| Programme Name: | Details: |
|---|---|
| Act Your Age | ...... |
| Archive Hour, The | ...BARRY CRYER tells the story of the TV show `This is your Life' which celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. With contributions from former guests and presenter Michael Aspel ... |
| At The Beeb | ...In the third programme, BARRY CRYER presents a look at Willie Rushton's lengthy career at the BBC, from the ground-breaking satire of `That Was The Week That Was' to the razor-sharp punnery of `I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'.... |
| Beat The Kids | ...BARRY CRYER, Sheila Hancock, Fred MacAulay, Helen Atkinson Wood ... |
| Best Of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue | ...The first of three compilation programmes heralds the start of a new series. Humphrey Lyttelton presides over a selection of highlights from recent series, featuring BARRY CRYER, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Willie Rushton and guests. Musical accompaniment by Colin Sell.... |
| Beyond Compere | ...Simon Fanshawe examines the fine art of compering in a programme that ranges from Round the Horne to The Comedians; from Joel Gray to Bob Monkhouse; from BARRY CRYER to Robin Williams, by way of Ross Noble and Arthur Smith. We ask, what is it that sets a really great compere apart?... |
| Celebrity Choice | ...Next in series: BARRY CRYER... |
| Chain Reaction | ...Jo Brand Interviews BARRY CRYER... |
| Chic Murray - The Comic's Comic | ...Recalling the unique style of comic Chic Murray, variously described by the cream of British comedy as `a genius' and `one of the all-time greats'. With contributions from his family, friends and fellow comics including Stanley Baxter, Arnold Brown, BARRY CRYER, Roy Hudd and Eric Sykes ... |
| Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore | ...god....BARRY CRYER... |
| Comedy Catch Up | ...Zesty sketch show with Alison Steadman, Paul B Davies, Julia Hills, Graeme Garden and BARRY CRYER. From June 1989.... |
| Comedy Confessions [radio Scotland] | ...BARRY CRYER... |
| Comedy Greats | ...Comic legend BARRY CRYER presents a brand new series as, decade by decade, he discovers the best of BBC radio's comedy goldmine.... |
| Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! | A confused and muddled day in the life of one time Variety Star, Count Arthur Strong. An expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origins of species, Arthur is all Tourettic tics, false starts and nervous fumbling, badly covered up by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance. Everyday life with Count Arthur Strong is an enlightening and entertaining experience. With Steve Delaney, Sue Perkins, Dave Mounfield, and Alastair Kerr. ...The former variety star attempts to get work as an after-dinner speaker. Stars Steve Delaney, with guest BARRY CRYER.... |
| Cryer Classics | ...The third in the 'Funny That Way' series introduced by BARRY CRYER. This week's comedy profile is of comic and actress Joyce Grenfell. The series is written by Michael Pointon and produced by Sonia Beldom.... |
| English Now | ...BARRY CRYER (Speaker)... |
| Fry On Saturday | ...BARRY CRYER (Speaker)... |
| Funny That Way | ...Presented by BARRY CRYER, produced by Tim Sturgeon... |
| Good Old Days, The | ...On the show's 50th anniversary, BARRY CRYER presents a tribute to The Good Old Days, the programme which constituted a staple of BBC Light Entertainment for 30 years.... |
| Hamish And Dougal - Burns Night Special | ...Starring BARRY CRYER, Graeme Garden, Alison Steadman and Jeremy Hardy.... |
| Hamish And Dougal's Hogmanay Special | ...James Naughtie joins BARRY CRYER and Graeme Garden for a special edition featuring the popular 'Clue' duo.... |
| Happy Mondays | ...A modern take on the comedy gang show with Ben Clarke, Matthew Crosby, Brendan Dodds and Tom Parry. Featuring guest appearances from comedy legend BARRY CRYER and talented new singer-songwriter Lyla Foy.... |
| Hello Cheeky | ...Another helping of mayhem from Tim Brooke-Taylor, BARRY CRYER and John Junkin. From 1973.... |
| Humph In Wonderland | ...humpty dumpty....BARRY CRYER... |
| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Carol | ...The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Players present a unique interpretation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his down-trodden assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and BARRY CRYER respectively as the Ghosts of Christmas Future, Present and Pissed. Stephen Fry narrates the tale, with regular guests of the programmeJeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.... |
| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - 30th Anniversary Special | ...A special edition of the perennial antidote to panel games. Stephen Fry joins regulars BARRY CRYER, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton ... |
| I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue | ...Classic panel game antics from panellists BARRY CRYER, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. From 5 September 1978.... |
