BBC radio comedy BBC radio comedy 15 Storeys High is a 2002 British sitcom, set in a tower block, written by Sean Lock, Mark Lamarr (as Mark Jones) and Martin Trenaman, and directed by Mark Nunneley. ...more on Wikipedia about "15 Storeys High"
Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company (or 'government-media relations consultancy') in London, run by Charles Prentiss ( Stephen Fry), and Martin McCabe ( John Bird). ...more on Wikipedia about "Absolute Power (TV series)"
After Henry is a situation comedy devised and written by Simon Brett. It was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 for four series of eight episodes plus two specials ( 1985- 1989), and eventually moved to Thames Television ( 1988- 1992). ...more on Wikipedia about "After Henry"
At Home with the Snails is a somewhat surreal BBC Radio 4 comedy, written by Gerard Foster, about a British dysfunctional family. The cast includes Geoffrey Palmer as George, Angela Thorne as Beverly, Gerard Foster as Alex, Miranda Hart as Rose, and Debra Stephenson as Hosanna. It was produced by Jane Berthoud. ...more on Wikipedia about "At Home with the Snails"
Babblewick Hall was a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and written by Scott Cherry. It was set in eighteenth-century Britain and told the story of Fenton Babblewick, a well-meaning but sometimes confused squire played by Nicholas Le Prevost, and his clever Scottish servant Barney, played by David Antrobus. The first series, with six weekly episodes, ran from December 27th 1995 to January 31st 1996, the second, with four weekly episodes, from September 4th to September 25th 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Babblewick Hall"
Beat The Kids is a spoof game show produced by BBC Radio 4. The show is hosted by comedian Graeme Garden, as "Dr G" the parentologist (Garden is actually a qualified MD), and features a different cast of comedians, usually familiar from other Radio 4 comedies, each week. The show is a parody of Family Fortunes, though the name is an obvious reference to Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor's own Channel 4 game show, Beat The Nation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beat The Kids"
Beyond Our Ken ( 1958- 1963) was a radio programme, the predecessor to Round the Horne ( 1964- 1969). Both programmes starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Bill Pertwee and Betty Marsden. The name is a pun on Kenneth Horne's name and the (now mainly Scots/ Scottish English) word ken, meaning 'knowledge or perception'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beyond Our Ken"
Bill Dare graduated from the University of Manchester and went on to be an Actor, Director and Comedy Writer. Bill Dare is the producer of various popular (mainly comedy) programmes for the BBC, including The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Spitting Image, Dead Ringers and The Now Show. He has also appeared on many TV and Radio shows and has written his first novel, Natural Selection. He has one daughter, Rebecca, and lives in Crouch End in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bill Dare"
Blue Jam was an ambient radio comedy programme produced by Chris Morris. It aired on BBC Radio 1 in the early hours of the morning from 1997 to 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blue Jam"
Timmy Bluebottle is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by Peter Sellers, from the 1950's British radio comedy series The Goon Show. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bluebottle (character)"
Chewin' the Fat is a comedy series set in Scotland, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chewin' the Fat"
Chris Langham (born 14 April 1949) is a British writer and comedian. He is most famous for playing presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character. He subsequently created several spoof adverts in the same vein. He also played the similar unseen interviewer Martin Samuels in the film The Big Tease. In December 2005 he was arrested but not charged in connection with an ongoing investigation into Internet child pornography. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chris Langham"
Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC2. The programme was devised by Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It stars Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry. The principal writers are Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. The other writers are John Finnemore, David Mitchell, Simon Blackwell, Richard Ward, Colin Birch, Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dead Ringers (comedy)"
Delve Special was a UK Radio 4 comedy starring Stephen Fry as investigative reporter David Lander. It ran for four series from 1984 to 1987, each series being four episodes long. It was written by Tony Sarchet and produced by Paul Mayhew-Archer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Delve Special"
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (2004) was a six part radio 4 sitcom written by top British comic actor and writer Marcus Powell based on his popular Roy Diamond character. In the radio version, produced By Carole Smith, the cantankerous Jamaican stand up comedian played by Powell was transformed into an equally cantankerous trombone player, Roy Walcott,played by Ram John Holder (of Desmond's and Porkpie fame).The stellar supporting cast included Sam Kelly (Porridge) George Layton, Yvonne Brewster, Caroline Lee Johnson(Chef!)and Marcus himself playing Roy's long suffering son-in-law Victor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me"
Eccles is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by Spike Milligan, from the 1950s United Kingdom radio comedy series The Goon Show. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eccles (character)"
Elastic Planet was a six-part radio comedy series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. In the style of a very surreal documentary, it was written by Ben Moor, narrated by Oliver Postgate and produced by Jon Naismith. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elastic Planet"
Fist of Fun was a popular British comedy television and radio programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring). Each episode featured several disparate sketches and situations. Fist of Fun began as a BBC Radio One series in 1993, before becoming commissioned as a television series on BBC Two in early 1995. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fist of Fun"
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch show originally on BBC Radio 4 and later on BBC TWO, based on four Indian- British actors: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. In the television version most of the "white" parts are played by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen, while in the radio version the white parts were played by the cast themselves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goodness Gracious Me"
Hamish and Dougal are two characters from the long-running BBC Radio 4 'antidote to panel games' I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. One of the rounds in this show is Sound Charades, where a title of a book or film has to be conveyed from one team to the other by means of a story. The result of the story is usually a pun on the title in question. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hamish and Dougal"
Hancock's Half Hour was a ground-breaking and influential BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock, with Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Moira Lister appeared in the first series of the radio show, before being replaced by Andrée Melly for the second and third series. The lead female role was then taken by Hattie Jacques. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hancock's Half Hour"
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Harry Hill's Fruit Corner was a radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. It starred Harry Hill (real name Matthew Hall), a former doctor and British comedian. Hill achieved his big breakthrough in 1992 when he won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was commissioned shortly after he received the award. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harry Hill's Fruit Corner"
Hello, Cheeky! was a series broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between 1973 and 1979. It was written and performed by Barry Cryer, John Junkin, and Tim Brooke-Taylor, and produced by David Hatch, Richard Willcox, and Bob Oliver Rogers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hello, Cheeky!"
Hordes of the Things is a BBC radio comedy series parodying J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and the fantasy genre in general, in a style similar to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was written by "A. P. R. Marshall and J. H. W. Lloyd" ( Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd) and produced by Geoffrey Perkins. Hordes of the Things is also the name of a fantasy miniatures game related to De Bellis Antiquitatis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hordes of the Things (radio series)"
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to the initialism ISIHAC, is a radio comedy programme that has had several series each year on BBC Radio 4, BBC7 and the BBC's World Service from April 11, 1972 to the present. The show, introduced as "the antidote to panel games", consists of a panel of four comedians, split into two teams and "given silly things to do" by a chairman. The show's many influences include I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and Give Us A Clue. ...more on Wikipedia about "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" Go crack a shortopedia!
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