783:(2008–10), depicted the lives of four characters played by Phil Cornwell. Devised, written and directed by Andrew McGibbon, the first two radio episodes were the soundtracks of on-location films streamed by BBC Interactive. The remaining two episodes were standard studio productions for BBC Radio 4. Reviews were excellent, with Gillian Reynolds dubbing it "a bright new series... a very good cast, good production and sharp script make it both real and surreal.". A second series followed in 2010.
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for the Radio 1 breakfast show, which lasted just one year. Here, McGibbon debuted Major
Holdups, a terrifying former air pilot prone to barking out travel updates intercut with surreal storylines. These items were co-written with Rob Colley. This period also saw the return of Raymond Sinclair in the
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Italian medical term for embolism. "There was something appealing about naming myself after a heart attack", he remembers. "Some sort of post-punk bollocks, I guess, which meant a lot to me
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soundalike Rodway of
Belgravia, a man trapped with his mother and in unrequited love with the girl at his local gardening shop. Shortly before Christmas 1987 he faked the murder of a turkey live on air, provoking several complaints. Another character was Eric the Gardener, a Wiltshireman inclined to
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in April 1993. Greening's interest was piqued by the Eric the
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insalubrious associates Blo Chap. Musical departures comprised the work of the
Sinclair Singers, a satirical four-part jazz harmony group again mixed and produced by Danton Supple, as well as a parody of Morrissey smuggled in during guest host slots for
634:(2003–04), a sitcom about eighteenth century Cornish smugglers. In it he played Captain Marriot and the series ran for two series of six episodes. It co-starred Lucy Speed, John Bowe, Cameron Stewart, Martin Hyder, Julia Deakin and Mark Felgate, with
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Sundays in September 1998, McGibbon was dropped once again from Greening's show. A final edition on 16 January 2000 comprised a nostalgic look back at old sketch material, ending with a swansong appearance by Eric the Gardener.
776:(2007–08) was a dating agency sitcom by Mark Trotman and Chris Tisdall. It starred Jo Joyner, Mark Heap, Sarah Hadland, Giles New, Julia Deakin and Bruce MacKinnon. The series was produced by Andrew McGibbon, Nick Romero and Lianne Coop.
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Christmas hit. In the event, it failed to chart. Issued on Mental Temple, McGibbon's own label, it was mixed and produced by Danton Supple who would later produce
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October 1995, although he returned to assist during the depleted airtime available in Greening's drive time slot from February – October 1997.
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on acid". Gillian Reynolds summed it up as an "inventive commentary on humanity, cruelty, folly and the chaos of consciousness, all done in the style of a comic strip. It is original, bold amazingly brilliant."
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sessions, lasting until the singer songwriter's sharp change of direction into rockabilly in 1992. This period of Paresi's career would later be chronicled in a BBC Radio 4 documentary,
564:(2001–03) followed and were similarly fantastical. The sitcom was a musical about Tom Caine, a man with a band living inside his head. It was co-written with Nick Romero and starred
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699:(2005) was the first in a sequence of profiles of people who once worked with great artists. McGibbon himself was the initial subject. Two short series of
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2364:Without Music the World Dies
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1998:""Goodbye, Dr Pickerskill""
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189:I Used to Love the Radio
185:Love in a World Gone Mad
139:Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
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119:Berklee School of Music
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2463:Very Best of Morrissey
2435:The CD Singles '88–91'
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2531:Introducing Morrissey
2524:The Malady Lingers On
2442:The Best of Morrissey
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1378:The Morricone Affair
1339:Not Today, Thank You
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731:Not Today, Thank You
414:The Canterbury Tales
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1585:Doctor Who Magazine
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1411:The Cornwell Estate
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935:Writing on the Wall
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515:The Daily Telegraph
198:Writing on the Wall
2559:Morrissey: 25 Live
2414:World of Morrissey
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2343:Low in High School
2315:You Are the Quarry
1942:The Sunday Express
1829:, 23 January 2011"
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2188:Neil Taylor
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282:Ned Sherrin
272:Local radio
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