Christopher Douglas on Radio Comedy

The co-creator and star of hit Radio 4 comedy series Ed Reardon’s Week - Christopher Douglas - is this week’s special guest! Christopher talks about radio comedy and its impact and influence on postwar Britain and his own involvement in the medium. Apart from the Goons we talked about Muir & Norden’s writing partnership, June Whitfield working with Peter Sellers, Stars In Battledress, Tony Hancock, the importance of spot FX in radio comedy and the infamous (and highly proscriptive!) BBC Green Book. As well as playing Ed Reardon and the hapless cricketer Dave Podmore, Christopher has been involved in radio series such as Beauty of Britain, Mastering The Universe and the recent Tinniswood Award-winning adaptation of Tristram Shandy. If you include the bonus shows this is Goon Pod’s 50th episode folks, with plenty more fun to come, and my thanks to Christopher and everyone else who has contributed to the podcast’s success since it launched in May 2021 – here’s to loads more!