2. The Goon Show & The Navy Lark
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ comedy controllers Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick their top 1950s comedic radio moments.
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Comedy Controllers from across the decades look back at radio shows from the past.
Clocking up over 150 years on the job between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville reveal what they do, why they do it and what makes them laugh.
From London's iconic ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.
In the second of three programmes, our foursome discuss the 1950s and a Golden Age of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ radio comedy.
Featuring:
* βTHE GOON SHOW: The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)
As baldness breaks out in Brighton, is there a connection to a glut of cheap tobacco? From 1954.
* βTHE NAVY LARK: The Multiple Mines.
A drunken night out sparks chaos when an old mine used as a collection box is set adrift. From 1959
Plus extracts from:
Al Read
Chic Murray
Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart.
Made for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2017.
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