A chronology of RadioActive!
By Mike Brown
A chronology of one of the most popular BBC Radio 4 comedy series of the eighties.
The shows were written and performed by Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens, with additional material by by Richard Curtis, Jon Canter, John Docherty, Moray Hunter, Roger Planer and Michael Fenton Stevens. The music was by Philip Pope, with Steve Brown.
The series later transferred to BBC2 as KY-TV.
| Show | Title | TX Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | |||
| 01 | The Late Show with Mike Channel | 8/09/81 | |
| 02 | Bedrock with Mike Flex | 15/09/81 | |
| 03 | The Midday Show with Anna Daptor | 22/09/81 | |
| 04 | The Radio Active Roadshow | 29/09/81 | |
| 05 | What’s News? with Mike Flex and Mike Channel | 6/10/81 | |
| 06 | The Radio Active Awards | 13/10/81 | |
| Series 2 | |||
| 01 | The History of Radio Active | 16/08/82 | |
| 02 | Radio Active’s Radiothon | 23/08/82 | |
| 03 | Good Day Sport | 30/08/82 | |
| 04 | What’s Going On? | 6/09/82 | |
| 05 | The Nigel Pry Show | 13/09/82 | |
| 06 | Pick of the Week | 20/09/82 | |
| Series 3 | |||
| 01 | Radio Active’s Euroshow | 12/07/83 | |
| 02 | Radio Active’s Probe Round The Back | 19/07/83 | |
| 03 | Radio Active Funday | 26/07/83 | |
| 04 | Repeat After Three | 2/08/83 | |
| 05 | Lunchtime With Anna | 9/08/83 | |
| 06 | Radio Active At the Edinburgh Festival | 16/08/83 | |
| Special | |||
| Radio Active’s Christmas Turkey | 20/12/83 | ||
| Series 4 | |||
| 01 | Salute To New York | 9/07/84 | |
| 02 | The Martin Brown Show | 16/07/84 | |
| 03 | Round Your Parts | 23/07/84 | |
| 04 | The Breakfast Show | 30/07/84 | |
| 05 | Radio Active’s Minorities Show | 6/08/84 | |
| 06 | Radio Active’s Bioshow: Sir John Leslie | 13/08/84 | |
| 07 | Radio Active’s Gigantaquiz | 20/08/84 | |
| 08 | Martin Chizzlenut | 27/08/84 | |
| Series 5 | |||
| 01 | Wimbledon Special | 5/07/85 | |
| 02 | Nuclear Debate | 12/07/85 | |
| 03 | Out of Your Depth | 19/07/85 | |
| 04 | Radio Active in Australia | 26/07/85 | |
| 05 | Get Away With You | 2/08/85 | |
| 06 | Wey Hey - it’s Saturday | 9/08/85 | |
| 07 | Radio Active Music Festival | 16/08/85 | |
| 08 | Did You Catch It? | 23/08/85 | |
| Series 6 | |||
| 01 | Thodding Byelection Special | 11/10/86 | |
| 02 | The Fit & Fat Show | 18/10/86 | |
| 03 | Radio Active’s Bogie Awards | 25/10/86 | |
| 04 | The D-Day Show | 1/11/86 | |
| 05 | Radio Active Film Festival | 8/11/86 | |
| 06 | Stop That Crime UK | 15/11/86 | |
| 07 | In-House Documentary | 22/11/86 | MB |
| 08 | Backchat | 29/11/86 | MB |
| Series 7 | |||
| 01 | It Was 20 Years Ago Last Tuesday | 29/08/87 | |
| 02 | Radio Active’s Radio Radio programme | 5/09/87 | |
| 03 | God Alone Knows | 12/09/87 | |
| 04 | Probe Round The Back | 19/09/87 | MB |
| 05 | Mike Says ‘Here’s A Bit of Talent’ | 26/09/87 | |
| 06 | The ‘Flu Special | 3/10/87 | KR |
| 07 | You and Your Things with Lynn Folds-Over | 10/10/87 | |
| 08 | Radio Active’s Mega Phone-In | 17/10/87 | |
| Special | |||
| Radio Active’s Digital Turn On | 17/12/2002 | ||
- Notes
- MB - Morwenna Banks replaced Helen Atkinson-Wood
- KR - Also featured Kate Robbins
Compiled by Mike Brown with Andrew Burford, John Butler and Andrew Bowden
