Top 20 Radio Sitcoms - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Top 20 British radio sitcoms

This page lists the top 20 British radio sitcoms, determined by a combination of the results of previous polls, award wins, and BCG's visitor data.

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

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

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

3. 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

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)

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

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

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

John Finnemore's Double Acts. John Finnemore. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

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

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

11. 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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Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

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

15. 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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Quanderhorn. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

Time Spanner. Image shows from L to R: Mr Mergatroid (Jeremy Limb), Martin Gaye (Simon Kane), Daniel Kraken (David Mitchell), Laika (John Finnemore), Gabbie (London Hughes), Angel (Belinda Stewart-Wilson). Copyright: BBC

Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

20. Alone

A Radio 4 sitcom about five single, middle aged people living in a converted Victorian house in North London.

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