Episodes
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Overseas | 20030628 | 20120707 20120707 (BBC7) 20130921 (BBC7) 20141129 (BBC7) 20160213 (BBC7) | ![]() With The Clitheroe Kid, The Navy Lark, The Men From the Ministry and Hancock's Half Hour. Captain Barry Cryer welcomes you aboard a special edition of Comedy Greats showcasing a selection of the BBC's hit comedy shows that were adapted for listeners overseas. During the 1950s to 1970s, a surprising number of series were either edited, rescripted or remade. Barry reveals bits that never made it out of Blighty to enable shows to be better understood abroad. Featuring: The Clitheroe Kid - Another Mother for Ossie. From November 1965 The Navy Lark - Going Dutch. From November 1959 The Men From the Ministry - Birds of a Feather. Re-recording from 1980. Hancock's Half Hour - The New Secretary. Re-recorded in November 1958. Round the Horne - The Man With the Golden Thunderball. Re-recorded July 1966 with an edited version of the original script. I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again - series 3 (10/13). Re-recording from 1966. Produced by Kerry Reece for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Barry Cryer with the shows adapted for abroad: The Clitheroe Kid, The Navy Lark, The Men From the Ministry, Hancock's Half Hour, Round the Horne and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive | |
Overseas | 20120707 | 20200718 (BBC7) | Captain Barry Cryer welcomes you aboard a special edition of Comedy Greats showcasing a selection of the BBC's hit comedy shows that were adapted for listeners overseas. During the 1950s to 1970s, a surprising number of series were either edited, rescripted or remade. Barry reveals bits that never made it out of Blighty to enable shows to be better understood abroad. * The Clitheroe Kid - Another Mother for Ossie. From November 1965 * The Navy Lark - Going Dutch. From November 1959 * The Men From the Ministry - Birds of a Feather. Re-recording from 1980. * Hancock's Half Hour - The New Secretary. Re-recorded in November 1958. * Round the Horne - The Man With the Golden Thunderball. Re-recorded July 1966 with an edited version of the original script. * I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again - series 3 (10/13). Re-recording from 1966. Producer: Kerry Reece Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2012.. With The Clitheroe Kid, The Navy Lark, The Men From the Ministry and Hancock's Half Hour. Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive | |
The Eighties - 1 | 20040712 20070210 (BBC7) 20070211 (BBC7) 20120512 (BBC7) | Featuring Radio Active, After Henry, Unnatural Acts and The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Barry Cryer presents: Radio Active, After Henry, Unnatural Acts, Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful, Saturday Night Fry and The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Radio Active: Good Day Sport (30/08/1982), After Henry: The Dinner Party (15/05/1985), Unnatural Acts (04/04/1987), Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (25/01/1982), Saturday Night Fry (28/05/1998), and The Mary Whitehouse Experience (17/02/1990). | ||
The Noughties - 3 | 20120630 | With Cabin Pressure, The Boosh, Flight of the Conchords and Ed Reardon's Week. Barry Cryer presents: Cabin Pressure, The Boosh, Flight of the Conchords, I've Never Seen Star Wars and Ed Reardon's Week. | ||
01 | The Fifties - 1 | 20030510 | 20040918 (BBC7) 20040919 (BBC7) 20070106 (BBC7) 20070107 (BBC7) 20080209 (BBC7) 20080210 (BBC7) 20090530 (BBC7) 20120114 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer plunders the BBC archives across the decades. Featuring Life with the Lyons, In All Directions, The Al Read Show, A Life of Bliss, Take It From Here and The Goon Show. Featuring Life with the Lyons, In All Directions, The Al Read Show and The Goon Show. Featuring Life with the Lyons, In All Directions, The Al Read Show and The Goon Show. Barry Cryer plunders the BBC archives across the decades. Featuring Life with the Lyons, In All Directions, The Al Read Show, A Life of Bliss, Take It From Here and The Goon Show. Comic legend Barry Cryer presents a brand new series as, decade by decade, he discovers the best of BBC radio's comedy goldmine. Barry Cryer plunders the BBC archives across the decades. Featuring Life with the Lyons, In All Directions, The Al Read Show, A Life of Bliss, Take It From Here and The Goon Show. |
