Dec 26, 2021 | Comedy, Ramblings
Need any more be said? Fifty years on, this sketch remains fresh and timeless. Not quite complete here though (the opening badinage is missing); nevertheless it starts at 19:56. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03n2pm7
Dec 24, 2021 | Comedy, Unexpected
Hancock fans are probably ahead of me, but I have just been made aware of this site… https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009t2ld/episodes/player?page=1 … for which thanks are due to Richard. There are seventy-eight Hancock episodes to choose from. I have...
Dec 22, 2021 | Comedy, Ramblings
From 1958. Bill Kerr, aged thirty-four, still believes in Father Christmas and is inconsolable when he finds out differently. Tony, with Hattie Jacques and Sid James, try some psychology to heal Bill’s wounds, prompted by a doctor, played by Warren Mitchell...
Oct 24, 2021 | Comedy, Ramblings
I caught the tail-end of this three-hour Radio 4 Extra programme last night. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018sgkw Bringing up the rear (so to speak) is Barry Cryer, starting at 2 hours-31 minutes, a half-hour of jokes and very funny anecdotes. Also included in...
