brilliant for old comedy
Hankcock, Partridge and League Of Gentlemen
You might enjoy Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea, by the brilliant comic minds of Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. Series 3 is now on iPlayer.
Spotlight Tonight by Nish Kumar is also pretty good topical satire. A bit hit and miss but with some very funny moments.
This just came in:
ISIHAC NEWSLETTER
Dear I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue Mailing List Member,
Here are the details of the second and third recordings of the Autumn 2017 series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue".
The recordings will take place as follows:
2) Tuesday 14th November at the Margate Winter Gardens. This will be a double recording of the show (i.e 2 programmes will be recorded) for broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Tickets are all priced at £5 (plus £1.50 online booking fee/£0.50 phone or in person) and are currently obtainable via the box office (located at the Margate Winter Gardens), by telephone (01843 292795/296111) or online via the venue's website.
For those wishing to purchase tickets in person, the address is The Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate, Kent, CT9 1HX. The Box Office opening times are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm and 10am – 5pm on Saturdays (extended times on show nights.)
3) Monday 27th November at Hull New Theatre. This will be a double recording of the show (i.e 2 programmes will be recorded) for broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Tickets are all priced at £5 and are obtainable from 9am on Monday 30th October via the box office (located at the New Theatre), by telephone (01482 300306) or online via the venue's website.
For those wishing to purchase tickets in person, the address is Hull New Theatre, 75-76 Carr Lane, Hull, HU1 3RQ. The Box Office opening times are by phone: Monday – Saturday 8am – 7pm, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am – 4pm. In Person: Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 11am – 3pm (9am for on sale date of 30 October)
The recordings start at 7.30pm and will be finished around 10.30pm. Tickets will be limited to a strict maximum of 4 per applicant - by whatever booking system. Demand for tickets is very great, so you are advised to purchase early to avoid disappointment, and you should allow for queue waiting times for the Box Office, either by phone or in person, to be longer than usual. Please do not try to obtain tickets before they go on sale.
The 68th series will begin transmission on Radio 4 from Monday 13th November at 6.30pm.
With best wishes,
Jon Naismith
Producer, "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"
Can't wait to hear Jack Dee's opening monologues about Margate and Hull...
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La Tremanda Corte with Tres Patines.
Limited appeal to most as it's in Spanish but this has me in stitches. Stands up very well for a radio show that was produced over 70 years ago.
Plenty to go at with over 300 episodes produced over a 19 year run.
The News Quiz or Dead Ringers - both from R4. They rotate on the Friday Night Comedy podcast, and are always a good listen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098jtq1
Episode one was quite good.
"Millport" - an out of left field choice perhaps, but then I'm from Paisley so only allowed spoons.
If you are in to your podcasts, I can recommend subscribing to Simon Mayo's confessions - some really funny stories on there, and a decent "back catalogue" of previous episodes to download and keep you dipping in to.
Apologies if someone else has already suggested this.
John Bird - The Idi Amin Broadcasts, probably not politically correct these days but bloody funny in the 70's!
I was just looking through the schedules for R4extra, and found a series I hadn't heard of before, "The Sit Crom" . It's a 6 parter by Sue Limb, the first 4 episodes are still available for download as I type, with 2 to follow on the 2 coming Wednesdays. It's set during the Civil War, and the cast includes Joss Ackland, Miriam Margoyles and Denise Coffey, so it looks to be worth a listen.
F.T.F.A.
I've just listened to Just a Minute: 50 Years in 28 Minutes which was plugged by Paul Merton on HIGNFY. It's very cleverly done featuring most of the regulars over the years, with almost seamless editing, and brings back many memories. It's only tainted slightly by the notable absence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jrxpt
I do miss the mellifluous tones of Peter Jones on the radio.
'Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar' is expiring fast on iPlayer, well worth a listen.
There's also the radio version of Sean Lock's '15 Storeys High' which whilst can be a bit hit and miss, is in parts hilarious...
My favourite Radio 4 Comedy was: People Like Us, not sure if these will ever be available again after Chris Langham became persona non grata.
You can get some on youtube, the estate agent is good. However, my favourite: The Pilot seems to not be available.
I remember listening to ‘Know Your Place’ as a kid starring Roy Dotrice. Think it must have been reruns!
The Huddliners was a usual Saturday lunchtime listen.
