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This is a list of events from British radio in 1949.

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January

February

March

April to August

September

October to December

Debuts

Continuing radio programmes

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<i>Its That Man Again</i> BBC radio show (1939–1949)

It's That Man Again was a BBC radio comedy programme which ran for twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured Tommy Handley in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom the other characters orbited. The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley. Handley died during the twelfth series, the remaining programmes of which were immediately cancelled: ITMA could not work without him, and no further series were commissioned.

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