02 | The Fifties - 2 | 20030517 | 20040726 (BBC7) 20040925 (BBC7) 20040926 (BBC7) 20070113 (BBC7) 20070114 (BBC7) 20080216 (BBC7) 20080217 (BBC7) 20090606 (BBC7) 20120121 (BBC7) | The Fifties, Part Two: Barry Cryer with archive treasures from the decade of rock 'n' roll: Much Binding in the Marsh, Variety Bandbox, Just Fancy, Hancock's Half Hour and more. Including Much Binding in the Marsh, Variety Bandbox, Hancock's Half Hour and more. Includes Much Binding in the Marsh, Variety Bandbox, Just Fancy and Educating Archie. Barry Cryer with archive treasures from the decade of rock'n'roll. Barry Cryer with archive treasures from the decade of rock'n'roll. : Barry Cryer with archive treasures from the decade of rock 'n' roll: Much Binding in the Marsh, Variety Bandbox, Just Fancy, Hancock's Half Hour and more. Much Binding In the Marsh (28/08/1953), Variety Bandbox (22/01/1950), Just Fancy (8/03/1951), Educating Archie (11/02/1954), Meet The Huggetts (8/09/1957) and Hancock's Half Hour - Hancock's School (4/03/1958) |
02 | The Noughties - 2 | 20030816 | 20160716 (BBC7) 20200704 (BBC7) | With Absolute Power; Fags, Mags & Bags; The Sunday Format and Chain Reaction. Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. Yo! From the 21st century of radio comedy, Baz presents another six-pack of noughties favourites: * Absolute Power * Fags, Mags and Bags * The Sunday Format * Chain Reaction * Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting * Dead Ringers Produced and scripted by Peter Reed. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in August 2003. |
03 | The Sixties - 1 | 20030524 | 20041002 (BBC7) 20041003 (BBC7) 20090620 (BBC7) 20120128 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer's first selection from the swinging decade of radio fun. Barry Cryer's first selection from the swinging decade of radio fun. With Beyond Our Ken, It's a Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill Time and The Clitheroe Kid Barry Cryer's archive treasures from the swinging decade: Beyond Our Ken, It's A Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill Time, The Clitheroe Kid and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. Barry Cryer's first selection from the swinging decade of radio fun, featuring Benny Hill Time, and Eric Sykes in It's A Fair Cop. Barry Cryer's archive treasures from the swinging decade: Beyond Our Ken, It's A Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill Time, The Clitheroe Kid and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. With Beyond Our Ken, It's a Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill Time and The Clitheroe Kid |
04 | The Sixties - 2 | 20030531 | 20041009 (BBC7) 20041010 (BBC7) 20090627 (BBC7) 20120204 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer presents another swinging selection of groovy radio fun. Includes Whack-O!, The Men from the Ministry, The Ken Dodd Show, and Steptoe and Son. Barry Cryer presents another swinging selection of groovy radio fun: Whack-O!, The Men from the Ministry, The Ken Dodd Show, Steptoe and Son, The Embassy Lark and Round the Horne. Barry Cryer swings back to the 1960s for more groovy radio fun, including Whack-O!, The Men From the Ministry, The Ken Dodd Show. Includes Whack-O!, The Men from the Ministry, The Ken Dodd Show, and Steptoe and Son. |
05 | The Seventies - 1 | 20030614 | 20041016 (BBC7) 20041017 (BBC7) 20070127 (BBC7) 20070128 (BBC7) 20080322 (BBC7) 20080323 (BBC7) 20090704 (BBC7) 20120211 (BBC7) 20130706 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer presents his first six-pack from the sensational seventies, Barry Cryer keeps on truckin' with The News Huddlines, The Frankie Howerd Show and more. Barry Cryer keeps on truckin' with The News Huddlines, All Gas and Gaiters, The Frankie Howerd Show, Parsley Sidings, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads and Hello Cheeky. With All Gas and Gaiters, The Frankie Howerd Show, Parsley Sidings and The News Huddlines. Barry Cryer presents: All Gas and Gaiters, The Frankie Howerd Show, Parsley Sidings, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Hello Cheeky, and The News Huddlines. Barry Cryer presents his first six-pack from the sensational seventies, including All Gas and Gaiters and The Frankie Howerd Show. Part 1 Featuring All Gas And Gaiters - Only Three Can Play; The Frankie Howerd Show; Hello Cheeky; Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - Count Down; Parsley Sidings - A Bird in the Hand and The News Huddlines (07/11/1979) |
