BBC Radio Collection

 

July 2002

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Dead Ringers Series 3
Join Anne Robinson and Rolf Harris for The Weakest Pet, Graham Norton presenting So...Panorama and many more celeb spoofs in the complete third series of the hit BBC Radio 4 comedy series. Impressionists Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly and others mercilessly lampoon celebrities and politicians in these five episodes available on CD and cassette.
2 cassettes, 2hr 15mins, ISBN 0563 536217 £9.99
2 CDs, 2hr 15mins, ISBN 0563 536225 £12.99

Goodness Gracious Me
Now available on CD, this compilation of the phenomenally successful all-Asian sketch show features the best sketches from the first BBC Radio 4 series together with three shows from series two.
2 CDs, 1hr 45mins, ISBN 0563 536764 £12.99

Hoffnung
Cartoonist, musician and humorist, Gerard Hoffnung is best known for his concerts at Royal Festival hall featuring vacuum cleaners and an electric floor polisher. This selection of interviews and speeches features the famous bricklayer story in his Oxford Union speech and the Charles Richardson interviews from Saturday Night on the Light.
2 cassettes, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 226161 £9.99
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 536756 £12.99

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue 1
Now on CD, a compilation of hare-brained games including the legendary 'Mornington Crescent' from the much-loved 'antidote to panel games' chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton. With Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Willie Rushton.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 536799 £12.99

Navy Lark
Volume 14: The Smuggling Spy
Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Ronnie Barker are back causing marine mayhem in one of radio's longest-running comedy programmes. This volume features the four episodes: The Smuggling Spy (5 July 1959), A Crisp Romance (22 January 1960), Pertwee Posted to Portsmouth (5 February 1960) and Tug-of-War (19 February 1960).
2 cassettes, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 53625X £9.99
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 52863X £12.99

On the Town with the League of Gentlemen
The first Sony Award-winning radio series about the bizarre inhabitants of Spent is now on CD. Murderously funny and actuely observed, The League of Gentlemen's highly acclaimed brand of comedy shows human nature at its most extreme - and hilarious.
3 CDs, 2hrs 55mins, ISBN 0563 536802 £15.99
also available on cassette

The Griff Rhys Jones Show
Four episodes from the BBC Radio 2 sketch show starring Griff Rhys Jones, Simon Godley, Geofffrey McGivern, Rory McGarth and others.
2 cassettes, 1hr 55mins, ISBN 0563 536187 £9.99
2 CDs, 1hr 55mins, ISBN 0563 528249 £12.99

The Now Show
Featuring four episodes from the first series of 2002 recorded in front of a live audience. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis star in a collection of sketches based around recent news items and issues. Comedians Marcus Brigstock and Midge Benn provide additional support.
2 cassettes, 1hr 55mins, ISBN 0563 528354 £9.99
2 CDs, 1hr 55mins, ISBN 0563 528362 £12.99