In Tribute To John Myers
Morgan's Wind Up's
Legendary radio presenter and executive has died suddenly aged, 60. To those of us who like a good chuckle Myers will be best remembered for his famous wind ups as Mr Martin played by John ...
And Now For Something A Little Surreal…
The Burkiss Way, 1976
The Burkiss Way was a BBC Radio comedy sketch show. It ran for six series between 1976 and 1980, notching up forty seven episodes along the way.
The series took it's roots from two ha...
It’s A Fair Cop
It's A Fair Cop, 1961
By 1961 Eric Sykes was well known for his writing skills having written numerous radio shows for others and had even appeared in his own TV series. However It's A Fair Cop was hi...
The Mary Whitehouse Experience (Radio)
The Mary Whitehouse Experience, 1989
During the 1980's, a new genre of comedy had begun to emerge, today we know it as alternative comedy and The Mary Whitehouse Experience fits nicely into the category.
Or...
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen, 1997
The forerunner to the hugely successful League Of Gentlemen TV series was this six part BBC Radio series, first broadcast in 1997.
Whereas the TV series was se...
On The Hour
On The Hour, 1991
On The Hour was a BBC Radio series that parodied the station's current affairs broadcasting. Running between 1991 and 1992 twelve episodes were made over two series.
The show has become a...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Radio)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Radio Series, 1978
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy has over the years become a legendary piece of science fiction and comedy. What many people forget is that it firs...
Hancock’s Sunday Afternoon
Hancock's Half Hour, Sunday Afternoon At Home, 1958
There was a time when Sundays really were "dead boring" The shops were shut the pubs didn't open all day. Seems hard to believe in this age of 24/7, but in ...
Galton And Simpson’s Half Hour
Galton And Simpson's Half Hour, 2009
Galton And Simpson's Half Hour was the title given to a series of four radio plays broadcast by BBC Radio 2 in 2009 to celebrate the writers' 40th anniversary.
The plays...
Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken, 1958
Beyond Our Ken was the predecessor to Round The Horne. Running for 7 series clocking up 101 episodes plus 2 christmas specials. Eric Merriman had previously written material for Kenneth ...