Radio 1 Comedy Shows
- Radio documentary
- BBC Radio 1
- 2017
- 1 episode
Scott Mills presents a history of Radio 1's hit comedies from the 1990s. Also features Steve Punt, Tim Worthington, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Matthew Bannister and more.
Fun At One: The Story Of Comedy At Radio 1
Fun At One - written by Tim Worthington - is the first complete history of comedy on BBC Radio 1.
Launched in 1967, the BBC's pop music service provided an outlet for comics who struggled to get exposure elsewhere, from the humorous disc jockeys of the late sixties, through to edgy stand-up comedians in the late eighties, and more than one whose act defies description even today. Noel Edmonds, Kenny Everett and John Peel all came to attention on Radio 1, while the station would also provide early exposure for Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Stephen Fry and Stewart Lee amongst many others.
Fun At One traces the story of comedy on Radio 1 from its launch - when a team of former Pirate Radio DJs tried their hardest to live up to the claim that 'Radio One Is One-derful' - to more recent experiments with podcasting and streaming video, and covers everything from guest spots and interviews to full-on speech comedy shows. Along the way it covers Kenny Everett, Rawlinson End, Adrian Juste, Lenny Henry, Victor Lewis-Smith, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Lee & Herring's Fist Of Fun, The Chris Morris Music Show, Mark & Lard, Blue Jam and much more besides, not to mention such unexpected figures as Eric Idle, Ivor Cutler, Keith Moon, Roger McGough, Jonathan Ross, Vic Reeves, Danny Baker, Jools Holland, John Shuttleworth and - of course - Smashie & Nicey.
With a foreword by TV Cream founder Phil Norman, Fun At One includes transmission details for all of the shows covered, and new interviews with many of the major figures, from late sixties veterans to the station's newest signings, as well as the first ever first-hand account of one of the most notorious incidents in Radio 1's history. Fun At One is an essential addition to any library, but particularly one that's had a large shotgun hole blasted in it by Sir Henry Rawlinson.
First published: Tuesday 11th September 2012
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