Bill Dare: Comedy Alchemist
- Radio documentary
- BBC Radio 4
- 2025
- 1 episode
A tribute to and comedy producer and writer Bill Dare. Also features Hugh Dennis.
- Due to be broadcast on Thursday 12th June on Radio 4 at 6:30pm
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2025
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Hugh Dennis and Bill Dare
- Producers
- Jon Holmes
- Company
Featuring archive clips and contributions from Bill's friends and collaborators, Hugh Dennis presents a tribute to the man best known to Radio 4 audiences as the producer and creator of Dead Ringers.
Bill created, produced and influenced countless comedy shows across his celebrated career. Although perhaps best known for his radio work, he was also the creator of The Mary Whitehouse Experience which helped launched the TV careers of David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and the narrator of this tribute, Hugh Dennis. Bill also produced the TV series Spitting Image which gave rise to Dead Ringers.
In this programme we'll journey through Bill's career and hear clips from his many and various radio shows like The Secret World, I've Never Seen Star Wars, Brian Gulliver's Travels and most recently, The Island with Stephen Mangan.