06 | The Seventies - 2 | 20030621 | 20041023 (BBC7) 20041024 (BBC7) 20070203 (BBC7) 20070204 (BBC7) 20070217 (BBC7) 20070218 (BBC7) 20080329 (BBC7) 20080330 (BBC7) 20090711 (BBC7) 20120218 (BBC7) 20130713 (BBC7) | Glamtastic Barry Cryer with Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue The Atkinson People Just a Minute Listen to Les The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket With Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Listen to Les. Featuring: Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead, The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The Atkinson People, Just a Minute and Listen to Les. Barry Cryer presents part two of his glam-tastic trawl, featuring Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead and others. Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (08/03/71), The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (27/02/78), I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (13/03/77), The Atkinson People - featuring Sir Corin Basin (24/04/79), Just A Minute (06/03/79) and Listen to Les (11/03/75). Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (08/03/71), The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (27/02/78), I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (13/03/77), The Atkinson People - featuring Sir Benjamin Fletcher (28/04/79), Just A Minute (06/03/79) and a classic Listen to Les (11/03/95). |
07 | The Eighties - 1 | 20030628 | 20040719 20041106 (BBC7) 20041107 (BBC7) 20070210 (BBC7) 20070211 (BBC7) 20090718 (BBC7) 20120512 (BBC7) 20130720 (BBC7) 20200523 (BBC7) 20200524 (BBC7) 20200525 (BBC7) | With Radio Active, After Henry, Unnatural Acts and The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Barry Cryer's donning shoulder pads to re-live the very best BBC radio comedy from the 1980s. Featuring Radio Active, After Henry, Unnatural Acts and The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Barry Cryer presents: Radio Active, After Henry, Unnatural Acts, Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful, Saturday Night Fry and The Mary Whitehouse Experience. (01/02] Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive New Romantic Barry Cryer's donning shoulder pads to re-live the very best BBC radio comedy from the 1980s. |
08 | The Eighties - 2 | 20030712 | 20041113 (BBC7) 20041114 (BBC7) 20070217 (BBC7) 20070218 (BBC7) 20090725 (BBC7) 20120519 (BBC7) 20200530 (BBC7) 20200531 (BBC7) 20200601 (BBC7) | With Naked Radio, The Grumbleweeds, The Jason Explanation and The Big Fun Show. Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive Barry Cryer's donning shoulder pads to re-live the very best BBC radio comedy from the 1980s. With Naked Radio, The Grumbleweeds, The Jason Explanation and The Big Fun Show. |
09 | The Nineties - 1 | 20030719 | 20041120 (BBC7) 20041121 (BBC7) 20070324 (BBC7) 20070325 (BBC7) 20090801 (BBC7) 20120526 (BBC7) 20130803 (BBC7) | Including Goodness Gracious Me, The Now Show, Hair in the Gate and On the Hour. Yo! Well wicked Barry Cryer presents A Look Back at the Nineties, Hair in the Gate, The Now Show, Goodness Gracious Me, On the Town With the League of Gentlemen, and On the Hour. Join Barry Cryer for his wicked choice of radio comedy from the 1990s, including The Now Show,Goodness Gracious Me, and On The Hour. Yo! Well wicked Barry Cryer presents: A Look Back At The Nineties, Hair in the Gate, The Now Show, Goodness Gracious Me, On The Town With The League of Gentlemen and On The Hour. Join Barry Cryer for his wicked choice of radio comedy from the 1990s, featuring some of those series which were on radio before the TV, and arguably all the better for it! |
10 | The Nineties - 2 | 20030726 | 20041127 (BBC7) 20041128 (BBC7) 20070331 (BBC7) 20070401 (BBC7) 20090808 (BBC7) 20120602 (BBC7) | A series devoted to the best of BBC radio's comedy. Comedy Greats - the Nineties. In today's line-up: Week Ending, People like Us and Harry Hill's Fruit Corner. With Barry Cryer. People Like Us The Mark Steel Solution Knowing Me, Knowing You The Very World of Milton Jones Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller Barry Cryer's roller blading his way through part two of his nineties selection. Including Weekending and The Very World of Milton Jones. Barry Cryer's roller blading his way through part two of his nineties selection. Including Weekending and People Like Us. Week Ending Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller Including Week Ending, People Like Us, The Mark Steel Solution and Knowing Me, Knowing You |
