The film begins with a quick flashback of young Tommy Popper
getting ham radio dispatches from his world - traveling adventurer father (an absentee dad, in modern parlance).
He's a bit of a tinkerer — he's
got a ham radio in the basement, listens for signs of life elsewhere, and works to devise a hearing aid for his hearing - impaired daughter (Millicent Simmonds).
Not exact matches
From the time he was very young he would
get a call from his globe - trotting father — always over his
ham radio — as he goes off to the next adventure.