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- ...n each week.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/31/tvandradio Radio Picks], ''The Guardian'', 31 January 2007</ref> ...w.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jsmx Armando Iannucci - Comedy Controller], BBC Radio 4 Extra</ref>3 KB (393 words) - 23:48, 8 February 2023
- {{Infobox Radio Show | home_station = [[BBC Radio 2|BBC Radio 2]]6 KB (876 words) - 19:48, 10 February 2023
- {{Short description|Satirical British comedy radio programme}} {{Infobox radio show8 KB (1,085 words) - 13:12, 5 January 2023
- ...of [[BBC Radio 2]] and [[BBC Radio 4]] and later managing director of BBC Radio.<ref name="Stevens"/> ...o-devised the satirical show ''[[Week Ending]]'' and produced other comedy radio shows such as ''[[Just a Minute]]'', ''[[Hello, Cheeky!]]'', ''[[The Burkis7 KB (1,048 words) - 09:00, 6 February 2023
- ...was best known for his roles in the early days of the long-running British radio drama ''[[The Archers|The Archers]]'', and as Under-Secretary, Sir Gregory ...roject]] |publisher= BBC| accessdate= 13 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times for 2 June 1956">{{cite web |url= http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedule10 KB (1,385 words) - 22:35, 15 March 2023
- Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar charac ...to as the father of the political cartoon.<ref name="Guardian"/> With his satirical works calling the king (George III), prime ministers and generals (especial12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- ...cupation = {{ublist|Radio & television writer|Television presenter|Radio personality}} ...for [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films. He presented television programmes on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] for many years, including the nostalgia quiz ''12 KB (1,775 words) - 11:25, 24 August 2024
- | released = {{nowrap|'''Radio series:'''<br />{{start date|2000|8|3|df=yes}} – {{end date|2002|3|5|df=y30 KB (4,063 words) - 17:41, 19 December 2022
- Extras: Two booklets with essays, details for each episode and original Radio Times listings. Also included are numerous bonus archive items, including celebratory programmes Parkinson Meets The Goons and Heroes for a Time: 6 – The Goons. Here, too15 KB (2,084 words) - 14:56, 29 October 2023
- ...C Nine O'Clock News|Nine O'Clock News]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]], it features satirical sketches on then-current news stories and popular culture, as well as parod Initially, Lloyd and Hardie were considering doing a lampoon of actuality programmes ''à la'' ''[[The Frost Report]]'' with [[Rowan Atkinson]] portraying an ol19 KB (2,825 words) - 19:55, 24 August 2024
- ...ase Sir! (film)|Please Sir!]]''. McFee had made his film debut in the 1969 satirical anti-war musical ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https: ...p.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/?tag=roger-sloman | title=Programmes for Schools and Colleges, Module 3 | publisher=TV cream | accessdate=5 Apri15 KB (2,211 words) - 10:55, 14 December 2022
- '''''Brass Eye''''' (stylised as '''brassEYE''') is a British [[Satire|satirical]] television series parodying [[Current affairs (news format)|current affai ...eation of [[moral panic]]s, and is a sequel to Morris's earlier spoof news programmes ''[[On the Hour]]'' (1991–92) and ''[[The Day Today]]'' (1994). The serie27 KB (3,847 words) - 19:06, 17 September 2024
- ...ussions on the subject of the news stories related to questions, and the [[satirical]] humour derived from these by the teams. This style of presentation had a ...] ''[[The News Quiz]]''. Hat Trick hired a producer with a track record in radio comedy, [[John Lloyd (producer)|John Lloyd]], and filmed a pilot with a tit38 KB (5,680 words) - 14:54, 27 January 2023
- ...he Week That Was''''', informally '''''TWTWTW''''' or '''''TW3''''', was a satirical television comedy programme on [[BBC Television]] in 1962 and 1963. It was [[File:RT1963.jpg|thumb|1963 ''[[Radio Times]]'' cover promotes the return of the programme for a second series.]]21 KB (3,069 words) - 10:32, 25 August 2024
- ...''The Day Today''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/17/the-day-today-chris-morris-alan-partridge-changed-satire-foreve ...time to time, presents clips of fictitious upcoming [[BBC Television|BBC]] programmes, and conducts street interviews with members of the public, in a segment ti31 KB (4,508 words) - 20:22, 19 September 2024
- ...ish actor, comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in [[Satire|satirical comedy]] television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise c ...d the US and Canada.<ref name=guardian>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jan/09/lance-percival Lance Percival Guardian Obituary]. Retrieved 9 J14 KB (2,046 words) - 11:30, 4 January 2023
- ...so appeared as an actor in various [[sitcom]]s, and was a panellist on BBC Radio's ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' for almost 50 years. ...nt.co.uk/news/obituaries/tim-brooke-taylor-death-comedian-tv-radio-goodies-radio-4-age-cause-coronavirus-a9473956.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=29 KB (4,138 words) - 15:30, 24 August 2024
- ...ish cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]''. ...view/article/63998, accessed 23 Aug 2015]</ref> He also contributed to the satirical magazine ''The Wallopian'', (a play on the school magazine name ''The Salop34 KB (5,049 words) - 19:26, 4 September 2024
- ...]'s company, [[Paradine Productions]] (although it was not credited on the programmes), in association with [[Associated-Rediffusion|Rediffusion London]]. Transm ...: 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 P23 KB (3,316 words) - 11:07, 24 August 2024
- Idle, in a 1975 ''[[Radio Times]]'' interview, remarked, "It was made on a shoestring budget, and som ...the announcer was to announce the "programmes" (typically sketches) – many programmes would lead into, or announce, one of many songs and accompanying strange vi22 KB (3,461 words) - 15:00, 24 November 2022