Whose Line Is It Anyway? (radio series)

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Genre Improvisational comedy
Running time30 minutes
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home station BBC Radio 4
TV adaptations Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)
Hosted by Clive Anderson
Starring
Created by
Original release2 January (1988-01-02) –
6 February 1988 (1988-02-06)
No. of series1
No. of episodes6

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (abbreviated to Whose Line? or WLIIA) is a short-form improvisational comedy radio programme, which ran for six episodes on BBC Radio 4 in 1988. A television version of the show began on Channel 4 later that year, which ran for ten years. Following the conclusion of the British television show in 1998, ABC began airing an American television version, which lasted until 2007 before returning on The CW in 2013.

Contents

The show consisted of a panel of four performers who create characters, scenes and songs on the spot, in the style of short-form improvisation games, many taken from theatresports. Topics for the games were based on predetermined prompts from the host.

Episodes

Each of the six episodes was hosted by Clive Anderson and featured John Sessions and Stephen Fry as two of the four performers. [1]

No.DateGuest performersGames
12 January 1988 Dawn French Lenny Henry Authors, Wrong Theme Tune, Every Other Line, Favourite Characters, Improvising a Rap, Change of Company, Worst People
29 January 1988 Hugh Laurie Enn Reitel Authors, Genre Option, Wrong Theme Tune, Every Other Line, Party Pieces, Improvising a Rap, Worst People
316 January 1988Nonny Williams Jimmy Mulville Authors, Genre Option, Wrong Theme Tune, Every Other Line, Improvising a Rap, Interviews, Worst People
423 January 1988 Kate Robbins Griff Rhys Jones Authors, Genre Option, Improvising a Rap, Party Pieces, Great Debate, Bad Applicants
530 January 1988 Jimmy Mulville John Bird Authors, Genre Option, Every Other Line, Advertisements, Great Debate, Commiserations
66 February 1988 Jon Glover Rory Bremner Authors, Genre Option, Advertisements, Couples, Great Debate, Improvising a Rap, Bad Chat-Up Lines

References

  1. ↑ Lavalie, John (14 May 2005). "Whose Line is It Anyway? [Radio]". epguides.com. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
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