Top 20 British Radio Sitcoms
This page lists in alphabetical order the top 20 British radio sitcoms, as determined by a combination of the results of previous polls, award wins, and BCG's visitor data. We'll soon begin ordering this list with data from our new 'Like' buttons, so get clicking the shows you love!
Absolute Power
Meet masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe, the morally corrupt owners of Prentiss McCabe Government-Media Relations Consultancy.
Another Case Of Milton Jones
A pun-heavy radio sitcom. Milton Jones bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, with no ability whatsoever.
Cabin Pressure
Radio sitcom based around a one-plane charter airline. No job is too small, but many jobs are too difficult for pilots Douglas and Martin.
Clare In The Community
Social worker Clare Barker (Sally Phillips) has a tendancy to find solutions to other people's problems rather than solving her own.
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
A radio sitcom based around the day-to-day life of the confused and muddled one-time Variety Star, Count Arthur Strong.
Dad's Army
Whilst the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard are most famous for their exploits on television, they did also carry out their duty on the wireless.
Dave Podmore
Mockumentary series following English cricket's most celebrated bits-and-pieces county cricketer.
Ed Reardon's Week
Radio sitcom following curmudgeonly 50-something writer Ed Reardon, and his flawed attempts to escape poverty via literary success.
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
Radio sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles Wemmbley Hogg, a middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton who travels the world.
Hancock's Half Hour
Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.
Ladies Of Letters
A series of letters exchanged between two indomitable ladies. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
Old Harry's Game
The radio sitcom from Hell - literally. Written by and starring Andy Hamilton as the underworld-weary Satan.
Rudy's Rare Records
Radio sitcom starring Lenny Henry and Larrington Walker. Three generations of music-loving men collide in a Birmingham record shop.
The Goon Show
Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
A science fiction radio comedy series written by Douglas Adams that started off the H2G2 multi-media franchise phenomenon.
The Shuttleworths
Musings from John Shuttleworth as we eavesdrop on the semi-detached world of the Sheffield based singer and songwriter.
Yes Minister
Radio adaptation of the satirical sitcom about the "rise" of Jim Hacker MP and his not-so-civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby.
