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Actual comedy controllers Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick top 1950s comedic radio moments.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.

In the last of three programmes, the foursome conclude discussing the 1950s and a Golden Age of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio comedy.

Featuring:

* HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR:
Sunday Afternoon at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Bored and miserable, the lad tries to decide what to do.
Starring Tony Hancock
From April 1958

Plus extracts from:

Bob Newhart
That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart.

Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2017.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 17 Aug 2023 20:00

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