Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19621226 | 20120114/15 (BBC7) 20140713 (BBC7) 20140714 (BBC7) 20210731 (BBC7) 20210801 (BBC7) | J, Harris, George and Montmorency the dog, feel they are in need of a little holiday. So they decide to take a boat trip along the River Thames. Starring Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Horne and Hubert Gregg. Hubert Gregg's musical adaptation of Jerome K Jerome's famous Victorian comic novel. George ........ Leslie Phillips Harris ........ Kenneth Horne J' ........ Hubert Gregg Montmorency ........ Percy Edwards Station Master ........ Arthur Howard Driver/ Landlord ........ Fred Yule Other parts played by: Lewis Stringer Arthur Gomez Anthony Hall Michael Deacon Barbara Mitchell Elizabeth Morgan Dorriet Wells Peggy Butt John Baddeley BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Lockyer. Singers: Joan Brown Cliff Adams Singers Dorothy Dorow Jillian Gray Sylvia King Ray Cook John O'Neil Producer: Mark White First broadcast on the BBC Home Service on Boxing Day 1962. Kenneth Horne, Leslie Phillips and Hubert Gregg star in the 1962 musical adaptation. | ||
| 01 | Setting Off | 19840102 | 20120219/20 (BBC7) 20141221 (BBC7) 20141222 (BBC7) 20161009 (BBC7) 20200329 (BBC7) 20231022 (BBC7) 20231023 (BBC7) | George, Harris and J holiday on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford - with Montmorency the dog. 'We arranged to start on the following Saturday. Harris and I would take the boat up to Chertsey, and George, who would not be able to get away from the city till the afternoon, would meet us there. (George goes to sleep at the bank from ten to four each day, except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him outside at two).' Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas. Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1984. George, Harris and J enjoy a holiday on the River Thames, with Montmorency the dog. Humorous account of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. |
| 02 | Pineapple | 19840109 | 20120226/27 (BBC7) 20141228 (BBC7) 20141229 (BBC7) 20161016 (BBC7) 20200405 (BBC7) 20231029 (BBC7) 20231030 (BBC7) | 'I woke at six the next morning and set to work to wake up Harris with a scull. The third prod did it: and he turned over on the other side, and said he would be down in a minute.' A tin of pineapple takes on a starring role, as George, Harris and J's holiday on the River Thames continues - with Montmorency the dog. Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas. Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1984. A tin of pineapple takes on a starring role as the story of the Thames holiday continues. Humorous account of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. |
| 03 | Tragedy | 19840116 | 20120304/05 (BBC7) 20150104 (BBC7) 20150105 (BBC7) 20161023 (BBC7) 20200412 (BBC7) 20231105 (BBC7) 20231106 (BBC7) | 'At Abingdon, the river passes by the streets. Abingdon is a typical country town of the smaller order - quiet, eminently respectable, clean and desperately dull.' George, Harris and J encounter a tragedy and some nasty weather, as they conclude their holiday on the River Thames - with Montmorency the dog. Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas. Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. As the friends conclude their Thames adventure, they encounter a tragedy and nasty weather Humorous account of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. |