COMEDY & QUIZZES
9 May 2006
Tuesday 9 May 2006 11:30-12:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Roy Hudd investigates the history of comic song.
Roy examines the business of transforming serious songs into funny ones, either by means of new lyrics, the imposition of a comic personality or the use of an unlikely context.
Aided by extracts and interviews, the programme also details the rise of comedy talents from within the folk scene, the way in which television shaped the nature of parody during the 1970s and how Neil Innes almost became a Beatle.
