Radio

Hugh has participated in a few radio programs (other than interviews), which I will post selections from as I find them.

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Title Date Description File Size (MB) Links
Aspects of Edinburgh Fringe 12 Sep 1979 radio program produced by Griff Rhys-Jones for BBC Radio 4, featuring best of comedy and music from the 1979 Fringe. Hugh is credited as an author.    
Nightcap 25 Mar 1980 BBC Radio 4 program having to do with Cambridge Footlights Revue. Hugh is credited as an author.    
New Premises 25 Nov 1984 BBC Radio 4 program reviewing the arts. Hugh is credited as a reader.    
1994 1985 1:54 extract from episode 3. 1994, by Richard Turner & William Osborne, is a science fiction radio comedy in 6 parts first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985. Hugh voices several parts in episode 3; in this selection he plays a televangelist.
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So Much Blood
by Simon Brett
1985 2:37 extract from episode 1. Hugh plays Brian, the manager of the Derby University Dramatic Society (DUDS) in this 6-part dramatization.
MP3 file captured from BBC 7.

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1998 1987 0:52 extract from episode 2. 1998, by Richard Turner & William Osborne, is a sequel to 1994. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. Hugh voices several characters in the 6 part series; in this selection, he describes the dangers of alcohol.
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Party Party, The
by Moray Hunter
1987 10:59 excerpt from part 1 of a surreal 6-part program spoofing both politics and sitcom conventions. The cast includes Robert Glenister, Rory Bremner, Clive Mantle, Hugh Laurie, Morwenna Banks, and Robin Driscoll.

MP3 file captured from BBC 7.

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Whose Line is it Anyway? - S1E2 9 Jan 1988 host Clive Anderson, with regulars John Sessions and Stephen Fry, guests Hugh Laurie and Enn Reitel.    
Saturday Night Fry 1988 6 episode series with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson, and others.    
A Bit of Fry & Laurie Aug 1994 9.37 excerpts from part 2 of a 2-part series for BBC Radio 4, preceded by some introductory comments from the 5 May 2007 BBC 7 Comedy Controller. Excerpts include Stephen's introduction to part 2, "Flushed Grollings," "The Bishop and the Warlock," and the closing credits. The 2-part BBC Radio 4 series consisted of selections from the pilot and first 3 television series.
MP3 file captured from BBC 7.
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Swift Laugh, A - S2E1 "Leafing Through the Dusty Pages" 9 Aug 1997 with classic sketches from the Two Ronnies, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, and Peter Sellers.    
In the Chair
by Mark Tavener
1998 2:35 excerpts from part 1 of a 6-part series for BBC Radio 4, with Hugh as the (singing) Prime Minister.

MP3 file captured from BBC 7, 96kbps

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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
by Jerome K. Jerome
1999 1:50 extract with Hugh reading from "On Babies."  The same series was published as part of the audiobook, Provencal Letters and Idle Thoughts (1999), which features Stephen Fry reading the Letters.
MP3 file captured from BBC 7
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Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome
1999 6 part adaptation, read by Hugh    
Smith Lectures, The - S3E1 "Nostalgia" 6 Nov 1999 features contributions from Alan Davies, Patricia Routledge, Fry and Laurie, Jack Dee, Les Dawson, the Ovaltineys, and the Grumbleweeds.    
Monkhouse Archive, The - S5E4 "Cross Dressing" 17 Jun 2000 Bob Monkhouse dips into his comedy archive to explore subjects that inspire comedians. In this fourth programme he focuses on comedians who are expert in the art of cross-dressing. Featuring Kenny Everett, Hugh Laurie, and Harry Enfield.    
Professor Smith - Fired and Emotional - ep. 4 "The Powers That Be 2" 12 Aug 2000 with clips from Hugh Laurie, George Carlin, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Steven Martin, and Bill Hicks    
Professor Smith - Fired and Emotional - ep. 5 "Media" 19 Aug 2000 with clips from Stan Freberg, Martin and Molloy, Robert Klein, I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again, Eddie Izzard, Fry and Laurie, Lee Evans, and the cast of On the Hour.    
Three Men on the Bummel
by Jerome K. Jerome
Dec 2001 3:35 excerpt from the beginning of a 5 part adaptation for BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, read by Hugh.

MP3 file captured from BBC 7, 96kbps.

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Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
2002 8 part adaptation, read by Hugh    
Let Them Talk - Cheltenham 2 May 2011 87:02 live radio broadcast of Hugh's appearance closing the Cheltenham Jazz Festival:
  • Bright Mississippi
  • St. James Infirmary
  • Crazy Arms
  • Six Cold Feet
  • You Don't Know My Mind
  • Battle of Jericho
  • Buddy Bolden's Blues
  • Careless Love
  • Jonah
  • Winin' Boy Blues
  • Swanee River
  • Dear Old Southland
  • Hallelujah, I Love Her So
  • Let Them Talk
  • Tipitina

Captured from BBC iPlayer.

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New clips added 3 May 2011. File links verified 30 Sep 2007.