Comedy Showcase 

Last Edited: 28-Oct-2014 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
05-Mar-1998
1-1
All My Life I Wanted To Be Someone -
Now Who Was It?
Natalie Walter, Finn Taylor, Claire Cox, Justin Salinger,
Darren Boyd, Rachel Atkins and Frank McCusker
Written by Lisa Fulthorpe

12-Mar-1998
1-2
Mr Harris Chris England, Morwenna Banks, Robert Harley, Andy
Taylor, Martin Hyder, Roger Blake, Roger Sloman,
Valerie Minifie

19-Mar-1998
1-3
The Big Town All Stars
Stephen Tomkinson, Clive Rowe, Adrian Scarborough,
Doon Mackichan, Darren Boyd, Dan Strauss, Henrietta
Garden, Matthew Vitor
written by Bill Dare
produced by Ole Schlesinger
27:08, 25441, S
26-Mar-1998
1-4
Life After Life Warren Mitchell, Kay Stonham, Simon Greenall, Avril
Elgar, Josh Freedman, Mollie Freedman, Will Ing,
Annie Hulley

02-Apr-1998
1-5
Night And Day James Bolan, Denise Black, Melanie Hudson, Glen Hugill,
Katy Carmichael, Lee Cornes, Karl Collins, Kenneth
MacDonald, Fred Wakefield, Peter Waddington
Written by David Nicholl

14-Jan-1999
2-1
Relax    Pauline Quirke, Jeffrey Holland, Nina Wadia, Sally Grace,
Vivienne Martin, Margaret John, Chris Pavlo, Roger Blake

21-Jan-1999
2-2
The Pig's Back Ed Byrne, Jason Byrne, Sally Grace, Stephen Greif, Tony
Rohr, Anny Tobin
With special guest Alan Freeman

28-Jan-1999
2-3
Redeeming Brian Tony Slattery, Mina Anwar, Sally Phillips, Penelope
Solomon, Chris Pavlo

11-Feb-1999
BBC R7
23-Oct-2006
2-4
Canned Heat
Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia, Paul Sharma, Sasha Behar,
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Chris Pavlo
28:17, 26521, S
18-Feb-1999
2-5
Takeaway   
Kate Murphy, Forbes Masson, Freddie Boardley, Jake
D'Arcy, Greg Hemphill, Lewis Macleod, Carolyn Donnyman

25-Feb-1999
2-6
Eat This Chris Barrie

04-Mar-1999
2-7
If Symptoms Persist Gareth Marks, Sheila Steafel, Doon Mackichan, Dorian
Lough, Glen Davies, Charlotte Jones, Emma Kennedy,
Anthony Dunn, Kacey Ainsworth

06-Jan-2000
3-1
My Mate Gwyn Desmond Barrit, Darren Boyd, Mina Anwar, Anna Wing,
David Mitchell, Simon Greenall
written by Keiron Self and Giles New

13-Jan-2000
BBC R4X
13-Jan-2013
3-2 Hey, Hey, We're The Monks Bill Bailey, Graham Crowden, Howard Lew Lewis,
Osian Banes, Hilda Braid, Catherine Tate, Simon Bates
written by Dan Tetsell, Andy Robbins
produced by Lucy Armitage
29:51, 27991, S
20-Jan-2000
3-3
Stone Angels Sally Phillips, Daniel Ryan, Dave Lamb, Emma Kennedy,
Melissa Lloyd, Simon Greenall
written by Chris Reddy

27-Jan-2000
BBC R4X
28-Oct-2013
3-4
Ready, Steady, Sink! Mark Little, Julian Rhine-Tutt, Peter Kaye, Michael
Fenton-Stevens, Julian Dutton, Stephen Critchlow
written
by Jeremy Pascall
produced by Carole Smith
30:28, 28571, S
03-Feb-2000

Head Over Heels Daniela Denby-Ashe, John Pickard, Martin Trenaman,
Chris Pavlo, Stefan Escreet

10-Feb-2000

Jason's Mum
Linda Robson and Jenny Eclair
written by Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo


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