Annie Nightingale's Age Of Irreverence
- Radio factual
- BBC Radio 4
- 2023
- 1 episode
Part of Archive On 4, the DJ examines the connections between comedy and British rock music in the 1950s and 60s. Features Annie Nightingale, David Quantick, John Altman, Jem Roberts, Legs Larry Smith and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Factual
- Broadcast
- 2023
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Annie Nightingale, David Quantick, John Altman, Jem Roberts, Legs Larry Smith, John Cooper Clarke, Terry Jones, Wallace Greenslade and more
- Producers
- Victoria Ferran and Susan Marling
- Company
A lifelong fan of both comedy and new music, Annie Nightingale looks at how, in the youth revolution of the late 50s and 60s onwards, British rock music and comedy were closely intertwined.
Starting with The Goon Show, she takes us on a personal tour of the pop culture scene that includes The Beatles, Beyond The Fringe and That Was The Week That Was, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Monty Python and The Rutles. We hear how a core group of British musicians and satirists influenced each other, sharing a similar view of the world and a fearless desire to disrupt and lampoon the political and social norms in which they'd been brought up.
Contributors include David Quantick, composer John Altman, comedy historian Jem Roberts, and "Legs" Larry Smith of the Bonzos.
Catch-up
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Archive On 4: Annie Nightingale's Age Of Irreverence
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 7th January 2023 at 8pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 1 hour