Six decades ago Dick Barton was one of the most talked about fictional characters in Britain.

The flagship BBC Radio series Dick Barton: Special Agent, would bring the nation to a grinding halt daily at 6.45pm as everyone rushed indoors to turn on the wireless and find out what impossible situation he would escape from this time.

Sadly, the series ended in 1953 but has been reborn as a stage show at the Warehouse Theatre, who celebrate the tenth anniversary of their first Dick Barton production this year with a follow up to 2006’s Young Dick Barton: The Making of a Legend, with a second Young Dick episode, The Devil Wears Tweed.

It follows on four years after the last and shows the young Barton progressing into the man that was known to the radio listeners as he goes from stiff upper lip 1930s Britain to Australia trying to decipher and foil another evil plot involving a legendary tweed suit that promises its wearer ultimate power.

Jeremy Barlow made his stage debut as the young Barton two years ago and is back again to reprise the role, something he was more than eager to do.

“It’s brilliant fun and it’s great to be asked back,” said the 24-year-old.

“Duncan Wisbey the writer rang me up ages ago and said he was writing another one and I immediately said yes to doing it.”

One of the greatest appeals of Barton was the strict code that the character was made to adhere to by the BBC, conscious that its biggest audience was schoolboys, with one clause famously stating: "Sex plays no part in his adventures."

“He is not allowed to drink, kiss women or win a fight unless he is outnumbered or smaller than the person he is fighting,” said Barlow.

“He is immune to literal comedy too so if someone tells him a joke he always has to have it explained to him and their lots of incidents where he is in a very messy situation but just says I better leave now and leaves.

“That’s it, that’s how easy it is for him because he is the hero.”

This is the seventh Dick Barton episode to be put on by the Warehouse, and director Ted Craig admitted to not being surprised by the success of the past ones.

He said: “I think it is the nostalgia for the original radio show that makes it so popular.

“It is something that has gone down through the generations and it’s amazing how many people can hum the theme tune, I’m Australian and I knew about it.”

Warehouse Theatre, Dingwall Road, December 12 to February 22, Tues 6.30pm, Weds to Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm, £10 - £17. Call 020 8680 4060 or visit warehousetheatre.co.uk