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Comedy Controller

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Series in which guests choose six comedians or comedy shows that have influenced them

logo for Comedy Controller - 01/09/2007
Comedy Controller - 01/09/2007

Phill Jupitus with six of the best: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Dad's Army, The Mark Steel Lecture, Hancock's Half Hour, On the Hour and Saturday Night Fry.

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logo for Comedy Controller - 11/02/2006
Comedy Controller - 11/02/2006

Jeremy Hardy selects six of his favourite comedies, including Round The Horne, Linda Smith's Brief History Of Timewasting, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and Hancock's Half Hour.

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logo for Comedy Controller - 15/07/2006
Comedy Controller - 15/07/2006

John Inverdale hosts three hours of the finest radio comedy available, including Round the Horne, Radio Active and The Navy Lark.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Armando Iannucci
Comedy Controller - Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci: The doyen of comedy's selection includes I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, The Atkinson People, The Consultants, The Burkiss Way and The Big Fun Show.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Arnold Brown
Comedy Controller - Arnold Brown

The former accountant selects The Al Read Show, Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Arnold Brown and Company and People Like Us.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Arthur Smith
Comedy Controller - Arthur Smith

The comedian chooses his radio faves - Round the Horne, The Million Pound Radio Show, People Like Us, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation, Goodness Gracious Me and Radio Active.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Bill Oddie
Comedy Controller - Bill Oddie

The well-known twitcher and one-time Goodie introduces 'Up The Pole', 'ITMA', 'Archie's The Boy', 'Beyond Our Ken', 'On The Hour' and 'On The Town with the League of Gentlemen'.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Boothby Graffoe
Comedy Controller - Boothby Graffoe

The comedian's favourite shows: The Goon Show, Round the Horne, Steptoe and Son, The Burkiss Way, The Big Booth and Hancock's Half Hour.

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logo for Comedy Controller - David Quantick
Comedy Controller - David Quantick

The comedy writer selects: Hello Cheeky, King Cutler, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Uncle Mort's North Country, Hamish & Dougal, Steven Appleby's Normal Life and NF Simpson.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Eric Sykes
Comedy Controller - Eric Sykes

The veteran comedian and writer's six-pack selection: The Goon Show, Variety Bandbox, Round the Horne, The Al Read Show, The Ken Dodd Show and Take It from Here.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Fred MacAulay
Comedy Controller - Fred MacAulay

The Scottish comedian introduces his six radio favourites: Radio Active; Variety is the Spice of Life; The Alan Davies Show; Just a Minute; On the Hour and A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Galton and Simpson
Comedy Controller - Galton and Simpson

Writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's favourites - including some of their own: Take it from Here, Ray's a Laugh, Round the Horne, Hancock's Half Hour, and Steptoe and Son.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Garry Richardson - Sport Relief
Comedy Controller - Garry Richardson - Sport Relief

The Today Programme's sport guru hosts a special laugh marathon, featuring Knowing Me Knowing You, Radio Active, Hancock's Half Hour, The Game's Up, Look Away Now and Dad's Army.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Helen Lederer
Comedy Controller - Helen Lederer

The 'Absolutely Fabulous' actress chooses Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen, Life with Lederer, Hearing with Hegley, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation and Ross Noble Goes Global.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Jenny Eclair
Comedy Controller - Jenny Eclair

The comedienne selects her favourite shows - Radio Active, The Shuttleworths, Hearing With Hegley, Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun, People Like Us and Knowing Me, Knowing You.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Jo Caulfield
Comedy Controller - Jo Caulfield

The comedienne selects It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Listen to Les, Hancock's Half Hour, The News Quiz, The Bona History of Julian and Sandy, and Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun.

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logo for Comedy Controller - John Hegley
Comedy Controller - John Hegley

The poet picks The Mark Steel Solution, John Peel sessions, Arthur Smith sings Leonard Cohen, Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting and The Adventures of John and Tony.

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logo for Comedy Controller - John Shuttleworth
Comedy Controller - John Shuttleworth

The Sheffield singer selects Alison and Maud, Saturday Night Fry, We Interrupt This Programme, Clare in the Community, some Shuttleworths, plus Roy D Mercer makes a phone call.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Justin Moorhouse
Comedy Controller - Justin Moorhouse

The comedian's got: Knowing Me Knowing You, Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter, On the Town with The League of Gentlemen, Ross Noble Goes Global, Radio Shuttleworth and Listen to Les.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Ned Sherrin
Comedy Controller - Ned Sherrin

Still much missed - the witty broadcaster and writer makes his selection of radio favourites: Round the Horne, The Mark Steel Solution, Dead Ringers and Goodness Gracious Me.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Nicholas Parsons
Comedy Controller - Nicholas Parsons

The Just a Minute chairman chooses his radio six-pack: The Goon Show, Much Binding in the Marsh, Hancock's Half Hour, Listen to This Space, Round the Horne and Just a Minute.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Phil Cornwell
Comedy Controller - Phil Cornwell

The comedian and impersonator chooses some of his all-time favourite radio comedy, both as a listener and performer. Includes Dead Ringers and The Clitheroe Kid.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Rainer Hersch
Comedy Controller - Rainer Hersch

The musical comic selects: All Classical Music Explained, My Music, The Mark Steel Lectures, Twentieth Century Retrospective, The Miles and Millner Show and The Cambridge Buskers.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Somebody Laughed  - Eddie Braben Special
Comedy Controller - Somebody Laughed - Eddie Braben Special

The man who brought sunshine to Eric and Ernie selects shows what he wrote, including Morecambe and Wise, The Show With Ten Legs, The Ken Dodd Show and Jimmy's Cricket Team.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Tom Robinson
Comedy Controller - Tom Robinson

The singer songwriter and presenter's selection: Radio Active, The Very World of Milton Jones, King Cutler, Round the Horne, The Boosh and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

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logo for Comedy Controller - Tom Robinson
Comedy Controller - Tom Robinson

BBC 6 Music presenter Tom Robinson introduces his choice of favourite radio comedies. Featuring Radio Active (July 1985), King Cutler (Feb 1990) and Round The Horne (Feb 1967).

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logo for Comedy Controller - Tony Hawks
Comedy Controller - Tony Hawks

The comedian and author selects his favourites: Hancock's Half Hour, Saturday Night Fry, People Like Us, Just A Minute, Knowing Me Knowing You and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.

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