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...
The 99p Challenge
The 99p Challenge, 1998
The 99p Challenge is a spoof panel game originally broadcast on BBC Radio.Five series of six episodes each were broadcast between 1998 and 2004. This was actually the second versio...
Goodness Gracious Me
Goodness Gracious Me, Radio (1996) TV Series (1998)
The show that introduced us to the Kumars.Between July 1996 and June 1998 Goodness Gracious Me ran for two series on Radio, series one aired as four epi...
The Shuttleworths
The Shuttleworths, 1993
Some people may remember this:https://youtu.be/KxL9dHStGdM Comedian Graham Fellows had a top 10 hit in 1978 as Jilted John and then promptly disappeared. ...
Deep Trouble
Deep Trouble, 2005
Whilst classic BBC Radio Comedy The Navy Lark went above water Deep Trouble went below.Deep water ran for two series totalling eight episodes between 2005 and 2007.A TV version dest...