10 | The Nineties - 2 | 20041120 | 20041121 20070331 (BBC7) 20070401 (BBC7) 20090808 (BBC7) 20090822 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer's roller blading his way through part two of his nineties selection. Week Ending (08/02/1991) People Like Us The Pilot (02/08/1997) The Very World of Milton Jones (30/11/1999) Children's Hour With Armstrong and Miller (09/12/1998) The Mark Steel Solution Anyone In England Should Be Deported (06/11/1992) Knowing Me, Knowing You (08/12/1992) Barry Cryer presents: Week Ending, People Like Us, The Very World of Milton Jones, Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller, The Mark Steel Solution and Knowing Me, Knowing You. Including Week Ending, People Like Us, The Mark Steel Solution and Knowing Me, Knowing You With Absolute Power, The Boosh, Think the Unthinkable, The Sunday Format and Dead Ringers. Barry Cryer presents Absolute Power, The Boosh, Think the Unthinkable, The Sunday Format, Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting and Dead Ringers. |
11 | The Noughties - 1 | 20030809 | 20041204 (BBC7) 20041205 (BBC7) 20090815 (BBC7) 20120609 (BBC7) 20160305 (BBC7) 20200627 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer presents At Home With the Snails, Radio Shuttleworth and Little Britain. Barry Cryer reaches the 21st century of BBC radio comedy with At Home With The Snails, Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music and more. Barry Cryer presents comedy including Clare in the Community and Radio Shuttleworth. Barry Cryer presents Small World of Dominic Holland, At Home With The Snails, Clare in the Community, Radio Shuttleworth, Mark Watson and Little Britain. Including The Small World of Dominic Holland, At Home with the Snails, Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections and The News Quiz. With Barry Cryer. Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases the best of the BBC archive Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. Baz finally reaches the 21st century of radio comedy with his first selection from the noughties: * The Small World of Dominic Holland * At Home With The Snails * Clare in the Community * Radio Shuttleworth * Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better * Little Britain Produced and scripted by Peter Reed. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in August 2003. |
11 | The Noughties - 1 | 20041127 | 20041204 (BBC7) 20041205 (BBC7) 20070421 (BBC7) 20070422 (BBC7) 20090815 (BBC7) | The Small World of Dominic Holland (20000919) At Home With The Snails (20010626) Parsons and Naylor Pull-Out Sections (20020509) Radio Shuttleworth (20000323) The News Quiz (20010518) Little Britain (20020226) Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (20040219) Barry Cryer presents At Home With the Snails, Radio Shuttleworth and Little Britain. Barry Cryer presents At Home With the Snails, Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music, Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections, Radio Shuttleworth, The News Quiz and Little Britain. |
12 | The Noughties - 2 | 20030816 | 20041211 (BBC7) 20041212 (BBC7) 20070428 (BBC7) 20090822 (BBC7) 20120616 (BBC7) 20120623 (BBC7) | With Absolute Power, The Boosh, Think the Unthinkable, The Sunday Format and Dead Ringers. Barry Cryer presents Absolute Power, The Boosh, Think the Unthinkable, The Sunday Format, Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting and Dead Ringers. The best comedy of the current decade, including Absolute Power, The Boosh, Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High, The Sunday Format and Dead |
12 | The Noughties - 2 | 20040809 | 20041204 20041211 (BBC7) 20041212 (BBC7) 20070428 (BBC7) 20070429 (BBC7) | |
13 | Barry Cryer's Christmas Selection Box - Part 1 | 20031220 | 20031221 20040719 (BBC7) 20041218 (BBC7) 20041219 (BBC7) 20091219 (BBC7) | The jovial host ferrets through Auntie's festive jewels. |
14 | Barry Cryer's Christmas Selection Box - Part 2 | 20031227 | 20031228 20041225 (BBC7) 20041226 (BBC7) 20091226 (BBC7) | Six more festive favourites from the jovial host. Another seasonal selection of comedy greats. |
15 | Listeners Choice | 20030823 | 20040823 20050101 (BBC7) 20050102 (BBC7) 20070519 (BBC7) 20070520 (BBC7) | With decades of BBC radio comedy to choose from, are the old ones the best? The votes from BBC7 listeners are in and all is revealed by Barry Cryer. The Listeners' Choice: The votes are in and BBC 7 listeners have their say. All will be revealed by Barry Cryer in Comedy Greats: The Listeners' Choice. |
99 | The Sixties | 20070120 | 20070121 20070120 (BBC7) 20070121 (BBC7) 20080223 (BBC7) 20080224 (BBC7) | Barry Cryer's selection from the swinging decade of radio fun. Barry Cryer's selection from the swinging decade of radio fun - featuring Beyond Our Ken (May 1960) and The Navy Lark (Oct 1967). |