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Last broadcast on Thu, 25 Dec 2008, 08:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Nicholas Parsons explores how radio comedy has developed and how it reveals much about the way the British live. Through rarely-heard archive material and interviews with writers, performers and comedians, he investigates the impact that radio comedy has had upon the nation.
Including contributions from Paul Merton, Barry Cryer, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Broadcasts
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Sat 18 Oct 200820:00
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Thu 25 Dec 200808:00

