British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 29th December 1998

Radio 4 9:30am
15 min
Radio 4

Hancock And Son

Episode 1 - Hancock's Half Hour

Harry Thompson presents two programmes tracing the writing partnership of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, the creators of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe And Son.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse. Copyright: BBC

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

Episode 1 - Clicquot Et Fils

A firm of undertakers in 1920s France has fallen on hard times, usurped by its more modern rivals. What it needs is a really sumptuous funeral - an old-fashioned, publicity-gathering blockbuster.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
4 At The Store

4 At The Store

Series 1, Episode 4

An evening of stand-up comedy without having to leave your armchair, recorded live at London's unofficial national theatre of comedy, the Comedy Store.

BBC Two 9:45pm
30 min
BBC Two

The Saturday Night Armistice

Christmas 1998, Christmas Special - The Christmas Armistice

Topical and sly entertainment show presented by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider.

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