I have a weakness for people talking fondly and appreciatively about their craft, and this Tommy Cooper doc is full of them, with the added bonus that they're all either comedians or magicians. Barry Cryer's appreciation is particularly telling: "That chaos was totally professional." [MP3]
It's Thursday, which means it's time for a new episode of Flight of the Conchords on Radio 2. Good comedy on Radio 2. Who would have believed it? Ok, so it's a repeat from 2005, but so utterly brilliant that it doesn't matter.
Flight of the Conchords ("formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk parody duo") are a recent personal favourite. Somehow hearing them again on Radio 2, with a repeat a week later on Radio 7 if you miss it, is always going to be more special than the HBO show on HBO. Here's episode 4 (MP3, Real) for you. Get comfortable and prepare for a London flavoured treat, with narration by Rob Brydon and an appearance by Greg Proops.
bookmarks by: delicious.comA blog of Radio 4. Not about Radio 4 but of it. We point to the bits we like, the bits you might have missed, the bits that someone might have sneakily recorded. Other speech radio from around the world will no doubt find its way here too.
Of course, one day this might turn into something else, maybe a new way of curating speech radio, or maybe it won’t.
Your hosts on this not very wild ride are Steve Bowbrick, Russell Davies, Dan Hill, Bobbie Johnson and James Bridle. Drop us a line with your thoughts, unless you wish to complain about continuity announcers and their accents.
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