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Comedy Greats

First broadcast from 20040712 to 20070120. (* = BBC7).

Comic legend Barry Cryer presents a brand new series as, decade by decade, he discovers the best of BBC radio's comedy goldmine.

  • The Sixties Part 2 was taken from the schedule due to rights issues for one of the programmes, no idea which it was; for later broadcasts The Sixties Part 1 was renamed The Sixties.
  • Also listed as "Barry Cryer's Comedy Greats", which would have suggested a programme about him.
  • I've seen two lists of programmes for "The Noughties - Part 1" - the different programmes are The Small World of Dominic Holland in one, and Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music in the other.
  • Each episode starts with a snippet of a song representing the decade, and ends with the song for the next decade.
 

BBC7  BBC7

20 episodes

 
EpisodeTitleFirst
Broadcast		RepeatedDescription
01The Fifties - Part 12004071920040918, * 20040918, * 20040919, * 20070106, * 20070107, * 20080209, * 20080210, * 20090530
  1. Life with the Lyons (19550120)
  2. In all Directions (19560106)
  3. The Al Read Show (19551115)
  4. A Life of Bliss (19541020)
  5. Take it from Here (19570213)
  6. The Goon Show (19571202)
 
02The Fifties - Part 220040726* 20040925, * 20040926, * 20070113, * 20070114, * 20080216, * 20080217, * 20090606Barrycryer90s_180x90.jpg">Barry Cryer with archive treasures from the decade of rock'n'roll.

  1. Much Binding in the Marsh (19530828)
  2. Variety Bandbox (19500122)
  3. Just Fancy (19510308)
  4. Educating Archie (19540211)
  5. Meet the Huggetts (19570908)
  6. Hancock's Half Hour - Hancock's School (19580304)
 
03The Sixties - Part 12004100220041003, * 20090620Barry Cryer's first selection from the swinging decade of radio fun.

  2. Beyond Our Ken - s3e7 - School For Scandal (19600527)
  3. It's A Fair Cop (19610000)
  4. The Navy Lark - S09E16 Cuthbert Joins The Navy (19671015)
  5. Benny Hill Time - (19630000)
  6. The Clitheroe Kid - S12E09 Stop The Wedding, I want To Get Off (19681208)
  7. I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - S05E04 Incompetence (19680505)
 
04The Sixties - Part 22004100920041010, * 20090627Barry Cryer presents another swinging selection of groovy radio fun.

  2. Whack-O! s2e2
  3. The Men from the Ministry s2e2
  4. The Ken Dodd Show
  5. Steptoe and Son
  6. The Embassy Lark
  7. Round the Horne
 
05The Seventies - Part 12004101620041017, * 20070127, * 20070128, * 20080322, * 20080323, * 20090704Barrycryer_buzzcocks_180x90.jpg">Barry Cryer presents his first six-pack from the sensational seventies,

  1. The News Huddlines (19791107)
  2. All Gas and Gaiters - S01E06 Only Three Can Play [19710209]
  3. The Frankie Howerd Show (19751102)
  4. Parsley Sidings - S02E06 A Bird In The Hand [19731103]
  5. Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? - E11 Count Down [19751008]
  6. Hello Cheeky - S05E03 [19791021]
 
06The Seventies - Part 220041023* 20041024, * 20070203, * 20070204, * 20070217, * 20070218, * 20080329, * 20080330, * 20090711Barrycryer_08111974_180x90.jpg">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)
Listen to Les (11/03/75)
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.
07The Eighties - Part 12004103020041031, * 20041107, * 20070210, * 20070211, * 20090718New Romantic Barry Cryer's donning shoulder pads to re-live the very best BBC radio comedy from the 1980s.

  2. Radio Active Good Day Sport (30/08/1982)
  3. After Henry The Dinner Party (15/05/1985)
  4. Unnatural Acts (04/04/1987)
  5. Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (25/01/1982)
  6. Saturday Night Fry (28/05/1998)
  7. The Mary Whitehouse Experience (17/02/1990)
 
08The Eighties - Part 220041106* 20090725Barry Cryer's donning shoulder pads to re-live the very best BBC radio comedy from the 1980s.

  2. Naked Radio - (19850000)
  3. The Grumbleweeds Radio Show
  4. The Jason Explanation S04E08 Myths And Legends (19810907)
  5. The Million Pound Radio Show
  6. Frank Muir Goes Into Anger S07E01 (19810119)
  7. Whose Line Is It Anyway? Episode 04 (19880123)
 
09The Nineties - Part 120041113* 20070324, * 20070325, * 20090801Join 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! Including:
A Look Back At The Nineties (16/07/93)
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation 03/11/94)
The Now Show (23/10/99)
Goodness Gracious Me (18/07/97)
On the Town with The League of Gentlemen (27/11/97)
On the Hour (21/05/92)
Including Goodness Gracious Me, The Now Show, Hair in the Gate and On the Hour.
Barry Cryer hosts a wicked line up: 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.
10The Nineties - Part 22004112020041121, * 20070331, * 20070401, * 20090808Barry 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
11The Noughties - Part 120041127* 20041204, * 20041205, * 20070421, * 20070422, * 20090815The 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.
12The Noughties - Part 22004080920041204, * 20041211, * 20041212, * 20070428, * 20070429
  1. Absolute Power (15/1/02)
  2. The Boosh (30/10/01)
  3. Think The Unthinkable (21/12/02)
  4. The Sunday Format (14/11/00)
  5. Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (19/7/01)
  6. Dead Ringers (11/01/02)
 
13Barry Cryer's Christmas Selection Box - Part 120041211* 20041218, * 20041219Radio Active CHRISTMAS Special from 1983
The Masterson Inheritance CHRISTMAS Special from 1993CHRISTMAS Night with Dr. Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket (25/12/1983)
Round The Horne: Cinderella (24/12/1967)
Lines From My Grandfather CHRISTMAS's Forehead (24/12/1971)
The Goon Show: Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (28/12/1954
14Barry Cryer's Christmas Selection Box - Part 220041218* 20041225, * 20041226Another seasonal selection of comedy greats, including CHRISTMAS Eve with the Shuttleworths, and People Like Us.
Another seasonal selection of comedy greats, including CHRISTMAS Eve with the Shuttleworths, and People Like U.
15The Listeners' Choice2005010120050102, * 20070519, * 20070520With 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.
5 - LENIN OF THE ROVERS
4 -.
99The Sixties2007012020070121, * 20080223, * 20080224Barry Cryer's selection from the swinging decade of radio fun.

  1. Beyond Our Ken - School For Scandal (19600527)
  2. It's A Fair Cop [19610000]
  3. The Navy Lark - S09E16 Cuthbert Joins The Navy [19671015]
  4. Benny Hill Time - [19630000]
  5. The Clitheroe Kid - S12E09 Stop The Wedding, I want To Get Off [19681208]
  6. I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - S05E04 Incompetence [19680505]
 
 The Eighties20040712  
 The Nineties - Part 1   
 The Nineties - Part 2   
 The Noughties, Part 2 * 20090822With 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.