sentences:  Nichols born in Sydney, Australia, was originally part of a song-and-dance double act with her brother George, Joy Nichols moved to Britain in 1946 to further her career.Radio producer Charles Maxwell gave her a major role in the last series of Navy Mixture, broadcast for the BBC General Forces Programme in 1947 starring with Jimmy Edwards.Guest appearances by fellow Australian Dick Bentley led to the pairing of Bentley's writer Denis Norden with Edwards and Nichols' writer Frank Muir on "Take It From Here" (1948–1960), starring Edwards, Bentley and Nichols, who both sang and played comedy.