Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of Carry On films and as a peerless raconteur on TV chat shows and radio comedies, he was also acclaimed for serious stage roles.
Born Brilliant: The Life o
Read more…Julie's not having a good day. Her husband Ben spends most of his time mending clocks and tinkering with the kitchen appliances. Their daughter Kate calls round now and then, usually when she wants something. The only one Julie can rely on is Fur
Here's my favourite Billy Bunter story from 1986.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Read more…broadcast by LA Theatre Works This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assembled for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger wh
Read more…A comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two thirty-something non-parents.
Double Income With No Kids is a radio sit-com written by David Spicer. It was first aired on BBC
Radio 4 in 2001 and was highly successful w
BELLY LAUGHS By Angela Neville
Wendy's life is about to be changed, and for the better. Mind you, yesterday she wouldn't have thought it possible. In her late forties and still single, Wendy still lives with her elderly mother, and she's worked
Read more…The celebrated playwright Orton wrote a screenplay for the Beatles, entitled Up Against It. Though it was never filmed, the BBC produced an audio version.
Read more…Long-running series of broadcasts from "Britain's first National Local radio station", Radio Active.
From the pages of Viz, Peter Cook plays the ignorant TV host whose foul mouth usually ruins his chances of success.
Saturday 18 September 2010 on BBC World Service
Worldplay
Mizlansky/Zilinsky
by Jon Robin Baitz
The 2010 Worldplay season, (on the theme of money) continues with this LA Theatre Works’ production recorded in front of a live audience.
Hollywood star Natha
Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg
broadcast on Thu, 5 Aug 2010, 02:15 on BBC Radio 7
Based on Thomas Hood's epic poem - a comic tale of greed and corruption in Victorian London. With James Grout and Rachel Atkins.
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The all-time classic sitcom written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth.
The creator of Dirk Gently and The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. We'll begin with The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, read by the man himself.
Read more…From the makers of cult TY show Mystery Science Theater 3000, this comic fantasy bears a distinct similarity to a certain set of novels by J R R Tolkein
