Workers' Playtime
- Radio variety
- BBC Home Service / BBC Forces Programme / BBC Light Programme
- 1941 - 1964
- 2764 episodes
Long-running lunchtime variety series broadcast live from workplaces across Britain.
Press clippings
Radio Times Treasure Hunt recovers lost BBC programme
An episode of radio show Workers' Playtime dating back to 1949 has been unearthed thanks to the campaign.
Patrick Cremona & Laura Rutkowski, Radio Times, 19th September 202370 years of British comedy - part one: after the war
In an earlier post we told you we were going to look back over the last 70 years of great British comedy. We've tagged some of the best sitcoms from the last 70 years, as 70 Years Of British Comedy so you can follow the series of posts. The story of the modern sitcom is a fascinating one, British sitcoms are admired the world over but how did it all start?
British Classic Comedy, 30th April 2016