• Twice a Fortnight
  ...a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.</ref> As in the case of the radio [[comedy]] programme ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', and the television comedy programm
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• The Burkiss Way
  {{Infobox Radio Show | home_station = [[BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]]
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• The Men from the Ministry
  {{Infobox radio show ...veriges Radio]] (SR) in [[Sweden|Sweden]], and [[Springbok Radio|Springbok Radio]] in [[South Africa|South Africa]], where it was made into a feature-length
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• Not the Nine O'Clock News
  ...ongs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The programme features [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Pamela Stephenson]], [[Mel Smith]], and [[Gr Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] complained when, by adroit image editing, the programme implied she had crashed a car. Effects used in pop videos, provided by the
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• Terry and June
  The theme tune, Bell Hop by John Shakespeare, was also used for the radio series Never Too Late which starred [[Thora Hird|Dame Thora Hird]] and [[Jo ..."RT">{{cite book|last=Lewisohn|first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|year=2003|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|location=[[L
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• In Loving Memory (TV series)
  |Doreen Nesbitt <small>(1979–1980)</small><br>Mary Henshaw (née Braithwaite) <small>(1984–1986)</small> ...the sitcom ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'', appeared in two episodes of the programme, firstly as rival undertaker Percy Openshaw and secondly as the local vicar
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• Sykes (TV series)
  ...es and a Big, Big Show]]'' (1971).<ref name="BBC Comedy">{{cite news|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|first=Mark|last=Lewisohn|publisher=[[BBC]]|year=20 ...[Hattie Jacques]] of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 6 October 1980.<ref name="BBC Comedy"/>
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• The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978 TV series)
  * [[John Ammonds]] (1980–82) * [[Eddie Braben]] (1980–83)
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
  | based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''|Douglas Adams}} | related = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
  {{Short description|UK sci-fi comedy radio series (1978–2018)}} {{Infobox Radio Show
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• Citizen Smith
  | last_aired = {{End date|1980|12|31|df=y}} ...by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BFI Screenonline: Citizen Smith (1977-80)|url=http://
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• To the Manor Born
  ...especially the series 1 final episode, the most watched British television programme (excluding live events) of the 1970s. ...Manor Born'' in the early 1970s when he was working for [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] as a [[w:joke|gag writer]].<ref name="Express26Oct07">{{cite news|url=htt
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• The Two Ronnies
  * [[Monaural|Mono]] (1971–1980) ...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
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• Steptoe and Son
  ...]] in London. When the show returned in 1970 after a four-year hiatus, the programme was made in the [[BBC Television Centre]] studios in west London, as from 1 ...al issues and debates were routinely portrayed, woven into the humour. The programme did not abandon the more traditional sources of comedy but used them in sma
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• At Last the 1948 Show
  ...Cleese]], and [[Marty Feldman]]. Cleese and Brooke-Taylor were also the programme editors. [[Aimi MacDonald]] (usually billed as "the lovely Aimi MacDonald") ...: Eyre Methuen, 1980, {{ISBN|0-413-46950-6}}.</ref> The series bridged the radio series ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'' and television's ''[[Monty P
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• The Goodies (TV series)
  ...Edition) – Jeff Evans, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2003</ref> from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] company [[L ...www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1975 Light Entertainment Programme] – information given by official BAFTA website</ref>
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• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
  {{Infobox radio show ...<br />[[BBC Light Programme]]<br />{{small|(series 2&ndash;5)}}<br />[[BBC Radio 2]] {{small|(series 6&ndash;9)}}
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• Nearest and Dearest
  ...Walter. Walter was unable to control his bladder, which led to one of the programme's oft-used catchphrases, "Has he been?". Lily was played by [[Madge Hindle] ...f><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01279bs |title=BBC Radio 2 – Barbara Windsor's Funny Girls, Series 1, Hylda Baker |publisher=Bbc.c
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• Hancock's Half Hour
  {{Infobox radio show | producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]<br />Tom Ronald<br />(''radio'')<br />[[Duncan Wood]]<br />(''television'')
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• The Comic Strip
  | active = 1980–2016 ...at the newly opened [[Comedy Store, London|Comedy Store]] in [[London]] in 1980,<ref name="com"/> alongside [[Master of ceremonies|compere]] [[Alexei Sayle
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