Timeshift

Season 7, Episode 3

Episode Title: Gagging For It: TV's Hunger for Radio Comedy

Air Date: 2007-10-01

Overview:

Since its earliest days, television has looked to radio comedy for the 'next big thing'. Radio hits from Hancock's Half-Hour to Little Britain have become TV classics. But other long-running radio favourites have died a death on the screen. So what makes for a sure-fire transfer?