Lines From My Granfather's Forehead

A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker, also featuring Terence Brady and Pauline Yates with Gordon Langford at the piano. The lines are contributed by Tony Bilbow and Mike Fentiman, Terence Brady, John Graham, Harold Pinter, Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks, and Gerald Wiley, who, of course, was later revelaed to be Ronnie Barker. Produced by John Fawcett Wilson.

:: Series 1

Broadcast on Radio 4 of a Monday at 8pm with a subsequent repeated the following Friday at 11.15pm.

TitleDateRec. DateTape No.
15.2.71
22.2.717.1.71T50608
1.3.714.1.71T50609
8.3.717.1.71T50610
15.3.7115.1.71T50611
22.3.717.1.71T50612
29.3.7115.1.71T50613
5.4.7119.7.71T50605

:: Christmas Special

Broadcast on Radio 4 of a Friday at 11.15pm.

TitleDateRec. DateTape No.Details
Christmas Special24.12.717.11.71T36185Spoof Queen's Christmas Message as written & delivered by a milkman. Courtroom sketch. Office party sketch. 48-year-old muses on whether Santa Claus will still visit (in verse). People wonder what to give each other. Song by Father Christmas. Couple putting their tree up. Dickensian-style song by homeless mother. Elephant delivered as present. Verbose version of 'White Christmas'.

:: Series 2

Broadcast on Radio 4 of a Friday at 11.15pm.

TitleDateRec. DateTape No.
21.7.729.6.72T50586
28.7.729.6.72T50587
4.8.729.6.72T50588
11.8.722.7.72T50589
18.8.721.7.72T50590
25.8.721.7.72T50591
1.9.7221.7.72T50592
8.9.7221.7.72T50593

:: Special

Broadcast on Radio 4 of a Friday at 11.15pm.

TitleDateRec. DateTape No.Details
Just a Few Lines...27.8.774.8.77T36185A sequential entertainment for radio, with items selected from past editions of the series.