Galton And Simpson Present – 4
Our Favourite Hancock - Part 4
The Wild Man Of The Woods
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson ...
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...
Like They’ve Never Been Gone
Like They've Never Been Gone, 1998
Two comedy legends (Roy Hudd and June Whitfield) starred in this Eurovision themed comedy.Like They've Never Been Gone ran for 2 series of six episodes each in 1998 and 1...
The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 2006
Stanley Baxter is perhaps best known for his lavish TV shows. However in 2006 he began a series of radio shows under the title Stanley Baxter's Playhouse.The Stanley Bax...
Workers Playtime
Workers Playtime, 1941
Workers' Playtime was a British radio variety programme transmitted by the BBC between 1941 and 1964. Originally the show was intended as a morale-booster for industrial workers in Brit...
Bernie Clifton’s Comedy Shop
Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop, 1982
Mike Craig was a prolific producer and writer of over 1200 comedy shows for both BBC Radio and TV - including: Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Al Reid, Harry Wor...
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 ...
The Will Hay Programme
The Will Hay Programme, 1944
Through the war years the radio had kept the nation both informed of what was going on and entertained. Shows such as ITMA with Tommy Handley were hugely popular. However there w...
Harry Hill’s Fruit Corner
Harry Hill's Fruit Corner, 1993
Comedian Harry Hill began his TV and Radio comedy career with Harry Hill's Fruit Corner. Hill had achieved his big break the year previous when he won the Perrier Award for Bes...
How Does That Make You Feel
How Does That Make You Feel, 2010
How Does That Make You Feel was a long running BBC Radio comedy-drama that ran for fifty five episodes over eleven series between 2010 and 2019. Episodes were typically fifte...