Radio Five
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 1
- 1973 - 1974
- 11 episodes (2 series)
Eric Idle parodies BBC radio with his own station, presenting shows on the (then non-existant) Radio Five.
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 1973 - 1974
- Channel
- BBC Radio 1
- Episodes
- 11 (2 series)
- Star
- Eric Idle
- Writer
- Eric Idle
- Producer
- Clive Burrows
- Company
Several years before BBC Radio Five Live was created, Eric Idle created it himself. His version was a parody of BBC radio, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 between 1973 and 1974.
In Radio Five, Idle performs and writes nearly everything, performing whole conversations on his own and parodying the shows of the day.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 19th May 1973 at 2pm on BBC Radio 1
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 13th April 2023 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 1, Episode 3
- Thursday 6th April 2023 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 1, Episode 2
- Thursday 30th March 2023 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 1, Episode 1