Muir, Frank

Last Edited: 12-Oct-2016
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.

As a Writer
A Kentish Lad (see below)
Brothers-in-Law
In All Directioms
Take It from Here
Whack-O
What-a-Mess children's books (see below)

As a Performer
Call My Bluff
Frank Muir Goes Into
Frank Muir Presents 500 Years of Humourous Prose
The Frost Report
My Music
My Word
That Was the Week that Was
There Was an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scot


Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
1983

The Hunt for the Wild Guffaw
(broadcast as episodes 5-6 of A Kentish Lad)
Frank Muir 28:12, 12226, s
28:07, 13181, s
1997

A Kentish Lad written and read by Frank Muir
from cassettes?
44:29, 20852, S
42:40, 20006, S
45:50, 21484, S
44:18, 20765, S


Wonderful What a Mess
SIDE A Four Seasons
  1. What-a-Mess in Spring
  2. What-a-Mess in Summer
  3. What-a-Mess in Autumn
  4. What-a-Mess in Winter
SIDE B Four Square Meals
  1. What-a-Mess Has Breakfast
  2. What-a-Mess Has Lunch
  3. What-a-Mess Has Tea
  4. What-a-Mess Has Supper
written and read by Frank Muir
LP?
28:57, 27147, M
28:55, 27108, M


Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
Transcription Service
04-Jun-1958
The Laughter Makers
BBC presents A Portrait of Muir and Norden
Ted Kavanaugh, Frank Muir, Denis Norden
written by Gayle Pedrick
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
LP 24143/24144
29:32, 27620, s
1971
Why Are You Laughing --
The BBC Light Entertainment Department
Frank Muir, Graeme Garden, Jo Kendall

27:42, 16229, M
off air interface
1972
Frank Muir's Personal Selection
from the Sound Archive
Frank Muir
produced by Helen Frye
28:49, 27020, M
02-Oct-1976
Desert Island Discs
Frank Muir
Roy Plomley
reconstructed from
archives
35:18, 41411, S
BBC WS
13-Dec-1990
10-Jan-1991
Meridian -- Muir on Humour
Frank Muir, Judi Dench, Michael Williams

27:45, 26078, S
28:35, 26852, S
08-May-1995 Fighting for a Laugh Frank Muir
produced by Richard Edis
28:31, 26740, S
22-Sep-1997 Interview Frank Muir, interviewed by John Dunn 24:15, 22746, S
18-Oct-1997
Interview Frank Muir, interviewed by Ned Sherrin 8:52, 8320, S
26-Oct-1997
Funny Old Auntie
Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Producer Richard Edis
59:14, 55539, S
24-Jun-1998 to
29-Jul-1998
A Kentish Lad Remembered
  1. Tribute in the Radio Theatre at
    Broadcasting House (part 1)
  2. Tribute in the Radio Theatre at
    Broadcasting House (part 2)

  3. Bedtime with Braden and
    Breakfast with Braden
  4. In All Directions
  5. The Hunt for the Wild Guffaw (part 1)
    (from 1993)
  6. The Hunt for the Wild Guffaw (part 2)
    (from 1993)
  1. Simon Brett
    Denis Norden, Bill Cotton,
    Patrick Garland, Robert Robinson
    and John Amis
    Producer Richard Edis
  2. Simon Brett
    Denis Norden, Bill Cotton,
    Patrick Garland, Robert Robinson
    and John Amis
    Producer Richard Edis
  3. Simon Brett
    Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
  4. Simon Brett
    Producer Richard Edis
  5. Frank Muir
    Producer Pete Atkin
  6. Frank Muir
    Producer Pete Atkin
  1. 27:34, 12927, S
  2. 27:32, 12908, S
  3. missing
  4. missing
  5. 27:35, 12929, S
  6. 27:29, 12887, S
BBC WS S/W
11-Jan-1999
Frank Muir Remembered -- My Word Stories
Simon Brett
Producer Richard Edis
shortware broadcast
27:50, 26145, s
27-Mar-2007
The Original Godfathers --
Tribute to Denis Norden and Frank Muir
Paul Jackson
28:02, 26262, S