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  • {{Infobox radio show | image = Variety Bandbox.png
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  • {{about|the radio series|the similarly-named television series|The Morecambe & Wise Show (dis ...nie Wise Show''''' was a [[comedy]] [[variety show]], transmitted on [[BBC Radio 2]] in four series from 1975 until 1978. It starred [[Eric Morecambe]] and
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  • ...''''', was a BBC comedy-variety radio show introduced as entertainment for British troops during [[World War II]]. It led to several spin-offs, such as ''[[M [[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]
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  • {{Infobox radio show | format = [[Variety show]]
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  • {{Infobox radio show | format = [[w:Variety show|Variety show]]
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  • {{Infobox radio show | home_station = [[BBC Light Programme]]<br /> [[BBC Radio 2]]
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  • | nationality = British ...18 February 1981) was an English comic [[impressionist]], popular on [[BBC radio]] in the 1940s and 1950s when he was known as "The Voice of Them All".
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  • {{Short description|British scriptwriter and lyricist}} | nationality = British
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  • ...director and writer, who has been described as "the founding father of the British TV sitcom".<ref name=mccann/> His best-known achievements were to produce ...y Hill]]. He moved into television in 1953, and worked on a wide range of programmes including dancing and [[w:panel show|panel show]]s.<ref name=mccann/>
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  • {{Infobox radio show '''''The Happidrome''''' was a [[w:BBC radio|BBC radio]] comedy programme produced in Britain between 1941 and 1947. It was produ
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  • ...arles Chalmers Maxwell''' (1 September 1910 – 4 August 1998) was a British radio producer who produced shows for the BBC such as ''[[Take It From Here]]'' a ==Independent radio career==
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  • ...ng musical interludes on the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] programmes ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' and ''[[Round the Horne]]''. ...ssful. In June 1950, they appeared on the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] show ''Variety Fanfare'', and were given positive comments by the critics. However, in Jan
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  • ...ire]] &ndash; 2 October 1998, [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire) was a British northern comedian.<ref name="Gifford 1998">{{cite news|url=https://www.inde ...econd", in homage to his idol.<ref name="Gifford 1998"/> He joined the [[w:British Army|Army]] in 1942 and was posted to [[w:North Africa|North Africa]] where
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  • | medium = [[w:Music hall|Music hall]], radio, television | nationality = British
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  • ...h 15, 1910 – October 17, 1968) was a Canadian talent scout, impresario and radio and television broadcaster, mainly working in Britain. ...ce to sing a song. Following a good listener reaction, he started a local radio [[talent show]], ''Saturday Night Club of the Air'', and then a similar pro
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  • ...940, he became resident comedian on variety radio show, ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', and he gained further success as one of the r ...nity Radio Station [[GTFM|GTFM]], having been introduced by former Valleys Radio/BBC presenter Steve Powell.
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  • ...y Bonn''' (born '''Benjamin Levin'''; 21 April 1903 – 21 April 1977) was a British comedian, singer, actor, and theatrical agent. His [[signature song]] was ...Robson Books, 1998, {{ISBN|1-86105-206-5}}, p.17</ref> and made his first radio appearance on the show in 1935, billed as "The Hebrew Vocal Raconteur".<ref
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  • | nationality = British ...e name '''Suzette Tarri''', was an English comedian and singer, popular on radio as well as on stage in the 1930s and 1940s.
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  • {{Infobox radio show | format = [[Sitcom]], [[variety show]]
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  • {{Short description|British comedy show}} {{Infobox radio show
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