Another source has these...
Series 1
"A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker, also featuring Terence Brady and Pauline Yates with Gordon Langford at the piano."
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead was a radio sketch show broadcast in the early 1970s. There were two series, in 1971 and 1972, as well as a Christmas show from 1971, and a special from 1972 called Just a Few Lines... which as far as I can make out was a sort of retrospective; edited highlights from the previous shows.
A third series was planned by the producers and writers, which included Ronnie Barker in his Gerald Wiley alias, the same pen name he used when writing for the Two Ronnies. In fact there's some crossover between Lines... and The Two Ronnies, with some sketches showing up in both.
Alas, the third series never happened, but the first two have been repeated on Radio 4 Extra in recent years. The show's producer reportedly has all the mastertapes from the original recordings, including sketches cut out from the broadcasts and never used which could be broadcast in the future.
The quality of these recordings isn't great - they almost sound like they might have been taped from a medium wave radio at the time of the original broadcasts. Personally, I think that gives them a rather charming character, but if they should be repeated on Radio 4 Extra again I encourage someone to record them and make them available.
Lines From My Grandfather'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 revealed to be Ronnie Barker, and many others. Produced by John Fawcett Wilson.
There does not seem to be a definitive set of LFMGF Series 1. The episodes here have been culled from various sources. A few of the episodes include slightly different sketches depending upon when they were broadcast; i.e. those from Old Time Radio sources - originating from the 1970s - differ slightly from those broadcast by the BBC's Radio 7 in about 2009. There is even one recording from a BBC transcription disk via the NZBC.
This upload is probably as definitive as its possible to get.
Similarly online episode information also differs slightly; see:
www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/linesforehead.html=====
Series 1
Broadcast on Radio 4 on a Fridays at 11.15pm.
Date -------- Rec. Date -------- Tape No.
21.7.72 -------- 09.6.72 -------- T50586
28.7.72 -------- 09.6.72 -------- T50587
04.8.72 -------- 09.6.72 -------- T50588
11.8.72 -------- 02.7.72 -------- T50589
18.8.72 -------- 01.7.72 -------- T50590
25.8.72 -------- 01.7.72 -------- T50591
01.9.72 -------- 21.7.72 -------- T50592
08.9.72 -------- 21.7.72 -------- T50593
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Series 2
"A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker, also featuring Terence Brady and Pauline Yates with Gordon Langford at the piano."
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead was a radio sketch show broadcast in the early 1970s. There were two series, in 1971 and 1972, as well as a Christmas show from 1971, and a special from 1972 called Just a Few Lines... which as far as I can make out was a sort of retrospective, edited highlights from the previous shows.
A third series was planned by the producers and writers, which included Ronnie Barker in his Gerald Wiley alias, the same pen name he used when writing for the Two Ronnies. In fact there's some crossover between the two series with some sketches showing up in both.
Alas, the third series never happened, but the first two have been repeated on Radio 4 Extra in recent years. The show's producer reportedly has all the mastertapes from the original recordings, including sketches cut out from the broadcasts and never used which could be broadcast in the future.
The quality of these recordings isn't great - they almost sound like they might have been taped from a medium wave radio at the time of the original broadcasts. Personally, I think that gives them a rather charming period character, but if they should be repeated on Radio 4 Extra again I encourage someone to record them and make them available.
These are not my rips, I got them several years ago from a now defunct tracker, and I include the original uploader's description, for posterity.
Lines From My Grandfather'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 revealed to be Ronnie Barker, and many others. Produced by John Fawcett Wilson.
There does not seem to be a definitive set of LFMGF Series 2. The episodes here have been culled from various sources. A few of the episodes include slightly different sketches depending upon when they were broadcast; i.e. those from Old Time Radio sources - originating from the 1970s - differ slightly from those broadcast by the BBC's Radio 7 in about 2009.
This upload is probably as definitive as its possible to get.
Similarly online episode information also differs slightly; see:
www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/linesforehead.html=====
Series 2
Broadcast on Radio 4 on a Fridays at 11.15pm.
Date -------- Rec. Date -------- Tape No.
21.7.72 -------- 09.6.72 -------- T50586
28.7.72 -------- 09.6.72 -------- T50587
04.8.72 -------- 09.6.72 -------- T50588
11.8.72 -------- 02.7.72 -------- T50589
18.8.72 -------- 01.7.72 -------- T50590
25.8.72 -------- 01.7.72 -------- T50591
01.9.72 -------- 21.7.72 -------- T50592
08.9.72 -------- 21.7.72 -------- T50593
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Christmas Special
"A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker, also featuring Terence Brady and Pauline Yates with Gordon Langford at the piano."
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead was a radio sketch show broadcast in the early 1970s. There were two series, in 1971 and 1972, as well as a Christmas show from 1971, and a special from 1972 called Just a Few Lines... which as far as I can make out was a sort of retrospective, edited highlights from the previous shows.
A third series was planned by the producers and writers, which included Ronnie Barker in his Gerald Wiley alias, the same pen name he used when writing for the Two Ronnies. In fact there's some crossover between the two series with some sketches showing up in both.
Alas, the third series never happened, but the first two have been repeated on Radio 4 Extra in recent years. The show's producer reportedly has all the mastertapes from the original recordings, including sketches cut out from the broadcasts and never used which could be broadcast in the future.
This is not my rip, I got it several years ago from a now defunct tracker, and I include the original uploader's description, for posterity.
Lines From My Grandfather'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 revealed to be Ronnie Barker, and many others. Produced by John Fawcett Wilson.
Further episode information can be found at:
radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/lines_from_my_grandfather_s_forehead.htmlwww.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/linesforehead.htmlLines From My Grandfather's Forehead - Christmas Special
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on a Friday at 11.15pm.
Title Date: 24.12.71
Rec. Date: 7.11.71
Tape No. T36185
Christmas Special:
Spoof 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'.
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