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Chewin’ the Fat
BBC Radio Scotland
The hit television show started out life on Radio Scotland with Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar all starring.
Coming Home
BBC Radio Scotland
Hamish Clark stars as a spin-doctor sent up from London to keep the First Minister of a 'fictitious' Scottish Parliament in line. But he finds it's not just a spin-doctor that's needed - it's an entire mobile paramedics team!
Cowan Meets the Crooners
4 x 30 BBC Radio Scotland
Self-confessed croon-aholic Tam Cowan left the karaoke machine at home and went on a crooner odyssey for this four part series for BBC Radio Scotland.
Tam interviewed four of his favourite singers to find out more about their careers, get the stories from behind some of their classic hits, and tried to discover just what it takes to be a crooner legend.
The guests included Scotland’s very own crooner legend Sydney Devine, Jack “The Love Boat” Jones, Tam’s own personal favourite Engelbert Humperdinck, and the writer of 2005’s biggest selling single “Amarillo”, Mr Neil Sedaka. Tam travelled all the way to New York to speak to Neil in his Park Avenue apartment!
Cowan’s Crooners
BBC Radio Scotland
Easy-listening classics, anecdotes and the odd song from Croon-ahloic Tam Cowan. Tam grew up listening to these classic crooners, and this show allowed Tam to indulge in his crooner passion, by playing his favourite tunes from a number of artists inlcuding Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tony Christie and Frank Sinatra.
The Comedy Playhouse
5 X 30 BBC Radio Scotland
Five brand new scripts from writers new to radio. The shows included ‘The Explainers’, a hit fringe show which moved seamlessly from stage to the airwaves. ‘Havin’ It All’, written by none other than Jackie Bird. ‘Sparkle’ by Belinda Rankine, ‘Burniston’ a slice of life from the dark side written and performed by Ian Connell and Rob Florence, and ‘One In Three’ by Carole Mathews.
The EXterminating Angels
4 x 30 BBC Radio 4
"Show us your pests...we'll do the rest!"
Professional, reliable and friendly, a new sitcom by Martin Shea, Eamonn O'Neill and James O'Neill, set in a North London family-owned pest control business where the pests answer back, run by brothers Tony and Steve Angel (Karl Theobald and Dan Antopolski.)
However, The Exterminating Angels is a pest control business with a twist – the pests they deal with range from verbally-abusive pigeons, and stroppy squirrels who communicate their issues with life via Morse code. In the surreal but deadpan world of The Exterminating Angels the pests talk, they argue, get drunk and ‘have issues’, just like the rest of us.
Each episode, The Exterminating Angels are called by an irate householder with a problem pest. Tony and Steve remain professional and resourceful, even though sibling tensions sometimes result in needless bickering. They also live together with their ageing Italian Mother which doesn’t help.
The show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday April 18th 2007.
Flipside of faith
Thank God For comedy
6 x 30 BBC Radio Scotland
2006 saw a new six part series for BBC Radio Scotland, Flipside of Faith. Which focused on the relationship between comedy and religion. The first three shows were presented by Philip Differ, who took a light hearted look at growing up with a Faith in Scotland with contributions from Tommy Sheridan, Cameron Stout, Sanjeev Kohli and Karen Dunbar. The final three shows were hosted by Miles Jupp, who used comedy archive and expert contributors to analyse the comedy depictions of religion through the decades.
Freddy Flintoff Ate My Ashes
1 X 50 BBC Radio Five Live
After the success of our first outing, we returned to the airwaves of Five Live with our comedy sporting review of 2005, ‘Freddie Flintoff Ate My Ashes’. Once again 2005 threw up its fair share of sporting achievement….and the Lions Tour. Liverpool’s Champions League success; England winning The Ashes; and the emergence of Andy Murray were just a few of the sporting highlights we wired into!
Our 2005 show starred Kevin Connelly of ‘Dead Ringers’ fame, Gabriel Quigley who was a stalwart of the 2004 show, and awesome impressionist newcomer Kayvan Novak. The show was broadcast on Christmas Day 2005.
Karen’s Beautiful Sunday
BBC Radio Scotland
One of Karen Dunbar’s earlier forays onto the airwaves.
The Karen Dunbar Show
BBC Radio Scotland
Karen’s hit television sketch show started out life on Radio Scotland.
Keep Taking the NandrOlone
1 x 50 Radio Five Live
One-off sporting, and not so sporting review of 2004. Broadcast on Christmas Day 2004 on BBC Radio Five Live. 2004 saw some huge sporting occasions including The Ryder Cup, The Olympics, and Euro 2004, and this was an ideal chance for The Comedy Unit to get wired into all of them!
This unique broadcast saw Alistair McGowan and Jonathan Watson work together again for the first time since their time on 'Only An Excuse?'. Stand out sketches included Berti Vogts inventing a new extreme sport - extreme losing! Also Sir Alex signing Wayne Rooney, with Wayne mistaking 80 grand for 80 'grans'.
The Ordeal of Alfred M Hale
The richly aggrieved wartime memoir of Alfred M Hale, a delicate man of independent means who was to his horror conscripted at the age of 41 towards the end of the first world war.
Conspicuously unfit for military service he was assigned the role of batman and for two years Hale was obliged to carry out the humiliating role of gentleman's gentleman cruelly parodying the social world he had known before.
Narrated in 'Pooteresque' style, Hale's sometimes funny sometimes poignant story provides a fascinating insight into the effects of war on a man pulled totally out of his social milieu.
Radio Roots
3 X 30 BBC Radio Scotland
Presented by Gerard Kelly, this three part documentary looked at the influence Radio Scotland played in producing successful TV comedy. The series focussed on three comedy shows that sprouted a generation of TV writing and performing talent. They were ‘Naked Radio’ (which spawned a host of classic TV shows including Rab C Nesbitt), ‘Only An Excuse?’ and ‘Chewin’ The Fat’. It was also a great excuse to play some classic sketches from the archives!
Ronan the Amphibian
BBC Radio 4
Critically acclaimed cult sitcom about a trainee financial advisor from Bridlington who is turned into an amphibious creature by undersea aliens and taken on a comic quest below the abyss.
Spin on This
BBC Radio Scotland
Humorous panel discussion show.
Summer Supplement
BBC Radio Scotland
Throughout July 2006, The Comedy Unit produced the Mid-Morning Show, on BBC Radio Scotland with special guests and regular contributors Teddy, Susan Calman, Bruce Devlin and Tom Urie.
The Very Last Naked Radio Show Ever
BBC Radio Scotland
Classic Scottish sketches from the famous and groundbreaking 'Naked Radio' team.
A new series on Radio Scotland called 'Radio Roots' will chart the rise of this incredible and historic radio series, which allowed performers and writers their first chance to shine, including Iain Pattison, who went on to write 'Rab C Nesbitt', and Bob Black, who penned the hugely popular 'City Lights'. Even 'Only An Excuse' owes a debt to 'Naked Radio'!
This show saw the core performing and writing team get together again for one last hilarious outing.
Watson’s Wind Up
BBC Radio Scotland
Watson's Wind Up is a topical comedy show that puts a satirical slant on the stories and the people making the week’s news. Politics, sport, showbiz, issues local and issues global, nothing is sacred as the Wind Up team with their amazing talent for mimicry create a cast of thousands. It’s fast, it’s rude, it’s funny. Watson's Wind Up makes sure that no-one in the public eye will ever be able to take themselves too seriously again.
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