Comedy | Colin's Column

An episode (this one first-aired in January 1957) of The Phil Silvers Show (Sgt Bilko), with Bing Crosby.

Aug 6, 2022 | Comedy, Videos

Sad news: Bernard Cribbins – Fawlty Towers; Jackanory; Right Said Fred; The Railway Children; The Wombles; and much more – has died aged 93.

Jul 28, 2022 | Comedy, News

Very sorry to learn that Frank Williams – the Reverend Timothy Farthing in Dad’s Army – has died (on June 26) at the age of 90.

Jul 27, 2022 | Comedy, Ramblings, Videos

Introduced by a mutual friend, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Williams, at least ten years ago, at a Christmas Eve/Day Midnight Mass. He was a charming and softly-spoken...

Round the Horne returns today to the indispensable BBC Radio 4 Extra, at 8 a.m., midday & 7 p.m.; also recommended, immediately following Horne, is Flying the Flag, with theme music by William Boyce, from one of his Symphonies.

Jul 18, 2022 | Comedy, Ramblings

https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl7l

R4X @ the usual 8, midday & 7 today: Hancock – The Sleepless Night – alone worth tuning-in for Sid James bashing out a medley of opera arias.

Jun 22, 2022 | Comedy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl7l

It’s Hancock day on BBC Radio 4 Extra – 8 o’clock, midday, 7 p.m. – everything is going well for Tony until he receives letters of murderous intent… classic encounter with Kenneth Williams’s policeman.

Jun 15, 2022 | Comedy, Ramblings

https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl7l A reminder, http://www.colinscolumn.com/can-it-be-true-bbc-radio-4-extra-to-be-scrapped-if-so-it-is-insane-and-criminal/, and of Andrew Keener’s save-Radio-4-Extra petition found therein.