3. Hancock's Half Hour

BBC Comedy Controllers from across the decades look back at radio shows from the past.

Clocking up over 150 years on the job between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville reveal what they do, why they do it and what makes them laugh.

From London's iconic BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.

In the last of three programmes, the foursome conclude discussing the 1950s and a Golden Age of BBC radio comedy.

Featuring:

* HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR:
Sunday Afternoon at Home

Bored and miserable, the lad tries to decide what to do.

Starring Tony Hancock.

From April 1958.

Plus extracts from:

Bob Newhart
That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2017.