Four of the finest episodes from the timeless BBC series, including a specially written sleeve note by
Barry Cryer
Men of Letters 30 June 1974
Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning 15 February 1976
Two's Company 28 March 1971
Any Old Iron 19 March 1972
To introduce the cream of Steptoe & Son . Barry Cryer has written an introductory sleeve note explaining just what makes the series a classic. In it, he urges you to 'sit back and enjoy some of the best written, best acted, but above all funniest, comedy ever committed to radio or TV.'
In Men of Letters , Harold and Albert are asked to contribute to the church magazine, and the old man submits a crossword puzzle where all the answers are vulgar. Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning finds the entire Steptoe family united for Albert's eldest brother's funeral, while Two's Company sees Albert bringing home a fiancee who turns out to be an old girlfriend of Harold's, Finally, in Any Old Iron , Harold is asked out on a date by an effeminate antique dealer.
Join Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett amongst the dirt and detritus of Oil Drum Lane in these very best episodes from a truly classic series.
Author : Various
Peformed By : Various
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Type : Modern Classics
Radio Shows
Humor
British
Price : $13.49
A further helping of humour from the original BBC Radio 4 radio sketch series which grew into a hit television show. Hilarious and irreverent, it is fronted by a team of award-winning young actors... More... |
Author : Steve Coogan
Peformed By : Steve Coogan
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 1 hour
Type : Adult
British
Humor
British
Humor
Price : $13.49
Steve Coogan is Alan Partridge, "the chat show host from hell", in two more programmes from the cult radio comedy of the 90s. More... |
Author : Jerry Robbins
Peformed By : Colonial Radio Theatre
Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Length : 30 minutes
Type : Humor
Radio Shows
American
Price : $1.50
Mr. Bucky takes over the sound effects as the gang performs “Treasure Island.” More... |
Author : Galton & Simpson
Peformed By : Various
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 30 minutes
Type : Modern Classics
Radio Shows
Humor
British
Price : $4.99
The Wild Man of the Woods shows Hancock’s desire to get away from it all. It leads him to camp first in a bus shelter on Clapham Common, and then in a bit of forest rented from Sid... More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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