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.
Press clippings
Less laugh-out-loud funny was an archive recording of Eric Idle - Radio Five, the comedian, actor and writer's hour-long music and comedy show first broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1974 (18 years before the real Radio 5 Live came along).
Alongside his eclectic choices of music, Idle threw in a number of sketches, for which he provided all the voices. However, unlike the Monty Python skits getting another outing in the team's arena gigs this month, this material hadn't survived the test of time.
Lisa Martland, The Stage, 15th July 2014