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 ...
Wake Up To Wogan, 1993
Who Else Would Have Fireworks On The Radio ?
In it's time Wake up To Wogan was the most listened to radio show in the United Kingdom. It marked a return to the airwaves for Terry Wogan who had left to persue ...
Educating Archie
Educating Archie, 1950
Educating Archie started life as a long running Radio Comedy in 1950 on the BBC Light Programme, a huge hit with audiences despite it being a ventriloquist on the radio, it attractted av...
Take It From Here
Take It From Here - 1948
In Tribute To Denis Norden, 1922 - 2018
To some this was the very first British sitcom a subject we discussed in an earlier post.
Take It From Here was the popular Sunday BBC Ra...
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...
I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again
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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