Programme Index

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The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh

Alternative Comedy...and Beyond

1. Lenin of the Rovers

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville return to the alternative comedy of the 80s. Show more

Start/Stop

Series 3

Episode 4: 4. Cathy's Dad

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cathy wants her Dad to leave his nursing home and live with them. So Barney starts plotting. Stars John Sparkes. From 2016. Show more

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 4

Under the Stars

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The comic poet is on a double date on a houseboat, with a romantic itinerary - but his date has other ideas. From 2018. Show more

Clayton Grange

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Brilliantly stupid scientists try their self-replicating killer robo-ants. Stars Anthony Head and Neil Warhurst. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Professor Saunders:
Anthony Head
Geoff Prowse:
Neil Warhurst
Roger Bucks:
Paul Barnhill
Anders Bjornstad:
Simon Kunz
Alice Jameson:
Stephanie Racine
Announcer:
Clive Hayward

BBC Radio 4 Extra

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