Kenny Everett

Radio 2 lines up Kenny Everett show for Christmas

Programme to feature archive clips of DJ's jingles, 'fiddly bits' and comedy characters, and will be backed by documentary.

Kenny Everett died 15 years ago, which seems an awfully long time to have been without the DJ/comedian who specialised in bad taste, anarchic humour and a biting line in satire. First shown on Channel 4, this affectionate tribute features Barry Cryer, Steve Wright and Barry Took, who celebrate the weird genius of Everett's career on radio and on TV, where his mix of nonsense, rudery and stabs at authority have been missed. The characters he created, such as Sid Snot and Marcel Wave, also defined his humour, although it's telling that this insecure comedian once said about his time on radio, "It's a good place to work if you are not really a jolly person but want to appear to be one."

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Consistently funny if essentially conventional, Armstrong and Miller's sketch show goes back to the old Kenny Everett format of using a handful of recurring characters to tell the jokes. Best this week are the prehistoric couple embarking on a naming ceremony for their newborn, who ends up being called "Mmm": 14 years later, Mmm is a classic grumpy teen forever frustrated when anyone bites into a tasty bit of mammoth.

Tina C, country superstar and US presidential hopeful, is also the queen of doubles entendres. Even her name is a play on words: she hails from Nashville (Tennessee). Her alter ego is comedian Christopher Green but for the next four weeks there's no sign of him as Tina tours Australia, pushing the boundaries of good taste to the absolute limit. Her pronunciation of the words 'Aborogynal' and 'indigenous' introduces groins where they've never been spotted before. This is a comic creation in the style of Kenny Everett's Cupid Stunt. I love her, but she's not to everyone's taste.

'Cuddly Ken's' radio days unearthed

Kenny Everett's local radio days are to be recalled on air as broadcasts up to three decades old have been unearthed.

The documentary has been developed after some local BBC radio stations had to be reminded the late broadcaster had actually worked for them.