It's A Fair Cop (Radio)

[nathangeorge]

Hi
I was listening to Barry Cryer presenting comedy programmes from 1960 on BBC Radio 4 Extra earlier today and he played an episode of this Eric Sykes comedy. In the short intro he said the episode played today was the only one that's ever been returned to the BBC. I do not know how old Cryer's linking material is and as I have very limited internet access I'm unable to find out whether or not any further episodes have been returned since Cryer's links were recorded. Does anybody know if the BBC still have only 1 episode of this radio show? It was slow but really quite funny in a gentle old school way so I'd be interested to know, if anyone can answer my question.

[Simon B Kelly]

According to the BBC programme page the 3-hour show "Comedy Greats" that included this episode was made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003, so Barry's links would have been recorded back then...

Genome tells us there were only ever 8 episodes of "It's a Fair Cop", written by John Junkin and Terry Nation, broadcast once only on the Light Programme between May and July 1961.

[darrenlee]

Four episodes (including the one on Barry Cryer's Comedy Greats) are on Youtube (and elsewhere).