Editing It's That Man Again (section)

====Series 3 and 4: June 1941 to May 1942====
While ''ITMA'' was absent from the airwaves, the [[The Blitz|German bombing campaign]] had included Bristol, which triggered a move of the Variety Department to [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], northwest Wales, in April 1941.{{sfn|Worsley|1949|p=16}}{{sfn|Dibbs|2019|p=123}} When series three began broadcasting in June 1941, Kavanagh had introduced more characters, and set the show in the fictional seaside town of Foaming-at-the-Mouth with Handley as its mayor, renaming the programme, briefly, ''It's That Sand Again'', before it reverted to ''ITMA''. There were also changes in the cast. Denham and Costa had both joined the armed forces since the previous series; new actors were brought in, including Horace Percival, Dorothy Summers, Clarence Wright and [[Fred Yule]].{{sfn|Worsley|1949|p=18}}{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|pp=34–35}}

Series 3 ran for six weeks, ending on 25 July 1941. Series 4 followed two months later, beginning on 26 September. The programme was attracting 16&nbsp;million listeners by this stage, and was the most popular programme the BBC Variety Department had ever broadcast.{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|p=36}} During programme five, listeners heard the explosion of two [[naval mine]]s that had been dropped on Bangor, landing half a mile (0.8&nbsp;km) from the studio, instead of in the [[River Mersey]]. Although the actors continued after a brief pause, the programme had been taken off the air and replaced with music.{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|p=36}}{{sfn|Worsley|1949|pp=21–22}}

In April 1942 ''ITMA'' provided a command performance at [[Windsor Castle]] in the presence of [[George&nbsp;VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|his queen]] on the occasion of the 16th birthday of [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]]. It was, notes Worsley, the first Royal Command Radio Show.{{sfn|Worsley|1949|pp=24–25}} The royal family were fans of the programme; a member of the Royal Household said that if the war were to end between 8.30 and 9.00&nbsp;pm on a Thursday night none of the household would dare to tell the King until ''ITMA'' had finished.{{sfn|Grahame|1976|p=15}}