Jimmy Clitheroe

Steam radio: a Baby Boomer's personal memory of post-war wireless comedy

Thursday 7th March 2024

With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest shows of the post-war era in this ode to brilliant comedy on the wireless.

Comedy Chronicles: A nation of comedy shopkeepers

Sunday 12th February 2023

Imagine a high street, in some parallel but very-near dimension, where some of the greatest names of British comedy are in fact the proprietors and landlords of each establishment...

Comedy Chronicles: The TV trials of Jimmy Clitheroe

Wednesday 5th February 2020

Diminutive comic Jimmy Clitheroe was once one of radio's biggest stars: this is the story of his ill-fated attempts to make it in television.