1966 and All That (radio)

1966 and All That

Genre	Satirical history
Running time	35:00
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Written by	Craig Brown
Narrated by	Joss Ackland Eleanor Bron Rory Bremner John Humphreys Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Original release	8 September (2006-09-08) – 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29)
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0100q3l

This article is about the radio series of this title. For other uses, see 1966 and All That (disambiguation).

1966 and All That is a radio adaptation of the book of the same name in four episodes, broadcast between 8 September and 29 September 2006. Written by Craig Brown, the series was narrated by Eleanor Bron, Joss Ackland, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. In 2007, it won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award. ^[1]

The book and series are a comic reworking of the history of Britain in the 20th century, and therefore an homage and sequel to 1066 and All That , published in the 1930s and originally serialised in Punch .

Episodes

Four episodes of approximately thirty minutes each.

Episode 1: 1920s ("An Irresponsible Decade") And 1930s ("An Anxious Decade")

King George V utters some unmemorable last words; DH Lawrence of Arabia writes Lady Chatterbox's Llama; and John Yogi Bear discovers the BBC, run by Lord Funeral Wreath, but finds there's not much on. The nation first faced sex and didn't like what it saw.

Episode 2: 1940s

The French Resistance triumph under General de Girl; Hitler gets stuck in a bunker; and John Humphrys interviews Churchill.

Episode 3: 1960s

Albert Einstein discovers The Beatles. We take a look at the era of Flour Power; the World Cup is won by a team of men all called Bobby; and the Royal Family attempts to stay with-it by barbecuing.

Episode 4: 1980s And 1990s

Neil Knock-Knock, an after-dinner joke, becomes leader of the Labour Party; Jeffrey Archer reveals he's won the Nobel Prize; Lloads of London goes pear-shaped; and John Minor stands against himself, and loses.

References

1. "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2007". The Guardian. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

External links

• Episode listing