The Real Comedy Controllers:  The Things That Made Us Laugh

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The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh

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Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville select their top comedy moments.

Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville select their top comedy moments starting after the Second World War.

The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh: Origins: 3. Hancock's Half Hour

3. Hancock's Half Hour

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Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick their top comedic moments.

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

BBC 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 BBC 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 BBC radio comedy.

Featuring: 

*   HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR: 
     Sunday Afternoon at Home

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 BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2017.

The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh: Origins

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

The Real Comedy Controllers select top comedy moments starting after the Second World War.

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