Mark Radcliffe tells the story of the bad lad of showbiz, Frank Randle: 'a grotesque and the funniest man alive'. From 1999. Show more

Mark Radcliffe looks at the comedians' comedian, Jimmy James, a teetotaller revered for his stage act of playing a drunk. Show more

Mark Radcliffe reveals how the tattyfilarious Squire of Knotty Ash became one of the greatest comic acts of our time. From 1999. Show more

Mark Radcliffe profiles the diminutive radio star who played a schoolboy. But was he ever allowed to grow up? From April 1999. Show more

Mark Radcliffe reviews the Mancunian wordsmith's career - who started out playing piano in a Parisian brothel. From April 1999. Show more

Mark Radcliffe remembers Sandy Powell, the Rotherham comedian famed for his catchphrases and comic ventriloquism. From 1999. Show more