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: Comedy in the 21st Century: 1.  Over the Garden Wall

1.  Over the Garden Wall

Comedy in the 21st Century

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Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville on broadcast comedy's future.

Has broadcast comedy run out of ideas? Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pool experience to find out.

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 first of two programmes, the controllers argue over whether broadcast comedy has run out of ideas

And they wonder where do we go for laughs today? 

Featuring:  

‘OVER THE GARDEN WALL’ - from 7th October 1948 - BBC Light Programme

‘MRS BROWN'S BOYS’ [losing virginity sketch]  - BBC TV 

‘QI’ [Brendan O’Carroll appearance]  BBC TV 

‘YES, MINISTER’ [Jim Hacker’s first day] - 1983 - BBC Radio 4 

‘NO SUCH THING AS THE NEWS’ - 20th May 2016 - BBC TV 

Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2017.

The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh: Comedy in the 21st Century

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