Episode 7
Fly-on-the-wall TV and suffering with the 'common touch'. The darkly comic world of Victor Lewis-Smith. From May 1990.
Fly on the wall TV and suffering with the 'common touch'. The darkly comic world of Victor Lewis-Smith.
Award-winning controversial comedy surfaced on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 in 1990 in the shape of Victor Lewis-Smith. The writer and producer took a comedy cudgel to the self-satisfied, mid-Atlantic style of the very network he was appearing on - with hoax phone calls, sketches, plus comic takedowns of high profile celebs. It's all deliciously sandwiched between the original jangly Radio 1 jingles made by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas, USA.
Winner of the British Comedy Awards 1990 for Best Radio Comedy.
After making a series of late night programmes for Radio 1, Victor took aim at TV in 1993 with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO's Inside Victor Lewis Smith, before sparking another stir on Channel 4 in 1998 with TV Offal.
Written by Victor Lewis Smith and Paul Sparks
Produced by Victor Lewis Smith
First heard on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 in May 1990.
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- Fri 19 Jun 2015 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra