Spoiler : General Forces Programme Friday 13 April 1945 19.15 Merry-Go-Round (Air Force Edition) A Home Forces entertainment for all serving afloat or overseas. You are invited on a visit to that famous station in Laughter Command, 'Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh' to meet Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, Sam Costa, their guest Joan Winters, and an 'all-star' RAF Orchestra, directed by Sidney Torch. Service 'Double or Quits' cash quiz. Programme produced by David Manderson. In particular, only the earliest editions of "Merry-Go-Round" were produced by David Manderson. When the war ended, in mid-1945, he was replaced by Leslie Bridgmont. However, the 1944 editions were called "Mediterranean Merry-Go-Round", not "Merry-Go-Round". These facts place this edition in the first half of 1945. Internal dialogue between members of the cast indicate that the war against Germany, although in its last stages, is not yet won. This too places the recording in the first half of 1945, before VE Day on 8th May. The Radio Times (Genome) identifies the existence of a recording of the broadcast of 13th April 1945, as it refers to a recorded repeat of that programme on 18th April. Further, there was no repeat of the broadcast of 2nd March 1945. The broadcast of 13th April is indicated in Genome as being the first time any edition of "Mediterranean Merry-Go-Round" or "Merry-Go-Round" was repeated.