Murgatroyd and Winterbottom were a comedy double act consisting of British

United Kingdom

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 comedians Ronald Frankau

Ronald Frankau

Ronald Frankau was an English comedian and musician from London who started in cabarets and made his way to radio and films.-Family:...

 and Tommy Handley

Tommy Handley

Thomas Reginald "Tommy" Handley was a British comedian, mainly known for the BBC radio programme ITMA . He was born at Toxteth Park, Liverpool in Lancashire....

. The duo was formed in 1934. In 2006 BBC Radio 4

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 broadcast a review of Mr Murgatroyd and Mr Winterbottom - 'The story of Tommy Handley and Ronald Frankau, a comedy partnership which had its heyday in the 1930s world of radio. There was no straight man, so the partnership was a rare one. Tommy was a fast talking Liverpudlian

Liverpool

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, while Ronald in contrast was upper class and Eton

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-educated.'