weekly Bind. Originally a straight actress, Dora was encouraged to enter revue by the London. impresario, Hugh Beaumont, who was imoressed by her performance of a "party piece" at a back-stage theatrical celebration, Ably supported by the BBC Men’s Chorus and the BBC Revue Orchestra under Harry Rabinowitz, Much Binding is produced by Leslie Bridgmont. The scripts are written by Murdoch and Horne. The show will be heard at 8.30 p-m. on Sundays,’ beginning from the four ZB stations on July 4 and 2ZA on August 1. A reshuffle of ZB Sunday evening programmes places London Studio Melodies at 7.0, Palace of Varieties at 7.30, the Sunday serial at 8.0, Much Binding at 8.30, and The Bing Crosby Show at 9.0, f