Dial M for Pizza [24/11/1987]
- Synopsis
- British radio sketch show with Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. Episode 2 includes a three-minute skit on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. ‘Macbash’, a BBC/Beano collaboration, as the fictional radio presenter announces, is part of a series ‘Introducing Literary Classics to the Younger Listener’, the BBC in collaboration with Beano (a classic British comic) presents ‘Macbash’. Opening with the witches indecisive as to whether they should meet in a chip shop, caf or den, it ends with Macduff beating up Macbash with a wacking slipper and the editor’s voice apologetically pronouncing the rest "too horrible to show".
- Series
- Dial M for Pizza
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 24 Nov 1987 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Credits
- Producer
- Paul Mayhew-Archer
- Writer
- Ian Brown; James Hendrie
- Cast
Brenda Blethyn Bessie Macbash (Lady Macbeth) Jonathan Kydd Mike Grady Robert Bathurst
Additional Details
- Production type
- Sitcoms/Variety
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- DIAL M FOR PIZZA is a British radio sketch show which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the late 1980s, written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
- History
- Episode 2 of the first series was originally broadcast from 17 November - 22 December 1987 on BBC Radio 4. The second series followed in 1988.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Dial M for Pizza [24/11/1987]". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67471 (Accessed 06 Oct 2024)