Editing It's That Man Again (section)

====Series 7 and 8: October 1943 to June 1945====
[[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21267.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=A group of civilian performers on the deck of a warship|The ''ITMA'' cast with some of the crew of {{HMS|Anson|79}} under four of the ship's [[BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun|14-inch guns]]]]

In the latter part of 1943 the Variety Department finished a relocation back to London.{{sfn|Dibbs|2019|p=126}} Series 7 of ''ITMA'', which began in October that year, was recorded in the [[Criterion Theatre]] at [[Piccadilly Circus]].{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|p=39}} The show restarted without Train, whose health, which had been worsening for some time, broke down completely; he spent a year in a sanatorium in North Wales recovering. Worsley took the decision to rest Train's characters rather than have another actor portray him; although he was criticised for the decision, he said "any imitation was to my mind as paste to real diamonds".{{sfn|Worsley|1949|p=6}}{{sfn|Grundy|1976|p=69}} The series included broadcasts for each of the three forces: in January 1944 ''ITMA'' was broadcast from the [[Royal Navy]] base at [[Scapa Flow]], a show for the [[Royal Air Force]] was recorded at the Criterion in February, and an Army edition from the Garrison Theatre at the [[Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich]].{{sfn|Worsley|1949|pp=38–42}}

Series 8 began in September 1944 with a special show from the [[Wolseley Motors]] factory in Birmingham,{{efn|At the time, the factory was engaged on wartime production of tanks and other vehicles for the army.{{sfn|Worsley|1949|p=45}}}} but the show was not well received, and it was decided not to have any further broadcasts away from the studio.{{sfn|Worsley|1949|pp=45–46}} Train returned to the cast, but at the end of 1944 Worsley was hospitalised for seven months.{{sfn|Grundy|1976|p=69}}{{efn|Worsley had been struggling with what he thought was [[lumbago]] for a few months, but found out that it was a more serious condition and was quickly hospitalised.{{sfn|Worsley|1949|p=47}}}} The production duties were taken up by [[Ronnie Waldman]] until Worsley returned in May 1945. His first programme back was ''V-ITMA'', the special edition show of 11 May 1945, which celebrated the end of the war in Europe.{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|p=41}}{{sfn|"V-ITMA". ''The Radio Times''}}{{efn|''V-ITMA'' was, as Worsley describes it, "Tommy's own private celebration of the great event".{{sfn|Worsley|1949|p=47}}}} The series came to an end a month later, after a run of 39 weeks.{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|p=34}}