British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

A Day In The Life Of Radio 4

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1983
  • 1 episode

A fairly typical day for the BBC's national speech network - Ken Ford falls through the platform in Gardeners' Question Time; Samuel Beckett is the birthday guest on Midweek and the dodo makes a rare appearance in Wildlife. Stars Russell Davies, Chris Emmett, Sally Grace, Sheila Steafel and Eugene Fraser

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