BBC Radio 7 is no more. It's morphed into BBC Radio 4 Extra. Whilst there is clearly many exciting things coming up on the new digital station, for many comedy fans the end of Radio 7 is a sad thing.

There is nothing funny about being funny, at least not for TV comedy writers. Many have gone from gags to riches, but the men who sell their wit to TV comics insist that the job of writing a series of ...

What do “The Lone Ranger,” “All Star Western Theatre” and “The Virginian” have in common? They were all radio Westerns on the air in the year 1947. If you can’t imagine what those sounded lik,e the ...

The BBC has appointed Jane Berthoud its new head of radio comedy. "I am delighted that Jane is going to lead the Comedy team in Audio and Music," said Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer. "She has a ...