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Kavanagh's biography of Handley was published in 1949, the year of the comedian's death and the end of their radio show. A prolific writer, ''ITMA'' and his work for Handley constituted only a small proportion of his total oeuvre. |
Kavanagh's biography of Handley was published in 1949, the year of the comedian's death and the end of their radio show. A prolific writer, ''ITMA'' and his work for Handley constituted only a small proportion of his total oeuvre. |
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His son was the poet [[P. J. Kavanagh]] who described childhood among the 'ITMA'' characters in his autobiographical ''The Perfect Stranger'' (1966, republished 2015). |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British radio writer |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1892 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = New Zealand |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1958 |
| DATE OF DEATH = 1958 |
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Ted Kavanagh (1892, New Zealand – 1958) was a British radio scriptwriter and producer.
Initially a medical student in Edinburgh, Kavanagh switched to a career as a writer. Best remembered as the writer of the immensely popular It's That Man Again (ITMA) comedy series which ran for a decade from 1939, it was intentionally devised by Kavanagh, producer Francis Worsley and the comedian Tommy Handley as Handley's specific vehicle; Kavanagh had been writing for him since 1924.
Kavanagh's biography of Handley was published in 1949, the year of the comedian's death and the end of their radio show. A prolific writer, ITMA and his work for Handley constituted only a small proportion of his total oeuvre.
His son was the poet P. J. Kavanagh who described childhood among the 'ITMA characters in his autobiographical The Perfect Stranger (1966, republished 2015).
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