When Tony Hancock failed to turn up for three episodes of his radio show in 1955, producers simply replaced him with Harry Secombe as if nothing had happened. The fourth episode followed Hancock and ...

Five days a week, from dawn to dusk, U. S. radio networks carry some 60 serials. Designed to provide U. S. housewives with aural escapism, they account for about half of all radio time sales. They are ...

Paul Ashton blogs about the latest Script Room radio drama submissions and what the readers have noticed from the scripts. So the readers made a move from comedy to radio drama. ( there’s only so much ...

Recordings of many of the scripts for Hancock's Half Hour have been lost A collection of rare radio scripts recorded by comedy stars such as Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers are being ...

British radio, like a British weekend, is casual, slow-paced and elastic. If the script calls for a minute of silence or three hours of steady bagpiping, the BBC’s Third Program* (TIME, Nov. 4) is ...

So the readers made a move from comedy to radio drama. ( there’s only so much hilarity you can take in one big chunk.) And we were lucky again (twice in a week, spooky) to have a hugely experienced ...

Several rare radio manuscripts by and for comedy stars such as Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers have emerged for sale. Actor turned rare books dealer Neil Pearson has catalogued several ...