| In Conversation With | ...BARRY CRYER... |
| It's Been A Bad Week | ...Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight dodgy space probes and a teddy for men. With guest BARRY CRYER.... |
| I've Never Seen Star Wars | ...BARRY CRYER... |
| Joke Book, The | ...BARRY CRYER explores the history of the joke book, from the earliest surviving compilation dating back to the fourth century to present-day on-line systems, including the eighteenth-century Joe Miller book and the classic works of Larry Wilde and Robert Orben.... |
| Just A Minute | ...Chair Nicholas Parsons with guests BARRY CRYER, Clement Freud, Peter Jones and Wendy RICHARD. Devised by Ian MESSITER. Producer Edward TAYLOR.... |
| Law Game, The | ...Shaw Taylor introduces the panel game that asks 'How well do you know the law?' Joe Brown, BARRY CRYER and Claire Rayner must deliver their verdict on some intriguing cases.With Vincent Brimble, Jo Kendall and Geoffrey Whitehead... |
| Linda Smith - A Modern Radio Star | ...Andy Hamilton speaks to her friends and colleagues includingJeremy Hardy, Mark Steele, Hattie Hayridge, Sandy Toksvig, Nicholas Parsons, Chris Neill, Tony Hawks, Simon Hoggart, BARRY CRYER and her partner Warren Lakin.... |
| Listen To This Space | ...A programme in the comedy series created by Tony Marriott and Alistair Foot, with Nicholas Parsons, Denise Bryer, Bob Todd, BARRY CRYER, Peter Reeves and The Tony Osborne Group. Scriptwriters: Peter Myers and Ronald Cass. Producer: John Bridges.... |
| Long Hot Satsuma, The | ...This sketch-show was written by and stars BARRY CRYER, Graeme Garden and Paul B. Davies. They are joined by Alison Steadman, Julia Hills and Martin Booth in sketches about footballing folk singers (including Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell), plus a send-up of Hamlet with help from some Groucho Marx style wise-cracks. Produced by Dan Patterson, who also co-wrote the script... |
| Maltby Collection, The | Sitcom set in a museum. ...With guest stars Hugh Dennis and BARRY CRYER.... |
| Maltese Falcon, The | ...... |
| Name's The Game, The | ...The comedy biography game in which BARRY CRYER and Duggie BROWN along with their guests Lionel Blair and Jeffrey Holland attempt to sort out who's who. Chaired by Roger KITTER. Written by Tony HARE. Produced by Richard EDIS.... |
| Neither Here Nor There - A Celebration Of Chic Murray | ...Hollywood actor and Murray fan Brian Cox looks back at the life and work of the legendary Scottish comic Chic Murray. Featuring songs and sketches from the 'tall droll' and tributes from Billy Connolly, BARRY CRYER, Murray Grigor, Bill Paterson, John Sessions, Timothy Spall and film composer Patrick Doyle. Including contributions from Chic's wife Maidie and his daughter Annabelle.... |
| News Quiz, The [ok] | ...Andy Hamilton, Linda Smith, Sandi Toksvik, BARRY CRYER, Rory Morrison.... |
| News Quiz, The | ...Simon Hoggart hosts the topical panel game. Guests include Alan Coren, Francis Wheen, John Sergeant and BARRY CRYER. [Rptd Sat 12.30pm]... |
| On The Air | ...BARRY CRYER (Speaker)... |
| One Ronnie, The | ...BBC7 takes an affectionate look at the career of comedy legend Ronnie Barker. Introduced by Ronnie's friend and fellow comedian, BARRY CRYER.... |
| Peter Jones - A Celebration | ...A hitchhiker's guide to Peter Jones, as Douglas Adams presents a retrospective of the much-loved comedy writer and performer's work on radio and television. With contributions from Nicholas Parsons, Stephen Fry, BARRY CRYER and Miriam Carlin.... |
| Players, The | ...BARRY CRYER (Speaker)... |
| Quote Unquote | ...Ruth Dudley-Evans, Patrick Barlow, George Melly and BARRY CRYER are quizzed by Nigel Rees. From May 1997.... |
| Reality Is An Illusion Caused By Lack Of N F Simpson | ...Contributors include John Mortimer, Jonathan Miller, John Fortune, Eric Sykes, Jonathan Coe, Armando Iannucci, David Nobbs, BARRY CRYER, Eleanor Bron, Ned Sherrin, and Simpson himself.... |
| Right Time, The | ...Starring Roger Blake, Eleanor Bron, Dudley Sutton, Clive Swift, Paula Wilcox and BARRY CRYER ... |
| Rock Of Ages | ...The hit show from last year's Edinburgh Fringe, featuring Radio 4 favourite BARRY CRYER as you've never heard him - belting out the blues and a string of classic gags. He is ably assisted by Nottingham's finest rocker Ronnie Golden and top rockers Ronnie And The Rex.... |
| Screenplay | ...Iain Johnstone hosts the celebrity panel game based on on the world of cinema. Taking part this week are Dick Vosburgh, Susan George, BARRY CRYER and Simon MacCorkindale. Written by Jeremy Pascall and Phil Swern.... |
| Six Characters In Search Of An Answer | ...BARRY CRYER explores the character of Mr Muddlecombe JP, played by Robb Wilton in the 1940s.... |
| Smith Lectures, The | ...Arthur Smith concludes his comedy series with a lecture on music. Contributions from Rainer Hersch, Dylan Moran, Lewis Black, Bill Bailey, BARRY CRYER and Ronnie Golden.... |
