• Dick Hills and Sid Green
  ...st Hills was still employed there, and then became writers for Dave King's radio show and then of [[Dave King (actor)|Dave King]]'s TV show. In the early da [[Category:British comedy duos]]
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• Wallace Greenslade
  ...g the announcer—and frequently the [[Double act|straight man]]—for the BBC radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]'' for eight series from 1953 to 1960. ...end of each bulletin. In May and June 1960 he presented the [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'']] programme for two months before his death.<ref name="Guardia
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• Grant Naylor
  ...boration began in the mid-1980s, when the duo co-wrote [[w:BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] programmes such as ''Cliché'' and its sequel ''[[Son of Cliché]]'', a [[Category:Writing duos|Naylor, Grant]]
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• Haver and Lee
  ...h/20/20?order=asc&q=%22Haver+and+Lee%22#search Search, "Haver and Lee", ''Radio Times'', BBC Genome]. Retrieved 21 March 2021</ref> ...ef name=bbckeyes/><ref name=gifford>[[Denis Gifford]], ''The Golden Age of Radio'', B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1985, {{isbn|0-7134-4235-2}}, p.145</ref>
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• Cannon and Ball
  ...dio 4]] comedy panel show ''[[Act Your Age (radio series)|Act Your Age]]'' radio series. They appeared in a celebrity edition of ''[[Coach Trip]]'' on [[Cha [[Category:British comedy duos]]
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• Julian and Sandy
  ...und The Horne|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> According to a [[w:BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] programme on the characters, they were named after the writers [[w:Sand ...//www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jmr3/broadcasts|title=That Reminds Me - BBC Radio 7 broadcast listings|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> saying that most of what see
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• Galton and Simpson
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• Lee Cornes
  ...'s No Business... (1994 film)|There's No Business...]]'', alongside comedy duos Raw Sex ([[Simon Brint]] and [[Rowland Rivron]]) and [[The Oblivion Boys]] ...TV's ''After Hours'' and joint writer on two series of ''The WOW Show'' on Radio 4. He has appeared in various children's television shows such as ''My Pare
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• Esmonde and Larbey
  Robert Edward Larbey made his writing debut for [[BBC]] radio, before contributing a film adaptation, ''Mrs Silly'', starring [[Maggie Sm ...the pair in 1965,<ref name="Guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/06/bob-larbey.html Obituary: Bob Larbey], ''The Guardian'', 6 Apri
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• Hale and Pace
  ...ce''' were an English comedy [[double-act]] that performed in clubs and on radio and television in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite web ...undation]]''. Before appearing on TV, they did a series of radio shows for Radio 4 based on their show at the Tramshed. Their early TV breaks came on ''The
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• Jerry Desmonde
  ...He is perhaps best known for his work as a [[double act|comedic foil]] in duos with [[Norman Wisdom]] and [[Sid Field]]. ...htm |title=The Bob Hope Show .. episodic log |work=Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs |access-date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/
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• Little Britain (sketch show)
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• Bill Waddington
  Waddington appeared in more than 800 variety and comedy programmes on radio, and made his mark on television, starring with [[Margaret Lockwood]] as ea ...in divorce after 9 months. Waddington married Sheila Torr, sister of comic duos the [[Chuckle Brothers]] and the [[Patton Brothers]] and almost 20 years hi
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• The Krankies
  In December 2011, during an appearance on [[BBC Radio Scotland]]'s ''Stark Talk'' programme, Ian Tough revealed the couple had en [[Category:Scottish comedy duos]]
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• Chesney and Wolfe
  ...news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/23/ronald-chesney-obituary |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=[[ ...idney,<ref name="Hayward2018"/> he taught the harmonica to troops in a BBC radio series, which ran for 42 weeks, beginning in 1940.<ref name="Hayward2018"/>
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• Chuckle Brothers
  ...uk/0126f80f6cc4409bb8cbf22b280c71c4|access-date=29 September 2017|work=The Radio Times|date=28 July 1983|pages=39}}</ref> ...uk/9a9d93694cce4f9c82c71fa9ea54604c|access-date=29 September 2017|work=The Radio Times|date=21 May 1992|pages=78}}</ref> and launching a children's [[game s
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• Steptoe and Son
  ...[[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] in 1966–67 and later [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] from 1971 to 1976. * In 1978, they recorded a Radio 2 sketch, referred to by fans as "Scotch on the Rocks", produced especially
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• Morecambe and Wise
  ...c and Ernie'''), were an English comic [[double act]], working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 19 ...", broadcast 1 January 2011.</ref> After this they also made their name in radio, transferring to television in 1954. Their debut TV show, ''[[Running Wild
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• The Two Ronnies
  ...elf as a [[character actor]] in the [[West End of London|West End]] and on radio. They were invited by [[David Frost]] to appear in his new show, ''[[The Fr ...vers/04/mainImage.jpg "Galleries: Christmas and New Year Double Issue"]. [[Radio Times]], 22 December 1973. Retrieved 8 May 2011.</ref>
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• Eric Morecambe
  After the war, Morecambe and Wise began performing on stage and radio and secured a contract with the [[BBC|BBC]] to make a television show, wher ...ardian'', 17 October 2009</ref> They were one of the most prominent comedy duos in [[British popular culture]] and in 1976 were both appointed [[British ho
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