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November 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Round The Horne

Round The Horne 1965 – 1968 Round The Horne was the classic Radio Comedy that ran for four series of sixty six, thirty minute episodes on the BBC Light Program (now Radio 2) from 1965 – 1968. Recorded at the …

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The Goon Show 1951 – 1960

November 22, 2012 · No comments

Considered by many as the greatest radio show of all time.  A legend within it's own lifetime The Goon Show was a British Radio Comedy Program that ran

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Hancock’s Half Hour (The Radio Shows)

November 20, 2012 · No comments

Hancock's Half Hour (The Radio Shows) 1954 - 1959

Perhaps this was Tony Hancock at his best.  Supported by Sid James and Bill Kerr with a young Kenneth Williams

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The Boy Who Saved England

October 5, 2012 · No comments

Here's the answer to that teaser we left you on Wednesday, the last Dad's Army project to date to feature any of the original cast. Long after the original

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It Sticks Out Half A Mile

October 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

It Sticks Out Half A Mile - 1983

This week we're going to take a closer look at one of Britain's best loved sitcoms - Dads Army.  Today we

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The Likely Lads Radio Series – 1967 – 1968

September 14, 2011 · No comments

The Likely Lads was a popular TV comedy series that we've covered set in the North of England.  In 1967 one of the show's main stars, James Bolam

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Morecambe And Wise BBC Radio Show

August 14, 2011 · No comments

Morecambe And Wise BBC Radio Shows 1975 - 1978

Many people regard the 1970's as the heyday of British Comedy and so it's fitting that they also regard the

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Steptoe And Son The Radio Series

March 20, 2011 · No comments

Steptoe And Son - The Radio Series - 1966 - 1976

There was a time when Radio was the medium of the day, then Television arrived and as we

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Before Round The Horne We Were Beyond Our Ken

February 6, 2011 · No comments

Beyond Our Ken 1958 - 1964 Beyond Our Ken was the predecessor to Round The Horne.  Running for 7 series clocking up 101 episodes plus

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The Al Read Show

September 23, 2010 · No comments

The Al Read Show, 1950 - 1966

The Al Read Show was one of the most popular radio comedy shows in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s. Up

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