Timeshift Gagging for It: TV's Hunger for Radio Comedy (Season 7, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

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Gagging for It: TV's Hunger for Radio Comedy (Season 7, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Britain's appetite for radio comedy has been unwavering for decades, and many of television's greatest comedy shows began life on radio. This programme looks back at how comedy fashions have changed over the years and why radio still rules.

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Sally Phillips Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Jon Culshaw Self - Dead Ringers Self - Dead Ringers See fewer	Dead Ringers (2002)
Clive Anderson Self - Whose Line is it Anyway? Self - Whose Line is it Anyway? See fewer	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
Barry Cryer Self - I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Self - I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue See fewer	The Stanley Baxter Show (1963)
Marcus Brigstocke Self - The Now Show Self - The Now Show See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
David Mitchell Self - That Mitchell and Webb Look Self - That Mitchell and Webb Look See fewer	That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006)
Robert Webb Self - That Mitchell and Webb Look Self - That Mitchell and Webb Look See fewer	That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006)
Dick Fiddy Self - Writer / Researcher Self - Writer / Researcher See fewer	Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
Stephen Armstrong Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Say No (2017)
Dick Mills Self - BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1958-1993 Self - BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1958-1993 See fewer	Moonbase 3 (1973)
Ian Greaves Self - Writer / Researcher Self - Writer / Researcher See fewer	Bring Back... Grange Hill (2005)
Douglas Adams Self - Interviewed for Omnibus (2001) (archive footage) Self - Interviewed for Omnibus (2001) (archive footage) See fewer	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Paul Schlesinger Self - Head of Radio Entertainment, BBC Self - Head of Radio Entertainment, BBC See fewer	Twenty Twelve (2011)
Yves Barre Self - Costume Designer Self - Costume Designer See fewer	Inside No. 9 (2014)
Peter Brough Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cavalcade of Variety (1940)