Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act which was founded in March 1983 by Dillie Keane, along with Marilyn Cutts and Lizzie Richardson. The members have varied frequently, but the central two have been Adele Anderson – who joined the group in 1984 – and Keane. The trio started performing […]
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Victoria Wood was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions which she performed at the piano. Much of her humour was grounded in […]
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Today our comedic journey arrives at the 1980’s. We begin with a selection of songs from invidual artists whose recordings found there way into popular culture. “Bucket Of Water Song” is the best-known number (and also their highest-charting single) by the The Four Bucketeers. They were an ad-hoc music/water-throwing group from the ITV children’s programme […]
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Billy Connolly is a Scottish actor, retired comedian, artist, writer, musician, and presenter. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the Scots nickname the Big Yin (“the Big One”). Known for his idiosyncratic and often improvised observational comedy, frequently including strong language, Connolly has topped many UK polls as the greatest stand-up comedian […]
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Richard Stilgoe is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician, and broadcaster who is best known for his humorous songs and frequent television appearances. His output includes collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Peter Skellern. He is also a keen puzzler who has hosted several quiz shows and written several books on the subject. In 1966 […]
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The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by Elisabeth Beresford and originally appearing in a series of children’s novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways. Although Wombles supposedly live in every country in the world, Beresford’s stories are primarily […]
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The Wurzels are an English Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset. The name of the band was dreamt up by founder Adge Cutler. It is short for mangelwurzel, a crop grown to feed livestock. They are known for using British West Country phrases “ooh arr!” and calling young people “young ‘uns” in songs. The Wurzels […]
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For our final visit to the 1960’s our selection today brings together a disparate collection of performers whose offerings epitomise the comedic song (and indeed some of the attiudes) of the period. “I’ve Been Everywhere” is a song written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959, and popularised by Lucky Starr in 1962.The Mudlarks […]
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As the 1960’s came to a close a new comedic force arose in the form of “Monty Python” They were a British surreal comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed […]
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Joyce Grenfell was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo shows. She never appeared as a stage actress, but had roles, mostly comic, in many films, including Miss Gossage in The Happiest Days of […]