Galton & Simpson's Half Hour. Copyright: Red Door
Galton & Simpson's Half Hour

Galton & Simpson's Half Hour

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2009
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

A series of half-hour comedies from the writing partnership of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Stars Frank Skinner, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Rik Mayall, June Whitfield and Paul Merton

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Series 1, Episode 4 - The Blood Donor

Galton & Simpson's Half Hour. Arthur Bunclarke (Paul Merton). Copyright: Red Door
When Arthur Bunclarke... with an E... did his patriotic duty in donating a pint of his blood, he was unaware until the prick of the needle that he was the proud possessor of one of the rarest blood groups in the world. Which was just as well as things turned out. Stars Paul Merton.

Notes

"The Blood Donor" was first broadcast on BBC television in 1961 as part of Hancock's Half Hour.

Broadcast details

Date
Saturday 28th March 2009
Time
1:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 25th December 2009 11:30pm Radio 2

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Merton Arthur Bunclarke
Paul Merton Narrator
Guest cast
Suzy Aitchison (as Suzi Aitchison) Nurse
Nicky Henson Actor
John Gilligan Actor
Peter Law Actor
John Webb Actor
Writing team
Ray Galton Writer
Alan Simpson Writer
Production team
Carol Smith Producer
Tessa Le Bars Executive Producer
Trevor McCallum Executive Producer

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