"Topical" Comedy on Radio 4
Discussion
Have to say I found the Goon Show toe curlingly unfunny, in period and now. Spike Milligan may have been a national treasure(etc etc ) , but I always sensed (and rightly ) that here was a man on the edge of a breakdown. Still, Prince Charles liked him so that's alright then...
ISIHAC is R4's crown jewel - just as I am unlikely to be a close friend of anybody who thinks Jeffrey Archer can write , or that Queen are The Best Band of All Time , I would find it impossible to dislike anybody who loves ISIHAC . It should be part of the citizenship test.
ISIHAC is R4's crown jewel - just as I am unlikely to be a close friend of anybody who thinks Jeffrey Archer can write , or that Queen are The Best Band of All Time , I would find it impossible to dislike anybody who loves ISIHAC . It should be part of the citizenship test.
Mark Benson said:
The Don of Croy said:
Regrettably they've allowed Marcus Brigstocke back onto the airwaves (last night at 18:30).
How in the name of all that's holy does this man keep getting back on the radio?Shame because he was good in The Museum of Everything, Think the Unthinkable & to a lesser extent, Giles Wembley Hogg.
His early rants on the Now Show were quite good too, back in the days when both were actually funny.
Smiler. said:
Mark Benson said:
The Don of Croy said:
.... Brigstocke....
How in the name of all that's holy....?I can't be bothered to listen - am just wondering if I'm missing anything as I keep waking up to some punchlines and laughter....
I have been listening to 'The Mark Steel solution.' they are good old rants on various subjects..
Quite deep and well researched in some cases..
I could upload them to my webspace if needed.
Only fair quality but good enough for shed or car listening.
Series 1, 1992 (BBC Radio 5)
S01 E01 - The Royal Family - "The Royal Family should be chosen by weekly lottery" (9 October 1992)
S01 E02 - The Family - "Nobody should be allowed to live in the same family for more than a year" (16 October 1992)
S01 E03 - Judges - "Criminals should be recruited as high courts judges" (23 October 1992)
S01 E04 - School - "Nobody should go to school until they're 35" (30 October 1992)
S01 E05 - England - "Anyone born in England should be deported" (6 November 1992)
S01 E06 - The Economy - "All government economic policy should be decided by sport" (13 November 1992)
Series 2, 1994 (BBC Radio 4)
S02 E01 - Unemployment - "Having a job should be illegal" (15 July 1994)
S02 E02 - Transport - "Transport should only be paid for by people who don't use it" (22 July 1994)
S02 E03 - Housing - "Everyone in Britain should be rehoused at random" (29 July 1994)
S02 E04 - The Royal Family - "The Royal Family should be chosen by weekly lottery" (paraphrasing S01 E01) (presumably 5 August 1994)
Series 3, 1995 (BBC Radio 4)
S03 E01 - Sexuality - "Everyone should have to be gay for two years"
S03 E02 - Charity - "Anybody who gives to charity should be jailed"
S03 E03 - Crime - "Criminals should decide their own punishment" (Uses some sketches from S01 E03)
S03 E04 - Immigration - "Anyone born in England should be deported" (paraphrasing S01 E05)
Series 4, August and September 1996 (BBC Radio 4)
S04 E01 - Religion - "People should have to change their religion every Monday"
S04 E02 - Media - "Anyone in charge of the media should be sacked after thirty minutes"
S04 E03 - Education - "Nobody should go to school until they are 36" (paraphrasing S01 E04)
S04 E04 - Life - "Pessimists should be persecuted by law"
Quite deep and well researched in some cases..
I could upload them to my webspace if needed.
Only fair quality but good enough for shed or car listening.
Series 1, 1992 (BBC Radio 5)
S01 E01 - The Royal Family - "The Royal Family should be chosen by weekly lottery" (9 October 1992)
S01 E02 - The Family - "Nobody should be allowed to live in the same family for more than a year" (16 October 1992)
S01 E03 - Judges - "Criminals should be recruited as high courts judges" (23 October 1992)
S01 E04 - School - "Nobody should go to school until they're 35" (30 October 1992)
S01 E05 - England - "Anyone born in England should be deported" (6 November 1992)
S01 E06 - The Economy - "All government economic policy should be decided by sport" (13 November 1992)
Series 2, 1994 (BBC Radio 4)
S02 E01 - Unemployment - "Having a job should be illegal" (15 July 1994)
S02 E02 - Transport - "Transport should only be paid for by people who don't use it" (22 July 1994)
S02 E03 - Housing - "Everyone in Britain should be rehoused at random" (29 July 1994)
S02 E04 - The Royal Family - "The Royal Family should be chosen by weekly lottery" (paraphrasing S01 E01) (presumably 5 August 1994)
Series 3, 1995 (BBC Radio 4)
S03 E01 - Sexuality - "Everyone should have to be gay for two years"
S03 E02 - Charity - "Anybody who gives to charity should be jailed"
S03 E03 - Crime - "Criminals should decide their own punishment" (Uses some sketches from S01 E03)
S03 E04 - Immigration - "Anyone born in England should be deported" (paraphrasing S01 E05)
Series 4, August and September 1996 (BBC Radio 4)
S04 E01 - Religion - "People should have to change their religion every Monday"
S04 E02 - Media - "Anyone in charge of the media should be sacked after thirty minutes"
S04 E03 - Education - "Nobody should go to school until they are 36" (paraphrasing S01 E04)
S04 E04 - Life - "Pessimists should be persecuted by law"
MarshPhantom said:
It really is appalling.
Anyone hear Ladies Talking Cars the other night? Victoria Coren this week with Dawn French. I feel they may be trying to find someone for Top Gear. I really wouldn't be surprised it's Jennifer Saunders.
Had to chuckle when one of them said Clarkson told her to buy a new Cerbera and the factory measured her arse before they made it...Anyone hear Ladies Talking Cars the other night? Victoria Coren this week with Dawn French. I feel they may be trying to find someone for Top Gear. I really wouldn't be surprised it's Jennifer Saunders.
Riley Blue said:
K12beano said:
surveyor said:
I wish they would bring back something with the quality of Cabin Pressure.
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