Jimmy Edwards

Freak Zone is on BB6 Music at 8pm, followed by Unclassified on Radio 3 at 11.30pm. And there's a double bill of vintage comedy today.

The 1961 Jimmy Edwards sitcom Whacko is at 10am, 3pm and 9pm, followed by an episode from 1962 of The Clitheroe Kid at 10.30am, 3.30pm and 9.30pm, all on Radio 4 Extra.

And here are some programmes that are broadcast at the same time each weekday during this week.

The essay towards Evensong marks the celebration of the centenary of BBC Choral Evensong broadcasts on Radio 3 each day at 9.45am. Can imagination replace real-life travel is the theme of To Go or Not To Go on Radio 4 each day at 11.45am.

Hmm.

It's a farce by Philip King in which Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards have been touring for years.

They've done two long stints with it in the West End and taken it all over the world.

It's a ropey piece made bearable by the way the two old rascals use it as a springboard for anarchic improvisation.

Freak Zone is on BB6 Music at 8pm, followed by Unclassified on Radio 3 at 11.30pm. And there's a double bill of vintage comedy today.

The 1961 Jimmy Edwards sitcom Whacko is at 10am, 3pm and 9pm, followed by an episode from 1962 of The Clitheroe Kid at 10.30am, 3.30pm and 9.30pm, all on Radio 4 Extra.

And here are some programmes that are broadcast at the same time each weekday during this week.

The essay towards Evensong marks the celebration of the centenary of BBC Choral Evensong broadcasts on Radio 3 each day at 9.45am. Can imagination replace real-life travel is the theme of To Go or Not To Go on Radio 4 each day at 11.45am.

But Jack Warner is in the middle with his exploits.

Jimmy Edwards, which is I think an American.

No, no, no, Jimmy Edwards was a big radio and television star.

Yeah, Wacko was his show.

He was the head of master of a boarding school where he would bring up the cane.

The Mysterious Case of Annie Elizabeth is on Radio 4 at 7.15pm. And there's the double bill of vintage comedy today.

The 1961 Jimmy Edwards sitcom Wacko is at 10am, 3pm and 9pm, followed by an episode from 1962 of The Clitheroe Kid at 10.30am, 3.30pm and 9.30pm, all on Radio 4 Extra.

Now here are some programmes that are broadcast at the same time each day throughout this week.

The Essay on Radio 3 explores the five pianos that shaped the musical life of Ultravox lead singer John Fox.

Wednesday, 8th October, 1980.

Jimmy Edwards met me at Haywards Heath.

He was in rollicking form.

I jumped in the car and off we sped.

And

driving.

He was an alcoholic, Jimmy Edwards.

Do you know anything about him at all? He built

Well, I'm not a schoolmaster.

I mean, that's Jimmy Edwards' meat, not mine.

I...

I'm only helping Bill