Funny You Should Ask (2)
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| - | BBC Radio 2 (early series also on Radio 1), 16 April 1976 to 18 January 1984 | + | BBC Radio 2 (early series also on Radio 1), 16 April 1976 to 18 January 1984 (70 episodes in 9 series) |
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| - | Panel game about comedy. | + | Panel game about comedy, chaired by radio veteran Peter Jones, with guests usually drawn from other long-serving comedians. Some familiar names took part - [[Barry Took]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], Roy Hudd, Charles Hawtrey, [[Tommy Trinder]] - but very few women. |
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| + | Michael Pointon devised, researched, and set the questions, which were mostly gentle nostalgia from television and radio comedy, with a soupçon of music hall and cinema. | ||
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| + | == Web links == | ||
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| + | [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04st6hg BBC programme page] for episodes repeated on Radio 4 Extra from 2018. | ||
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Current revision as of 18:10, 28 August 2024
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Broadcast
BBC Radio 2 (early series also on Radio 1), 16 April 1976 to 18 January 1984 (70 episodes in 9 series)
Synopsis
Panel game about comedy, chaired by radio veteran Peter Jones, with guests usually drawn from other long-serving comedians. Some familiar names took part - Barry Took, Bob Monkhouse, Roy Hudd, Charles Hawtrey, Tommy Trinder - but very few women.
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Inventor
Michael Pointon devised, researched, and set the questions, which were mostly gentle nostalgia from television and radio comedy, with a soupçon of music hall and cinema.
Web links
BBC programme page for episodes repeated on Radio 4 Extra from 2018.
