Main content

From 22/03/1949
'We present Desert Island Risks' - songs and send-ups with Jimmy Edwards. From Portsmouth Naval Barracks. From March 1949.
Professor Jim and company set sail with Desert Island Risks in the Blue Lagoon.
Recorded at the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth in front of an audience of sailors and Wrens.
Long-running classic comedy written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Starring:
Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
Joy Nichols
Alan Dean
Music from The Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Frank Cantell.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1949.
Last on
Sun 4 Sep 202209:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Thu 14 Nov 201308:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 14 Nov 201312:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 14 Nov 201319:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 23 Oct 201608:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 23 Oct 201612:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 4 Sep 202209:00BBC Radio 4 Extra