The Betty Witherspoon Show

Episodes

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From medicine to the ballet.

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray cross their comedy swords. With Miriam Margolyes.

1974042720230305/06 (BBC7)Kenneth and Ted cover parties, the police and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples

Music by Neil Innes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray cross their comedy swords. With Miriam Margolyes.

1974050420120805 (BBC7)
20140307 (BBC7)
20160829 (BBC7)
20190430 (BBC7)
20230108 (BBC7)
20230109 (BBC7)
The Younger Generation exposed and a rollicking trip to Rasputin's Russia!

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.

Quick-fire sketches and a rollicking trip to Rasputin's Russia. From May 1974.

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20140314 (BBC7)
20160905 (BBC7)
20190507 (BBC7)
20230115 (BBC7)
20230116 (BBC7)
Police intelligence and making merry at the court of King Henry VIII.

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray make merry at the court of Henry VIII.

1974051820120819/20 (BBC7)
20140321 (BBC7)
20160912 (BBC7)
20190514 (BBC7)
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20230123 (BBC7)
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take on Romeo and Juliet - and get nostalgic.

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take on Romeo and Juliet. From May 1974.

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20140328 (BBC7)
20160919 (BBC7)
20190521 (BBC7)
20230129 (BBC7)
20230130 (BBC7)
Kenneth and Ted take on Wuthering Heights – and there's news of a mysterious ancient murder...

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take on Wuthering Heights. Songs and sketches.

1974060120120902/03 (BBC7)
20140404 (BBC7)
20160926 (BBC7)
20190528 (BBC7)
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20230206 (BBC7)
Kenneth and Ted take on Anthony and Cleopatra - and discover Britons abroad...

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take on Anthony and Cleopatra.

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20140411 (BBC7)
20161003 (BBC7)
20190604 (BBC7)
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Kenneth and Ted take a comic romp through the permissive society – and a spoof Noel Coward drama.

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray romp through the permissive society.

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20161010 (BBC7)
20190611 (BBC7)
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20230220 (BBC7)
Kenneth and Ted probe the world of booze and do battle with the legend of Lord Nelson.

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take on the legend of Lord Nelson.

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20140425 (BBC7)
20161017 (BBC7)
20190618 (BBC7)
20230226 (BBC7)
20230227 (BBC7)
Kenneth and Ted poke fun at Europeans and the ways that we like to celebrate.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

Music by Neil Innes.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray poke fun at Europeans and celebrations.