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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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. |
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Nightcap |
25 Mar 1980 |
BBC Radio 4
program having to do with Cambridge Footlights Revue. Hugh is credited as an
author. |
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New Premises |
25 Nov 1984 |
BBC Radio 4
program reviewing the arts. Hugh is credited as a reader. |
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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.
MP3 file |
1.30 |
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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. |
1.79 |
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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.
MP3 file |
0.61 |
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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. |
10.0 |
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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. |
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Saturday Night Fry |
1988 |
6 episode series
with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson, and others. |
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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. |
6.59 |
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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. |
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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 |
1.77 |
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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 |
1.30 |
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Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome |
1999 |
6 part
adaptation, read by Hugh |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
2.45 |
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Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle |
2002 |
8 part
adaptation, read by Hugh |
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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. |
79.0 |
MP3 |
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also available on
bbc.co.uk
31.6MB
AAC untrimmed audio file saved from iPlayer |