Funny You Should Ask (2)
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Broadcast
BBC Radio 2 (early series also on Radio 1), 16 April 1976 to 18 January 1984 (70 episodes in 9 series)
Synopsis
Panel game about comedy, chaired by radio veteran Peter Jones, with guests usually drawn from other long-serving comedians. Some familiar names took part - Barry Took, Bob Monkhouse, Roy Hudd, Charles Hawtrey, Tommy Trinder - but very few women.
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Inventor
Michael Pointon devised, researched, and set the questions, which were mostly gentle nostalgia from television and radio comedy, with a soupçon of music hall and cinema.
Web links
BBC programme page for episodes repeated on Radio 4 Extra from 2018.
