Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie
William Edgar (Bill) Oddie, OBE, MA (Cantab.), born July 7, 1941 in Rochdale (at the time, part of Lancashire), is a comedy writer and pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Unseen Characters: Encyclopedia - List Of Unseen Characters
Television shows and stage plays sometimes include continuing characters — characters who are currently in frequent interaction with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc Radio 4: Encyclopedia - Bbc Radio 4
MW- 720 kHz" MW - 720 kHz BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia - British Comedy
British Comedy, in film, radio and television, is known for its consistently quirky characters, plots and settings, and has produced some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sketch Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Sketch Comedy - History
Sketch comedy - Roots and Development. Sketch comedy has its origins in vaudeville and Music Hall, where a large number of brief but h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie - Comedy And Music
After attending King Edward's School, Birmingham, Oddie studied English Literature at Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc Radio 4: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc Radio 4 - Programming And Schedules
The Radio 4 Website Schedule Page shows the running order for the current day. Radio 4 splits from the World Service at 0529, with a brie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - The Pythons
Monty Python - Michael Palin. The youngest Python by a matter of weeks, Palin is often labelled 'the nice one'. He attended Oxford, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radio Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Radio Comedy - Background And History
Although comedy was once a significant part of American broadcast radio programming it is now mainly found in the archives of Old Time Ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esmonde And Larbey: Encyclopedia Ii - Esmonde And Larbey - Works Of Esmonde And Larbey
Their first sitcom as a writing team came in 1966 with Room At The Bottom for the BBC. This followed the exploits of a group of maintenan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Wolstenholme: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Wolstenholme - Career
Wolstenholme started his career as a journalist with a newspaper in Manchester, before joining the RAF as a bomber pilot. After the war h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Just A Minute: Encyclopedia Ii - Just A Minute - Regular Participants
The long-suffering but good-natured host of Just a Minute is Nicholas Parsons. He has held this position since its inception, although at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Participants
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman. The chairman (except for a few episodes in the first series) is Humphrey Lyttelton, generally re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charades: Encyclopedia Ii - Charades - Standard Signals
A number of standard signals have come into common usage in charades, though they are not required. To indicate the general category of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Unseen Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Unseen Characters - Television Programs
List of unseen characters - Heard but never seen. On the Batman TV series, the voice of Bonnie, who's the unseen (and even uncredited)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Cambridge University
The three actors in The Goodies met as students at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where Tim Brooke-Taylor was studyin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Cleese: Encyclopedia Ii - John Cleese - Biography
John Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England to Reginald Francis Cleese and Muriel Cross. His family's surname was previo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Comedies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Comedies - Television Comedies
List of comedies - Australia. All Together Now (sitcom) Aunty Jack (satire/sketch comedy) Australia, You're Standing In It (sketch com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - British Comedy - Film Comedy
British comedy films are legion, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s satires of the Boulting Brothers, and innu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - British Comedy - Television
Although many popular shows of recent years began life on BBC radio, there have been many successful and influential series which were de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charades: Encyclopedia Ii - Charades - Rules Of The Acted Charade
The rules of the acted charades used vary widely and informally, but these rules, in some form, are common to most players: The players ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esmonde And Larbey: Encyclopedia Ii - Esmonde And Larbey - Early Years
Bob Larbey was born in south London in 1934 and made his writing debut for BBC radio, before contributing a film adaptation — Mrs Silly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radio Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Radio Comedy - List Of Radio Comedies
The Sound of Young America CBC Festival of Comedy CBC Festival of Funny Chas Lawther's Stand Up Documentaries The Chumps Without a N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Cleese: Encyclopedia Ii - John Cleese - Cleese In Spamalot
From the 14 March 2005 issue of New York Magazine (article entitled, "King Mike and the Quest for the Broadway Grail", by Bill Zehme): Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Wolstenholme: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Wolstenholme - Quotations
"Oh, that was sheer delightful football!" - after Carlos Alberto's memorable fourth goal for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final "There's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie - Conservation And Birdwatching
Oddie's first published work was an article about Birmingham's Bartley Reservoir in the West Midland Bird Club's 1962 Annual Report. He h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - British Comedy - Radio
Radio comedy in Britain has been almost exclusively the preserve of the BBC, and a number of British radio comedies achieved considerable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Humour
Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Just A Minute: Encyclopedia Ii - Just A Minute - Scoring
Panelists score a point for making a correct challenge against whoever is speaking, whilst the speaker gets a point if the challenge is d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Format
The show roughly follows a standard panel game format: the chairman introduces the show by providing a little background material on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Humour
Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - History
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue developed from the long running radio sketch show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. The writers of this show —...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Other Collaborations
Tim Brooke-Taylor was a writer/performer on the television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show (which also included John Cleese, Graham C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie - Recognition
In 2001, Oddie became only the third person to turn down the "red book" and decline to appear on This Is Your Life. He relented some time...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Cultural Influence
It may be argued that The Goodies antics brought the surrealist adventure traditions of The Goon Show to the television screen without di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Comedies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Comedies - Radio Comedies
List of comedies - Canada. Double Exposure Frantic Times The Royal Canadian Air Farce Spring Thaw Great Conversations with Joseph the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - Python Media
For a more comprehensive list of Python media, including books, live shows, records, and video games, see: Monty Python mediagraphy Mont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc Radio 4: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc Radio 4 - Radio 4 Announcers And Newsreaders
Announcers link programmes, provide trails for coming programmes and read the Shipping Forecast. Newsreaders read hourly summaries and lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - Life After Python
Monty Python - Python Monty Pictures. The five surviving members of the main Monty Python team are directors of Python (Monty) Pictures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - Flying Circus And The Python Style
The Pythons had a very definite idea about what they wanted to do with the series, and were a little dismayed when they saw Spike Milliga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Unseen Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Unseen Characters - Video Games
List of unseen characters - Heard but never seen. The Adventure Game-series Monkey Island also has an array of unseen characters. Dom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - History Pre-python
Michael Palin and Terry Jones first met at Oxford University, while John Cleese and Graham Chapman met at Cambridge University. Eric Idle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc Radio 4: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc Radio 4 - Current Programmes
The overwhelming majority of programmes are now available on demand from Radio 4's Listen Again page, although RealNetworks' RealPlayer i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Comedies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Comedies - Theatrical Comedies
List of comedies - France. La Puce à l'Oreille (trans. "A Flea in Her Ear") by Georges Feydeau List of comedies - Russia. The Gov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Characters And Production Techniques
The show featured extensive use of slapstick (often performed using speeded-up photography and clever, though low-budget, visual effects)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Famous Guest Stars
The guest stars are listed in alphabetical order: Jane Asher, Michael Aspel, Michael Barratt, George Baker, Alfie Bass, Stanley Baxter, T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Repeats And Commercial Releases
Unlike most long-running BBC comedy series, The Goodies has not enjoyed extensive repeats on terrestrial television in the UK, the BBC in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - The Goodies
The Goodies ran from 1970 to 1980 on BBC2, with 70 episodes, mostly thirty minutes in length except for two forty-five minute Christmas s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc Radio 4: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc Radio 4 - Current Schedule
Weekdays 0529 Split from BBC World Service 0530 Radio 4 UK Theme 0535 News Headlines 0536 Shipping Forecast 0543 Prayer for the Day 0545...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Towards The Goodies
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie were cast members of the highly successful 1960s BBC radio comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Unseen Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Unseen Characters - Unseen Characters In Television
Hidden characters appear in all varieties of fiction, but their prevalence is in televised programs. These can run for much longer than a...   » Read the article