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Comedy Greats: The 1960s: Episode 2

Episode 2

The 1960s

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Comedy Greats, The 1960s, Episode 2

Bona! Round the Horne, Ken Dodd, plus Steptoe and Son lead the comedy classics!

Barry Cryer presents another swinging selection of groovy radio fun: Whack-O!, The Men From the Ministry, The Ken Dodd Show, Steptoe and Son, The Embassy Lark and Round the Horne.

Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. 

Six more favourites plucked from the groovy 1960s schedules of the BBC Light Programme: 

*    Whack-O!
From 15/03/1962
Crooked headmaster Professor Jimmy Edwards holds auditions for Chiselbury School's charity concert in aid of a retiring teacher. With Vera Lynn. From March 1962. 

*    The Men From the Ministry 
Series 2 (2/13) Something about a Soldier
The bumbling civil servants find a 20-year-old demob letter. Stars Richard Murdoch, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Norma Ronald and Warren Mitchell. From August 1965.

*    The Ken Dodd Show
From 19/07/1964
The King of Knotty Ash offers tips for nude photography and the hunt for a Scottish lake-bound monster. With Judith Chalmers, John Laurie and Patricia Hayes. From July 1964.

*    Steptoe & Son 
Series 1 (11/13) The Lead Man Cometh
The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and Leonard Rossiter. From September 1966.

*    The Embassy Lark 
Series 1 (6/13) A Trip to London
The staff of the British Embassy panic over the expiry of their lease in Tratvia. Stars Derek Francis, Frank Thornton and Francis de Wolff. From April 1966

*    Round the Horne
Series 4 (12/16)
Kenneth Horne makes Fleet Street headlines, and calls round to Julian and Sandy's 'Bona Private Detective Agency'. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden. From May 1968. 

Produced and scripted by Peter Reed 

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.

Comedy Greats: The 1960s

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Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Barry Cryer revisits BBC radio comedy across the swinging 1960s.

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