Injury Time (radio series)

Injury Time

Genre	Sketch show
Running time	30 minutes
Home station	BBC Radio 4
TV adaptations	Who Dares Wins
Starring	Robert Bathurst Martin Bergman Rory McGrath Jimmy Mulville Emma Thompson
Written by	The cast Douglas Adams Clive Anderson Owen Brenman Stephen Fry Griff Rhys-Jones
Produced by	Geoffrey Perkins
Original release	1 August 1980 – 10 August 1982
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18
Opening theme	"You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)"

Injury Time was a radio comedy programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during the summers of 1980, 1981 and 1982, ^[1] with a 1982 New Year's Special ^[2]

The show starred Robert Bathurst, Griff Rhys-Jones, Martin Bergman, Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville and Emma Thompson. ^{[3] [4]}

Sketches included Rory McGrath parodying Shaw Taylor in Police 5 . ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Injury Time (a Titles and Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
2. "Injury Time". thegbcc.info. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
3. "Emma Thompson: A Life in Pictures". bafta.org. Retrieved 3 May 2018. I saw my way through University doing radio sketch shows, with Griff, Jimmy, and Rory, something called 'Injury Time'
4. "BBC Genome Project". Injury Time (1st episode). Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
5. Turner, Alwyn (20 July 2010). "The Birth of Alternative Comedy". Sabotage Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
6. "Injury Time". TV Cream. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

External links

• "Injury Time". britishcomedy.org.uk.
• "Injury Time". thegbcc.info.^{[ dead link ]}
• "Injury Time (a Titles and Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
• 1982-06-14 Felix: the newsletter of Imperial College Students' Union "Injury Time, A Radio 4 revue with Robert Bathurst, Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath, Emma Thompson and Griff Rhys Jones will be recorded on Sunday, May 16 at 7:15pm in the Union Concert Hall (free) Tickets available from Union Office"