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From 20/04/1974

Eric Idle multi-tasks for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1. Featuring rising prices, bandleader's pets and crazy theories. From April 1974.

Rising prices, bandleader's pets and some startling theories...

An eclectic hour of music choices with self-penned sketches, for which Eric provides all of the voices.

Radio 5 was Eric Idle's first solo venture, post-Monty Python, for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1.

Ever the innovator, Idle's Radio 5 pre-dated the real ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ network of that name by some 18 years!

Producer: Clive Burrows

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1 medium wave and VHF in April 1974.

1 hour

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Thu 13 Apr 2023 22:30

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