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Just be glad pictures are silent!
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Now, don't get me wrong. I love comedy, and BBC7 was one of the best
things that the BBC ever did for this country - all those superb comedy
radio programmes that will never get a repeat anywhere else, especially not
in prime Radio 4 slots, or at least very rarely, and now they even have the
"Listen Again" feature which allows you to... er... listen again to programmes
if you missed them the first time, over the next seven days following the
broadcast.
My favourite shows on this channel include The 99p Challenge, with its
closing music of "99 Red Balloons" and its
one-series predecessor, King Stupid, in which the contestants have to
answer questions and the winner will go on to gamble everything for the mammoth
prize of... 99p! With its host Sue Perkins, and regular contributors including
Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Peter Serafinowicz
(Look Around You, Hardware), Armando Iannucci and Peter Baynham
(both from Alan Partridge, Friday/Saturday Night Armistice), this is
one to treasure. Other classic BBC comedy includes Concrete Cow, featuring
many of the cast of Channel 4's Peep Show, Delve Special, Stephen
Fry's precursor to the TV series, This is David Lander and Lionel
Nimrod's Inexplicable World, Tom Baker's precursor to Little
Britain.
Other gems come in the form of KYTV precursor, Radio Active, I can't
get enough of The Shuttleworths and The Mary Whitehouse Experience
and if you're a fan of the Comedy Store Players, make a point of listening out
for The Masterson Inheritance as many of the regulars feature in that.
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