After leaving school, Bobby Jaye joined the BBC as a studio manager. He went on to become a BBC radio producer of landmark programmes including The Goon Show, Morecambe and Wise, Steptoe and Son and The Ken Dodd Show.

He became the BBC's Head of Light Entertainment before retiring in 1985.

But Bobby returned in 2003 - as part of a showcase series putting former BBC Radio heads back in charge to make a 3 hour selection from the shows they either produced or commissioned.

Interspersed with his own memories, Bobby selects: .

• THE KEN DODD SHOW
The King of Knotty Ash examines black magic and lands a part in a horror movie. Or does he? With Hugh Paddick and Miriam Margolyes. From August 1972

• STEPTOE AND SON
Series 3 (4/8): TB or not TB
Sixty years of smoking takes its toll on Albert. Adapted from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From April 1971.

• AFTER HENRY
Series 1 (3/8): The Cowboy
Sarah's mother and daughter gang up on her when she hires a builder. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From May 1985.

• RADIO ACTIVE
Series 3 (1/6) Euroshow
The UK’s local national radio station goes continental with reporters in Berlin, Paris and Madrid. Stars Geoffrey Perkins and Angus Deayton. From July 1983.

• THE SMALL INTRICATE LIFE OF GERALD C POTTER
Series 2 (6/6) The Day
The author tries to make amends when he upsets his wife Diana. Stars Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell. From December 1977.

• YES MINISTER
Series 1 (4/8) The Writing on the Wall
MP Jim Hacker's big plans to slim down the Civil Service come home to roost. Stars Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. From November 1983.

Bobby Jaye died aged 84 in 2010.

Produced by Sarah Wade and Philippa Law

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in November 2003. Show less