British Comedy Guide

Workers' Playtime

  • Radio variety
  • BBC Home Service / BBC Forces Programme / BBC Light Programme
  • 1941 - 1964
  • 2764 episodes

Long-running lunchtime variety series broadcast live from workplaces across Britain.

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Workers' Playtime trivia

Initially airing weekly, Workers' Playtime was a morale-boosting variety series that proved so popular it moved to a thrice-weekly broadcast pattern after 5 months.

Occasionally, editions of similar variety format Works Wonders and other music-orientated programmes including Music While You Work were repeated under the Workers' Playtime title. These have not been included in this guide.

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