Another one for Old Harry’s Game.
Like Ralphy said, this thread has inspired me to go back and listen to some comedy. R4 classics for me!
I've been listening to "Mark Steele's In Town" this afternoon.
Quite brilliant.
I'm also enjoying the current series of "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue"
Smersh Pod is very enjoyable https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/...6677?l=en&mt=2
John Lloyd on the Douglas Adams archive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tbl2s
The The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hexagonal Phase has just started on R4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09th4hf
It is based on And 'Another Thing...' by Eoin Colfer, with additional unpublished material by Douglas Adams, and features many of the original cast.
Big fan of cabin pressure. You can get the series on Audible
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Angstrom, a spoof of Scandi-Noir crime thrillers is very funny. Unfortunately it is just disappearing off iPlayer but I expect will be repeated soon:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m7kvr
A quick update. Since relocating to the UK I've got myself onto the BBC Shows and Tours mailing list with one of the filters being Radio Comedy. Free tickets are allocated by random draw and so far I've headed to the BBC Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House for recordings of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Museum of Curiosity (twice) and Just a Minute. Highlights have been meeting John Lloyd after a rather epic recording of TMoC which included legendary music producer Glyn Johns and a woman who wrote some kids books about a school for wizards, seeing Paul Merton complete a straight minute unbuzzed and witnessing a nonagenarian national treasure eruditely and entertainingly controlling a bunch of unruly comedians.
Same here but being in the North West we've had much less success. Ages ago we went to see a radio comedy recording at the Comedy Store in Manchester but it was so long ago that I can't even remember what it was. I remember it was a good night though. Since rejoining the mailing list we've been to a recording of a couple of episodes of 'Brain Of Britain' and if we didn't work during the day would have had lots of opportunities for orchestral/choral R3 recordings.
There's a boat load of John Shuttleworth series on Radio4 Extra on iPlayer at the moment.
F.T.F.A.
This week's 'Brits in Space' episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage featuring Helen Sharman and Tim Peake is rather entertaining, notwithstanding the presence of Brian Cox.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009b04
There's some good stuff on Archive.org . I've listened to a few series that the BBC don't have available at the moment.
F.T.F.A.
I had completely forgotten revolting people with Andy hamilton.
heard an episode a week or so ago on 4Extra.
Ezekiel is a brilliant characteras the pompous, verbose loyalist.
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Nebulous by Graham Duff with Mark Gatiss. A Dr Who / Science fiction spoof and very very funny. You really have to concentrate as the jokes and puns come thick and fast.
https://archive.org/details/nebulous5
Also Count Arthur strong which was previously mentioned both of these are top draw stuff and really show off Radio Comedy at its best. I couldn't imagine Nebulous on the TV.
Round The Horne, classic, never missed an episode when I was young. Recorded them all on a Peto Scott reel to reel tape recorder - sadly both machine and tapes are long gone so much appreciate the link to RadioEchoes so I can relive my youth, much appreciated.
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
The latest episode features the return of... well, it's here or your usual podcast outlet https://thebuglepodcast.com/
The Jeremy Vine show.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Count Arthur Strong is my favourite but I can see why some people won't like it. The TV programme was not good, but not godawful, but wasn't a patch on the radio programme.
His live show is much better, and more like what you'd hear on BBCR4.
I also like Meet David Sedaris.
Down The Line is very, very funny and well worth a listen. I quite like Fags, Mags and Bags - it's not the best thing I've ever heard but I wouldn't turn the radio off when it comes on.
The Now Show is quite good and I'll listen to Hancock's Half Hour when it's on.
The fiftieth anniversary recordings of of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue have started to be broadcast on Radio 4, and the Royal Albert Hall episodes are now available on BBC Sounds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00193v2
I was lucky be able to attend four recordings in person (two episodes are recorded on the same evening with an interval lasting a week). It was brilliant to see Graeme Garden in great form, and there were many tributes to former regulars who now play Mornington Crescent in the sky. The RAH recordings were on Humphrey Lyttelton's birthday.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
I haven't listened to the radio for years, other than for music, but this resurrected thread reminded me of an old favourite from when I was a lad and, surprisingly, today I found some old recordings online. It's very dated by todays standards, but very much of its time.
The Clitheroe Kid:
https://www.radioechoes.com/?page=se...litheroe%20Kid