Random radio jottings

Back in 2015 I wrote a series of posts about comedy shows that poked fun at the week’s news, from Listen to this Space and Week Ending to ...

This coming Saturday (28 December) BBC Radio 4 Extra is going to party like its 1964. For day only, all the programmes between 6am and 10pm ...

Listening to BBC Radio 4 Extra can sometimes feel like they’re just playing Hancock’s Half-Hour and Round the Horne on a loop for the last...

If you thought Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (1982-6) was the only radio comedy series set in an advertising agency, think again. B...

Actor, director, author, playwright, producer, humanitarian, polyglot and raconteur. There were so many facets to the late Sir Peter Usti...

There are a number of so-called “lost gems of the Light Programme and Home Service” airing on Radio 4 Extra over Christmas. As ever it’s...

BH. Broadcasting House. How the BBC love their initials and love to tell us about their buildings. And the home of radio has had more t...

During World War II he was probably only second in popularity to Winston Churchill. He was a comedian who poked fun at the establishmen...