Jun
20
Ardal O’Hanlon on the wireless
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As part of BBC Radio 4’s Happy Mondays series, Mark Watson has written a sitcom starring Ardal O’Hanlon as the owner of a lookalike agency. I had a listen using the BBC iPlayer last night, and it’s worth tuning in to.
BBC Radio Happy Mondays website – click on the “Listen to latest edition” link under the Happy Mondays logo.
5 Comments
June 21st, 2008 at 4:07 pm
BBC radio 4′s comedy section is pretty much going as strongly as ever… always find that odd considering the huge amount of extra chances for tv slots on bbc 3&4.
June 21st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Hadn’t thought about that but a good few programmes have made their way from the radio over the years – Alan Partridge, Whose line is it anyway, Dead Ringers, Little Britain etc.
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
let’s ignore those last 3 you said and replace them with On the Hour(renamed the Day Today for television), The League of Gentlemen, 15 minutes of misery(renamed 15 storeys high for television), absolute power and Fist of Fun.
The BBC used to test new talent on radio first(Mighty Boosh would’ve been one of the last ones), now they do it on bbc 3&4 but some people(eg. Chris Addison) still done radio first.
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Radio will always have its place though. And we shouldn’t ignore the things we don’t like – all of god’s creatures got a place in the choir ye know.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
yeah, he even let that snake join in for some godforsaken reason.