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