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Many BBC radio comedy programmes have been successful enough for the writers and performers to adapt them into television programmes. Unless otherwise stated these programmes were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and then broadcast on one of the BBC's TV channels. The following list gives some of the more notable ones.
This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service.
The Shuttleworths is a British radio comedy that aired as five series between 1993 and 2010, with a sixth in 2022, and numerous specials on BBC Radio 4. It features singer/songwriter from Sheffield , John Shuttleworth , his family, and his neighbours, and is written and performed by comedian Graham Fellows .
Williams took over from former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer in September 2010. Her job includes responsibility for BBC Radio 4 Extra, which under her tenure has been rebranded from BBC Radio 7. [5] [6] Her salary was reported to be £175,000 - a 20% reduction on that of her predecessor. [7] The BBC website states her salary to be £183,618. [8]
The Radio 4 Appeal is a British radio programme on BBC Radio 4.Each week a single speaker, usually a celebrity, appeals for support for a different charity (for example Paul Heiney appealed on behalf of Send a Cow in 2008, [1] while Ross Noble appealed on behalf of Riders for Health in 2010). [2]
She began working on Radio 4 in 2006, and first read evening news bulletins in 2007. In April 2008, she began newsreading duties on the Today programme. Alongside her newsreading and announcing duties, Clugston is known as "The Posh Radio 4 Lady", or "The PR4L", on Scott Mills's afternoon radio show on BBC Radio 1, reading out emails from ...
From January 2021, it was broadcast on a regular slot on BBC Radio 4. [16] The show ended in November 2022 when Glover moved to Times Radio. [17] Glover worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for seven years, presenting Sunday Service, with Charlie Whelan and Andrew Pierce, Late Night Live, the Afternoon Show and the mid-morning phone-in programme. [18]
A book entitled From Our Own Correspondent: A celebration of 50 years of the BBC Radio Programme [2] was published in 2005 with a selection of the show's reports for each continent. A related series, From Our Home Correspondent , was presented by Mishal Husain and focussed on stories by British domestic correspondents and was broadcast between ...