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  • Clapham and Dwyer, a day’s broadcasting (1974)

    Genre
    Drama; Special

    A sketch by the comedy duo Clapham and Dwyer - A Day’s Broadcasting, recorded in 1933, emulating a day’s radio broadcasting. Sound quality poor and in mono.

  • Cohen and wireless (1974)

    Genre
    Drama; Special

    Joe Hayman’s Cohen and Wireless, a comedy sketch about buying wireless recorded in 1928. Sound quality poor and in mono.

  • Harry Secombe on career (1975)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with singer, entertainer, and comic actor, Harry Secombe. He speaks about his career, in particular his time in the Goon Show including how he met the other members, his time in the army, and his...

  • Our kind of town (1980)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. This episode focuses on cane and umbrella making. Howell speaks to Mr Harvey of James Smith and Sons umbrella shop based in New Oxford Street. Programme also...

  • Derek Jameson loses libel case against BBC (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on former Daily Express editor Derek Jameson losing his libel case against the BBC over a 1980 sketch on Radio 4’s Week Ending which described him as an East End boy made bad. Includes interview...

  • Newsrevue (1984)

    Genre
    Special

    LBC’s Newsrevue satirical radio show with a cast including Rory Bremner (others not identified). Includes sketches on the miners strike; new neighbourhood watch scheme; criticism of USA for the CIA’s...

  • Comic actor Alfred Marks on life and fellow comedians (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male interviews comic actor Alfred Marks about his life; comedy and how it has changed over the years; his contemporaries and rising stars like Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry; and roles he would...

  • Fred Housego Easter comedy special (1995)

    Genre
    Special

    Fred Housego Easter special montage of comedy sketch clips including: An Actor by Nigel Planer; Woody Allen The Nightclub Years, moose sketch; Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddock and Barry Took in a Julian and...

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