Linda Smith - A Modern Radio Star

First broadcast 20060809. First repeated 20060902.

A tribute to comedian and Radio 4 favourite Linda Smith who died earlier this year.

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.

He also treats us to some of her best radio bits, including her own sitcom Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting; as a panellist on The News Quiz, Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, plus her musings on Radio 4's Devout Sceptics, which led to her being asked to be President of the Humanist Society.