Boothby Graffoe
The comedian named after a Lincolnshire market town and his six favourites: The Goon Show, Round the Horne, Steptoe and Son, The Burkiss Way, The Big Booth and Hancock's Half Hour.
Boothby Graffoe is a stand-up comedian with a talent and a penchant for cerebral funny songs. In this special alone he composes an impromptu ditty about being Comedy Controller.
He also has a long and treasured history with BBC Radio 4 Comedy - The Big Booth begat In No Particular order -as well as a notable collaboration with Omid Djalili for TV. Boothby's worked with Art Malik, Steve Frost, Jason Isaacs, Pauline McLynn, Glenn Tilbrook, Kevin Eldon, Dean Friedman and Robyn Hitchcock.
He's also a playwright with three productions to his name and has appeared in The Bill and Casualty.
Named after a Lincolnshire market town, the comedian makes his selection of BBC radio comedy: The Goon Show - The Evils of Bushey Spon (17/03/1958); Round the Horne Ser.1 ep11 (16/05/1965); Steptoe and Son - Two's Company (28/03/1971); The Burkiss Way (26/12/1979); The Big Booth (29/01/2000); Hancock's Half Hour - The Conjuror (22/02/1956).
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Sat 19 Jan 200809:00BBC Radio 7- Sat 19 Jan 200820:00BBC Radio 7
- Sun 20 Jan 200803:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 31 Jan 200909:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 31 Jan 200920:00BBC Radio 7
- Sun 1 Feb 200903:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 16 Jan 201010:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 16 Jan 201020:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 16 Oct 201010:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 16 Oct 201020:00BBC Radio 7
- Sat 17 Nov 201209:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 17 Nov 201219:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 21 Jun 201409:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 21 Jun 201419:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
