This BBC Radio comedy series starred diminutive (4′ 3″) Northern comic Jimmy Clitheroe as a cheeky schoolboy who lived with his family at Lilac Avenue in an unnamed town in the North of England.
Peter Sinclair played Jim’s Scottish granddad, Patricia Burke was his mother (in some early shows, the part was played by Renée Houston), and Diana Day played his long-suffering sister, Susan, who was going out with half-witted, tongue-tied, disaster-prone Alfie Hall (Danny Ross), who was often drawn into Jimmy’s reckless schemes.
Tony Melody played Granddad’s drinking buddy taxi driver Mr Higginbottom – normally known as Higgie – who was also the father of Jimmy’s (never heard) pal Ozzie.
Actors who appeared in guest roles included Violet Carson, Bob Monkhouse, John Laurie, and Mollie Weir.
290 episodes were broadcast between April 1957 and August 1972.
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