It Sticks Out Half A Mile
It Sticks Out Half A Mile, 1983
It Sticks Out Half A Mile was the Radio sitcom that ran for 13 episodes between 1983 and 1984. Written By Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad who had previously adapted Dads Army ...
I Say Right Monkey, It’s…..
The Al Read Show
The Al Read Show was one of the most popular radio comedy shows in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s.
Up to 35 million people listened to it each week. His catchphrases "Right Monkey" and "You'...
Terry Wogan Looks Back At A Golden Age Of Comedy
Wogan's Radio Fun, 1987
Wogan's Radio Fun was a one off special broadcast in two parts in 1987, as part of the Wogan show.
The importance of comedy on the radio should never be underestimated. Over many ye...
From The Footlights To Radio……
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, 1964
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again originated from the famous Cambridge University Footlights (an amateur dramatic club in Cambridge, run by Cambridge University students).
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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 th...
Hancock’s Return ?
Hancock's Ashes, 2014
Not quite Hancock's return, but back in 1968 Willie Rushton flew to Australia to bring back the ashes of Tony Hancock.
In 2014 a short one off comedy drama was written about the event ...
Hancock’s Half Hour, The Radio Series, 1954
As part of our celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Hancock's Half Hour TV series we are turning this week over to Tony Hancock: charting his career from his early days in Happy Go Lucky and Educating Archie...
Not Just Stand Up, It’s The Lost Voice Guy In……
Ability, 2018
Ability was written by the 2018 Britain's Got talent winner: Lost Voice Guy, real name Lee Ridley.
Running for four episodes in 2018 the sitcom became as popular as his stand up routines earni...
Rodney Bewes Moves North…..
A Very Private Man, 1981
Originally recorded at BBC Manchester. A Very Private Man was a six part radio comedy that aired for just the one series in 1981.
The series has since been repeated on digital radi...
And There’s More On The Radio….
Jimmy Cricket's Team, 1990
Jimmy Cricket's Team was a radio show that ran for five series between 1990 and 1994.
Writing on his official website the star calls it "ne of the happiest periods in my showbiz ...