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Top 20 British Radio Sitcoms

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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. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC.

Absolute Power

Meet masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe, the morally corrupt owners of Prentiss McCabe Government-Media Relations Consultancy.

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Another Case Of Milton Jones. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions.

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.

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Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions.

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.

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Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC.

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.

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Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment.

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.

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Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC.

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.

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Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas).

Dave Podmore

Mockumentary series following English cricket's most celebrated bits-and-pieces county cricketer.

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Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC.

Ed Reardon's Week

Radio sitcom following curmudgeonly 50-something writer Ed Reardon, and his flawed attempts to escape poverty via literary success.

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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off. Giles Wemmbley Hogg (Marcus Brigstocke). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions.

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off

Radio sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles Wemmbley Hogg, a upper-middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton who travels the world.

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Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr).

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.

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Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC.

Hut 33

Radio sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1941, about code-breakers who are forced to share a draughty wooden hut.

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Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC.

Ladies Of Letters

A series of letters exchanged between two indomitable ladies. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.

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Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC.

Old Harry's Game

The radio sitcom from Hell - literally. Written by and starring Andy Hamilton as the underworld-weary Satan.

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Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC.

Party

Political satire about five young adults who want to change the world but have no idea how, and little idea why.

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Lenny Henry.

Rudy's Rare Records

Radio sitcom starring Lenny Henry and Larrington Walker. Three generations of music-loving men collide in a Birmingham record shop.

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The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC.

The Goon Show

Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.

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The cast of the radio series. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions.

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.

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The Maltby Collection. Copyright: BBC.

The Maltby Collection

A radio sitcom from the pen of David Nobbs, set in a small museum.

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The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC.

The Shuttleworths

Musings from John Shuttleworth as we eavesdrop on the semi-detached world of the Sheffield based singer and songwriter.

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Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC.

Yes Minister

Radio adaptation of the satirical sitcom about the "rise" of Jim Hacker MP and his not-so-civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby.

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