The Thick of It star selects some of her favourite shows, including Radio Active (July 1984), Fist of Fun (November 1993), Ed Reardon (February 2010) and Down the Line (Jan 2007). Show more
Comedy Controller
Ned Sherrin
1 hour, 50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 7
Still much missed - the witty broadcaster and writer makes his selection of radio favourites: Round the Horne, The Mark Steel Solution, Dead Ringers and Goodness Gracious Me.
Comedy Controller
John Shuttleworth
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Sheffield singer selects Alison and Maud, Saturday Night Fry, We Interrupt This Programme, Clare In The Community, some Shuttleworths, plus Roy D Mercer makes a phone call.
Comedy Controller
Galton and Simpson
2 hours, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 7
Writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's favourites - including some of their own: Take it from Here, Ray's a Laugh, Round the Horne, Hancock's Half Hour, and Steptoe and Son.
Comedy Controller
Jenny Eclair
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 7
The comedienne selects her favourite shows - Radio Active, The Shuttleworths, Hearing With Hegley, Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun, People Like Us and Knowing Me, Knowing You.
Comedy Controller
Arthur Smith
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The comedian chooses his radio faves - Round the Horne, The Million Pound Radio Show, People Like Us, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation, Goodness Gracious Me and Radio Active.
Comedy Controller
Galton and Simpson
2 hours, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's favourites - including some of their own: Take It From Here, Ray's A Laugh, Round the Horne, Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son. Show more
Comedy Controller
Grace Dent
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Novelist, TV critic and comedian Grace Dent takes command. Among her choices: Thom Tuck Goes to DVD and Meet David Sedaris. Show more
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Adam Hills
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Antipodean comic shares his favourite funnies, including The Goon Show, Kenny Everett: The Local Radio Years, League of Gentlemen, Flight of the Conchords and Little Britain. Show more
Comedy Controller
Jo Caulfield
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 7
The comedienne selects It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Listen to Les, Hancock's Half Hour, The News Quiz, The Bona History of Julian and Sandy, and Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun.
Comedy Controller
Tom Robinson
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 7
The singer songwriter and presenter's selection: Radio Active, The Very World of Milton Jones, King Cutler, Round the Horne, The Boosh and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
Comedy Controller
Rainer Hersch
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The musical comedian selects All Classical Music Explained, My Music, The Mark Steel Lectures, 20th Century Retrospective, The Miles and Millner Show, and The Cambridge Buskers.
Comedy Controller
Tom Robinson
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Singer and BBC 6 Music presenter Tom Robinson's selection - Radio Active, The Very World of Milton Jones, King Cutler, Round The Horne, The Boosh and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Comedy Controller
John Hegley
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The poet picks The Mark Steel Solution, John Peel sessions, Arthur Smith sings Leonard Cohen, Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting and The Adventures of John and Tony.
Comedy Controller
Armando Iannucci
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Armando Iannucci: The doyen of comedy's selection includes I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, The Atkinson People, The Consultants, The Burkiss Way and The Big Fun Show.
Comedy Controller
Arnold Brown
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 7
The former accountant selects The Al Read Show, Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Arnold Brown and Company and People Like Us.
Comedy Controller
Eric Sykes
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The veteran comedian and writer's six-pack selection: The Goon Show, Variety Bandbox, Round the Horne, The Al Read Show, The Ken Dodd Show and Take It From Here. Show more
Comedy Controller
Stephen Fry
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The actor and radio fanatic chooses The Men From the Ministry, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Saturday Night Fry, On the Hour, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Down the Line. Show more
Comedy Controller
Boothby Graffoe
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The comedian named after a Lincolnshire market town and his six favourites: The Goon Show, Round the Horne, Steptoe and Son, The Burkiss Way, The Big Booth and Hancock's Half Hour. Show more
Comedy Controller
Helen Lederer
3 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The 'Absolutely Fabulous' actress chooses Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen, Life with Lederer, Hearing with Hegley, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation and Ross Noble Goes Global.