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Radio Active

1980s parody of a local radio station
from archive.org

A BBC radio comedy programme first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1980 to 1987.

The show was based around an imaginary local radio station and the programmes that it might transmit.
Characters on the show were mostly named after pieces of sound equipment, including rising star Mike Flex (Perkins), fading star Mike Channel (Deayton), "children's favourite" "Uncle" Mike Stand (Stevens) and the food-obsessed Anna Daptor (Atkinson-Wood). Also on the station's staff were the incomprehensible Nigel Pry (Pope), the incompetent Martin Brown (Stevens), the carefully enunciated "oh-so-daring" Mike Hunt (Pope), brusque owner Sir Norman Tonsil (Deayton), Norwegian correspondent Oivind Vinstra (Perkins), whose command of English was negligible, and Head of Religious Affairs the Right Reverend Reverend Wright (Deayton), who had a mail-order bride. Other regular characters were unsympathetic agony aunt Anna Rabies (Atkinson-Wood) and singing doctor Philip Percygo (Pope).

Other parodic elements included over-the-top jingles presenting the station telephone number for phone ins and introducing the commercials which included an exchange between Mary and June and a slot for Honest Ron ("the others are a con) (Stevens). The incompetent Radio Active Drama Repertory Company usually gave a performance, and episodes concluded with a handback designed to embarrass the following BBC continuity announcer.

Cast:
Anna Dapter (Helen Atkinson-Wood)
Mike Channel (Angus Deayton)
Mike Flex (Geoffrey Perkins)
Martin Brown (Michael Fenton-Stevens)
Mike Hunt (Philip Pope)
Nigel Pry (Philip Pope)
Oivind Vinstra (Geoffrey Perkins)
Sir Norman Tonsil (Angus Deayton)
Uncle Mike Stand (Michael Fenton-Stevens)

Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins (and Richard Curtis for the first series only)

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  1. Radio Active - S01 - E00 - The Oxford Review (Pilot Episode) (403 forbidden)
  2. Radio Active - S01 - E01 - The Late Show With Mike Channel (403 forbidden)
  3. Radio Active - S01 - E02 - Bedrock - The Early Morning Breakfast Show With Mike Flex (403 forbidden)
  4. Radio Active - S01 - E03 - The Midday Show With Anna Daptor (403 forbidden)
  5. Radio Active - S01 - E04 - The Radio Active Roadshow (403 forbidden)
  6. Radio Active - S01 - E05 - What's News (403 forbidden)
  7. Radio Active - S01 - E06 - The Radio Active Awards (403 forbidden)
  8. Radio Active - S01 - E07 - The Hee Bee Gee Bees Story (403 forbidden)
  9. Radio Active - S02 - E01 - The History Of Radio Active (403 forbidden)
  10. Radio Active - S02 - E02 - Charity Radiothon (403 forbidden)
  11. Radio Active - S02 - E03 - Good Day Sport (403 forbidden)
  12. Radio Active - S02 - E04 - What's Going On (403 forbidden)
  13. Radio Active - S02 - E05 - The Nigel Pry Show (403 forbidden)
  14. Radio Active - S02 - E06 - Pick Of The Week (403 forbidden)
  15. Radio Active - S03 - E01 - Euroshow (403 forbidden)
  16. Radio Active - S03 - E02 - Probe Round The Back (403 forbidden)
  17. Radio Active - S03 - E03 - Funday (403 forbidden)
  18. Radio Active - S03 - E04 - Repeat After Three (403 forbidden)
  19. Radio Active - S03 - E05 - Lunchtime With Anna (403 forbidden)
  20. Radio Active - S03 - E06 - What's Going On At The Edinburgh Festival (403 forbidden)
  21. Radio Active - S03 - E07 - Radio Active's Christmas Turkey (403 forbidden)
  22. Radio Active - S04 - E01 - Salute To New York (403 forbidden)
  23. Radio Active - S04 - E02 - The Martin Brown Show (403 forbidden)
  24. Radio Active - S04 - E03 - Round Your Parts (403 forbidden)
  25. Radio Active - S04 - E04 - The Breakfast Show (403 forbidden)
  26. Radio Active - S04 - E05 - Minority Programmes (403 forbidden)
  27. Radio Active - S04 - E06 - Bio Show (403 forbidden)
  28. Radio Active - S04 - E07 - Gigantaquiz (403 forbidden)
  29. Radio Active - S04 - E08 - Martin Chizzlenutt (403 forbidden)
  30. Radio Active - S05 - E01 - Wimbledon Special (403 forbidden)
  31. Radio Active - S05 - E02 - Nuclear Debate (403 forbidden)
  32. Radio Active - S05 - E03 - Out Of Your Depth (403 forbidden)
  33. Radio Active - S05 - E04 - In Australia (403 forbidden)
  34. Radio Active - S05 - E05 - Get Away With You (403 forbidden)
  35. Radio Active - S05 - E06 - Wey Hey, It's Saturday (403 forbidden)
  36. Radio Active - S05 - E07 - Musical Festival (403 forbidden)
  37. Radio Active - S05 - E08 - Did You Catch It (403 forbidden)
  38. Radio Active - S06 - E01 - The Thodding By-Election (403 forbidden)
  39. Radio Active - S06 - E02 - The Fit And Fat Show (403 forbidden)
  40. Radio Active - S06 - E03 - Radio Active's Bogey Awards (403 forbidden)
  41. Radio Active - S06 - E04 - The D Day Show (403 forbidden)
  42. Radio Active - S06 - E05 - Radio Active Goes To The Movies (403 forbidden)
  43. Radio Active - S06 - E06 - Stop That Crime UK (403 forbidden)
  44. Radio Active - S06 - E07 - In House Documentary (403 forbidden)
  45. Radio Active - S06 - E08 - Backchat (403 forbidden)
  46. Radio Active - S07 - E01 - It Was Twenty Years Ago Last Tuesday (403 forbidden)
  47. Radio Active - S07 - E02 - Radio Radio Programme (403 forbidden)
  48. Radio Active - S07 - E03 - God Alone Knows (403 forbidden)
  49. Radio Active - S07 - E04 - Probe Round The Back (403 forbidden)
  50. Radio Active - S07 - E05 - Mike Says - Here's A Bit Of Talent (403 forbidden)
  51. Radio Active - S07 - E06 - Flu Special (403 forbidden)
  52. Radio Active - S07 - E07 - You And Your Things (403 forbidden)
  53. Radio Active - S07 - E08 - Radio Active's Mega Phone-In (403 forbidden)
  54. Radio Active - S07 - E09 - Radio Active's Digital Turn On (403 forbidden)

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