When Harry Daley made his first appearance on BBC Radio in 1929, he was employed as a police constable. An amiable ‘bobby’ from a working-class background, he was keen to improve himself.

as he'd "enjoyed a brief dalliance" with policeman Harry Daley as well as having a "fling" with a bus driver named Arthur. Shortly after meeting Forster, Buckingham met a nurse called May Hockey ...