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- {{Infobox radio show | home_station = [[BBC Light Programme]]<br /> [[BBC Radio 2]]4 KB (484 words) - 12:59, 24 January 2023
- ...BBC One|BBC 1]] from 1960 to 1965.<ref name="BBC Comedy">{{cite news|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|first=Mark|last=Lewisohn|publisher=[[BBC]]|year=20 ...chives. In 2021 it was confirmed "Sykes and a Movie Camera" existed in the CBC archive in Canada, making it the earliest episode known to exist. The rest7 KB (971 words) - 20:24, 15 February 2023
- ...]] in the 1970s, and recordings of the [[List of Dad's Army radio episodes|radio episodes]] still exist. ...s officially adopted as the BBC's archive copy,<ref>Re-Colouring the Past, Radio Times, 13–19 December 2008, pages 24-25</ref> and "Room at the Bottom" wa21 KB (2,941 words) - 22:45, 15 March 2023
- {{Short description|UK sci-fi comedy radio series (1978–2018)}} {{Infobox Radio Show51 KB (7,829 words) - 11:11, 18 January 2023
- ...to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the Second|Fit the Second (radio)]] ...r's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the Eighth|eighth radio episode]] ("Put it there, and there, and there, and there! Whoa!") would su21 KB (3,398 words) - 16:02, 25 August 2024
- ...ii]] with a sketch book and camera to ensure realism and authenticity.<ref>Radio Times 25 March 1971</ref> ...Howerd by [[David Benson]], who had previously played Howerd on stage and radio. A double CD release was announced for release on 29 November 2019.<ref>{{C16 KB (2,288 words) - 12:43, 9 August 2022
- His act was soon heard on radio, when he made his debut, in early December 1946, on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Varie ...<ref>''Titter Ye Not; The Frankie Howerd Story'', 15 September 2009, [[BBC Radio 2]]</ref> Another feature of his humour was to feign innocence about his ob25 KB (3,706 words) - 16:22, 22 December 2022
- ...vice|BBC Home Service]] in mid-September 1956. However, busy on five other radio shows per week during the summer, producer [[Pat Dixon]] asked if the start ...ow'' (replacing ''Twenty Questions'') was highlighted in the [[Radio Times|Radio Times]] with a strange cartoon from the pen of Peter Kneebone alongside its67 KB (10,726 words) - 19:33, 19 March 2023
- An established and popular hit for [[BBC Radio|BBC Radio]], ''[[The Goon Show]]'' enjoyed selected repeats from its [[The Goon Show ...''Star Struck'' and ''Variety Playhouse''. Harry Secombe also featured in radio shows like ''Star Bill'' and ''Star Struck'', and television spectaculars I45 KB (6,974 words) - 22:29, 19 March 2023
- ...es. "Dead Parrot" was voted the top [[alternative comedy]] sketch in a ''[[Radio Times]]'' poll.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainme ...olumbia/glucosamine-sulfate-monty-python-class-action-1.6109894 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=21 July 2021 |date=21 July 2021}}</ref>21 KB (3,318 words) - 10:43, 26 January 2023
- Brooke-Taylor, Garden and Oddie were cast members of the 1960s [[BBC]] radio comedy show ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', which also featured [[ ...Hughes]], [[Elizabeth Estensen]] and [[Michael Angelis]].<ref name="STC">[[Radio Times]] entry for {{Cite episode | series = Star Turn Challenge | network =40 KB (5,949 words) - 11:58, 24 August 2024
- [[File:RT1963.jpg|thumb|1963 ''[[Radio Times]]'' cover promotes the return of the programme for a second series.]] ...n Days]]'', aired from 1964 to 1966 on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]. Although partially inspired by ''That Was The Week That Was'', the Canad21 KB (3,069 words) - 10:32, 25 August 2024
- | books = {{ubl|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts]]'' (1985)}} | radio = {{ubl|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phas94 KB (14,389 words) - 22:52, 24 August 2024
- ...series from overseas stations such as [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s Trans-Canada service meant that, since February 1957, there had been mo ...of ''The Goon Show''; Roy had given Peter Sellers his first major break on radio and had produced series such as ''Happy Go Lucky'' and the successful [[Edu55 KB (8,778 words) - 15:09, 19 March 2023
- ...ders says there'll be no more Absolutely Fabulous: "That. Is. It." |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref> ..., ''[[Chain Reaction (radio)|Chain Reaction]]'', Series 8 Episode 6. [[BBC Radio 4]], 31 August 2012</ref>61 KB (8,316 words) - 19:54, 24 August 2024
- ...he Real Inspector Hound]]''. During this period, he was in the cast of BBC radio and television comedies such as ''[[The Navy Lark]]''. He got his televisio ...mmander Stanton in ''[[The Navy Lark]]'', a navy based sitcom on the [[BBC Radio 2|BBC Light Programme]], which ran from 1959 to 1977, with Barker featuring70 KB (10,654 words) - 16:58, 14 December 2022
- * ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'' (radio) (1964–1973): Cleese (cast member and writer), Idle and Chapman (writers) ...s when John Cleese, usually outfitted in a dinner suit, would come in as a radio commentator and, in a rather pompous manner, make the formal and determined151 KB (22,229 words) - 11:42, 4 January 2023
- ...n't possibly destroy anyone's genuine faith." In a 2013 interview on [[BBC Radio 4]], Cleese stated that having recently watched the discussion again he "wa ...us=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030024206/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/18/python-gang.html |archive-date=30 October 2006 }}<85 KB (13,100 words) - 11:21, 14 March 2023
- ...month with 100 new puppets including Boris Johnson and Donald Trump|work=[[Radio Times]]|first=Patrick|last=Cremona|date=11 September 2020|access-date=13 Se ...g Image victims on being lampooned |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/28/spitting-image-victims-on-being-lampooned-livingstone-currie-ki74 KB (10,148 words) - 16:30, 25 August 2024