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  1. Episode 12

    12/12 Russell Davies winds up his review, featuring 'Radio Active' and 'After Henry'. From 1988.

  2. Episode 11

    11/12 From I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, right up to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

  3. Episode 10

    10/12 Russell Davies recalls how radio improvisation gave way to 1960s establishment-baiting.

  4. Episode 9

    9/12 The end of The Goon Show hailed a fresh decade of change.

  5. Episode 8

    8/12 Includes Hancock, The Goons, The Lyons, Beyond Our Ken, Joyce Grenfell and Basil Boothroyd

  6. Episode 7

    7/12 Russell Davies recalls the early 1950s, with the impending arrival of 'The Goon Show'.

  7. Episode 6

    6/12 Russell Davies celebrates post-war performers. Featuring Tommy Handley.

  8. Episode 5

    5/12 Russell Davies celebrates the performers who helped boost wartime morale.

  9. Episode 4

    4/12 Russell Davies reviews the 蜜芽传媒's variety artistes of the Second World War.

  10. Episode 3

    3/12 Russell Davies' survey of wireless mirth reaches the onset of the Second World War.

  11. Episode 2

    2/12 Russell Davies looks at the 1930s with a clip-packed taste of the 蜜芽传媒's Variety department

  12. Episode 1

    1/12 Russell Davies remembers the earliest on-air comedians, with a taste of pre-war humour.