Random radio jottings

This is the story of a comedian whose star was in the ascendancy in the 1940s. Like many of his contemporaries he had been offered radio spo...

Last month it was announced that Liza Tarbuck had taken ‘French leave’ of her Saturday night show on BBC Radio 2. The murmuration was not ha...

  Ad-libbed or improvised comedy was unheard of in post-war comedy shows. Scripts had to be written and typed-up in advance of broadcast wit...