| Some Of These Days | ...A quiz show about May 30ths past. Leslie CROWTHER and BARRY CRYER match wits with Nick Revell and Andy Hamilton, with Cliff MICHELMORE in the chair and Colin Sell at the piano. Written by Rob METCALFE, produced by Jon Magnusson.... |
| Stand-up On 7 | ...Comedy songs and patter from BARRY CRYER and Fabulous Poodles founder-member Ronnie Golden.... |
| Stanley Baxter Story, The | ...Eddie Izzard presents a rare profile of comedy actor, Stanley Baxter. For many of a certain generation, Stanley Baxter is a part of their childhood or their adolescence, a comic who would turn up on TV from time to time and then, as often as not, disappear for another year. Stanley became more painstaking with his shows as the years rolled by and by the mid 1970s he was only doing one show a year - at Christmas. But what shows they were! Snappy one-liner sketches forming the comedy grout for great production number parodies of Hollywood movies, in which Stanley played all the parts. He was Mae West in an alternative Gone With The Wind; he was Katherine Hepburn in a version of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? where Sidney Poitier would have been welcomed with open arms; and he was Judy Garland in an Oz ruled by Ronald Reagan. He began his career during wartime on the BBC Scottish Home Service, after making a local name for himself doing impressions in Glasgow church halls. After a spell in the army in National Service, Stanley joined the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre where he learnt his craft under the highly respected director Tyrone Guthrie. Another member of the Citizens' was Jimmy Gilbert, who moved to London and invited Stanley to take part in a television revue series he was putting together in 1959. On the Bright Side was a success and Stanley was on his way.He did several sketch series for the BBC in the years that followed but by the mid 70s, he was down to one minutely crafted Christmas show a year, working with the same writer, Ken Hoare and the same director, David Bell, every time. His most recent outing was an archive Christmas special last year on ITV with one or two new sketches.Stanley is a comedian who is an impressionist but whose impressions work in spirit rather than accuracy - he is first and foremost a comedy actor. He is also a perfectionist, something that may have worked against him in a world where television budgets have shrunk. But the shows are gems, polished jewels forever captured in the amber of comedy history. Interviewees include Maureen Lipman; Julia Mckenzie; Denise Coffey; TV director/producers Jimmy Gilbert, Tom Gutteridge, John Kaye Cooper and John Bishop; actor David Kernan; film director Ken Annakin; BARRY CRYER; TV boss Jim Moir; Gordon Kennedy; Justin Edwards; and Stanley Baxter himself, along with many of his character creations.... |
| That Reminds Me | ...BARRY CRYER... |
| There'll Never Be Another | ...Graeme Garden celebrates the life of a comic whose career began playing the piano in a brothel. This programme pays homage to the inimitable talent of the man who was just as uniquely funny offstage as he was on. With contributions from Jo Brand, Roy Barraclough, Julian Clary, BARRY CRYER and Lenny Henry.... |
| Titter Ye Not - The Frankie Howerd Story | ...Other contributors include David Walliams who recently played Howerd in the BBC4 drama, Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me and idolised the comedian as a teenager; Griff Rhys Jones, who produced The Frankie Howerd Variety Show; BARRY CRYER; writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran; producers Bill Lyon-Shaw and David Croft; actress Jeanne Mockford, who appeared alongside Howerd in Up Pompeii; his former agent Beryl Vertue, who recalls how she helped him revive his career in the early 60s; biographer Graham McCann; and producer Trevor McCallum, who talks about having the last ever conversation with Howerd.... |
| Willie's Wake - A Celebration Of The Talents Of Willie Rushton | ...Ned Sherrin in conversation with BARRY CRYER, Richard Ingrams, Lance Percival and Sir Tim Rice at the Coach and Horses pub in London.... |
| Wireless Wise | ...BARRY CRYER, Sue MacGregor, Donna Mcphail, John Waite ... |
| You Won't Believe This But | Award-winning comedy writer and performer BARRY CRYER reads from his autobiography, in which he looks back over more than 40 years in show business ...Showbiz comedy legend BARRY CRYER recounts his first foray from Leeds to London - as a 'Windmill comedian'.... |
| You'll Have Had Your Tea | Hamish and Dougal, the two elderly Scotsmen played by BARRY CRYER and Graeme Garden made internationally quite well known from their appearances on the panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue", appear in their own series. ...Hamish and Dougal, the two elderly Scotsmen played by BARRY CRYER and Graeme Garden made internationally quite well known from their appearances on the panel game "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue", appear in their own series.... |