Alan Simpson features
Steam radio: a Baby Boomer's personal memory of post-war wireless comedy
Thursday 7th March 2024
With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest shows of the post-war era in this ode to brilliant comedy on the wireless.
Comedy Chronicles: The ITV Job - The day when the BBC almost lost British comedy
Sunday 26th June 2022
Graham McCann's column charts a fascinating 'what if' moment in British television comedy history: a fork in the road that had consequences of epic proportions in either direction.
Britain's sitcom invasion
Tuesday 31st August 2021
As his new book on 1970s sitcoms is published, author Robert Sellers takes a look at the topic of British sitcoms being re-made for an American audience, in the process sharing some of the conversations he had with the original writers involved.
Comedy Chronicles: Classical gas - Galton & Simpson's Le Pétomane
Sunday 7th February 2021
This edition of Comedy Chronicles turns to one of Galton & Simpson's least-well-known works: a short comic film biopic of a famed French farter.
Galton & Simpson - Big interview
Thursday 1st May 2014
Comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson talk to us about their long and fruitful career, including working with the likes of Tony Hancock, and being involved in Frankie Howerd's US failure.
Writers Galton and Simpson to be honoured
Friday 17th May 2013
Celebrated writing duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are to be honoured by the British Comedy Society with a blue plaque unveiling in June.