This is the story of how a golden age of British comedy was launched in the most unlikely setting - above a greengrocer's in West London.
On any weekday morning, if you clambered over the crates of fruit and veg, climb the five flights up the rickety staircase and enter 'Associated London Scripts', you would find Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Ray Galton and AlanSimpson, shaping the latest shows, swapping the odd story and searching for a line.
Spike & Co takes us on an enthralling journey inside their house of fun, moving from the bright optimism of the early 1950s, to the comedies and crises of the 1960s.
Together, this eclectic bunch were responsible for a golden age in British comedy, which included The Goons, Hancock's Half Hour, Sykes, Steptoe and Son, The Frankie Howerd Show, Round the Horne, That Was The Week That Was, and Till Death Us Do Part.
Written By : Bill Bryson
Narrated By : Kerry Shale
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Humor Comedy Autobiography
Price : $18.99
Travel through small-town America with this popular BBC Radio reading. More info...
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Written By : Alan Bennett and George Fenton
Narrated By : Alan Bennett
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 50 minutes
Categories : Biographical Music Related Comedy Biographical Non Fiction
Price : $7.75
Recorded live for BBC Radio 4, Hymn is a memoir of music in childhood, written by Alan Bennett and George Fenton More info...
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Written By : Various
Narrated By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 40 minutes
Categories : Humor Comedy Humor Humor
Price : $18.99
'To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh…well, it's the best job in the world,' said Ronnie Barker. More info...
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Written By : Kenneth Williams
Narrated By : David Benson
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Comedy
Price : $18.99
Whether he was a sad, self-obsessed man or a tortured comic genius, Williams had a unique talent, which Benson captures incredibly well in this one-off insight into Williams' private life More info...
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Written By : Judith Liddell-King
Narrated By : Humphrey Lyttelton
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Arts & Drama Comedy
Price : $18.99
Humphrey Lyttelton presents a compilation of extracts and interviews celebrating the life and work of Gerard Hoffnung More info...
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