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- {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} ...also broadcast as a TV programme.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Golden Age of Radio |url=https://archive.org/details/goldenageofradio00giff |url-access=registr7 KB (967 words) - 19:17, 18 July 2024
- | related = ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]''<br />''[[The Army Game]]'' ...spin-off of ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'', itself a spin-off of ''[[The Army Game]]'' and starred [[Alfie Bass]] and [[Bill Fraser]] as the main characters.4 KB (508 words) - 16:21, 14 February 2023
- {{Infobox radio show | format = [[w:Panel game|Panel game]]9 KB (1,347 words) - 15:01, 26 December 2022
- ...was a radio producer employed by the [[w:British Broadcasting Corporation|British Broadcasting Corporation]], between 1973 and 1979, at the BBC's [[w:New Bro He principally produced light entertainment shows for the BBC's national radio stations, including comedies, quizzes and panel games. He died of natural c6 KB (1,016 words) - 19:59, 10 February 2023
- ...series ''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]'', the final BBC series featuring British comedian [[Tony Hancock]]. First transmitted on 9 June 1961, the show was w Anthony Hancock has taken up [[amateur radio]] as a hobby but is dissatisfied with his conversations with other users, w4 KB (561 words) - 08:03, 30 March 2023
- *Geldray: ''[[It's All in the Game (song)|It's All in the Game]]'' The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Monday {{D4 KB (564 words) - 09:13, 3 March 2023
- | occupation = BBC Radio producer, [[w:Screenwriter|scriptwriter]], newspaper editor ...known for [[w:My Brother's Keeper|My Brother's Keeper]] (1948), [[The Army Game]] (1957) and [[w:Douglas Fairbanks Presents|Rheingold Theatre]] (1953).6 KB (809 words) - 19:48, 21 January 2023
- | genre = Television, cinema, radio | notableworks = ''[[How Do You View?]]'' (1949-1953)<br />''[[The Army Game]]'' (1957-1961)<br />''[[Living It Up (UK TV series)|Living It Up]]'' (19578 KB (1,243 words) - 15:02, 23 January 2023
- ...m, {{Date|1992-05-23}} on the [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] in ''Comedy Hour:the Radio 2 Comedy Season'. Great span of nukes! It's [[w:What's My Line? (British game show)|What's My Line?]] meets ''The Goon Show'' … Mr 'Eddie Neecroon' rev4 KB (594 words) - 20:11, 21 January 2023
- Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar characters, plots, ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- ...and ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]''.<ref name="RT"/> It was based on the [[BBC Radio]] sitcom ''[[Parsley Sidings]]''. ..."RT">{{cite book|last=Lewishohn|first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Lewisohn|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|year=2003|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|location=[[L4 KB (571 words) - 11:26, 14 September 2024
- ...g age, entering a talent contest at the age of five at his local [[Gaumont British|Gaumont]] [[movie theatre|cinema]]. ...tained guests on the ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2|QE2]]''. He also wrote for many shows, including a documentary entitled ''A Gottle of Geer'' for [[Channel 4]], a6 KB (979 words) - 20:21, 7 February 2023
- | related = ''[[The Army Game]]''<br />''[[Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series)|Foreign Affairs]]'' ...960 to 1963, with a fourth in 1974. The show is a spin-off of ''[[The Army Game]]'', a sitcom about soldiers undertaking [[Conscription in the United Kingd8 KB (1,204 words) - 12:11, 14 February 2023
- | genre = [[w:British sitcom|Sitcom]] ...n by [[Richard Waring (writer)|Richard Waring]], and was later adapted for radio.7 KB (967 words) - 16:24, 24 November 2022
- *Saturday 8pm, {{Date|1970-09-05}} on the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.6 million listeners. ...ipping episode of turmoil in one of the outposts of the [[w:British Empire|British Empire]].5 KB (762 words) - 20:09, 21 January 2023
- '''''Full House''''' is a British [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] which aired for three series from 1985 to 1986. It was *2.7. The Mating Game (27 November 1985)5 KB (683 words) - 16:16, 13 December 2022
- ...of [[BBC Radio 2]] and [[BBC Radio 4]] and later managing director of BBC Radio.<ref name="Stevens"/> ...sed the satirical show ''[[Week Ending]]'' and produced other comedy radio shows such as ''[[Just a Minute]]'', ''[[Hello, Cheeky!]]'', ''[[The Burkiss Way]7 KB (1,048 words) - 09:00, 6 February 2023
- {{Short description|British radio, television and newsreel announcer}} | occupation = Radio, television and newsreel presenter8 KB (1,130 words) - 13:41, 7 January 2023
- ...]], with whom he had previously worked on the Radio 4 series ''[[Wrinkles (radio series)|Wrinkles]]'', and as Petty Officer Parker in BBC Children's Series He also made appearances in ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''; episode 'The Double Kill' (1975), ''[[A Touch of3 KB (401 words) - 14:15, 21 February 2023
- {{short description|British comedy writer, producer and actor}} | image = Geoffrey Perkins hosting Channel 4 panel game Don't Quote Me.jpg17 KB (2,442 words) - 08:58, 1 February 2023