#bbc comedy

Remembering actor and playwright Frank Williams, who passed away June 26th, 2022, just short of his 91st birthday. He is remembered with enormous fondness by generations of fans as Timothy Farthing, the perpetually exasperated Vicar in the BBC’s Dad’s Army; on television, radio, stage, and in two feature films separated by almost half a century.

This is a clip from our complete tribute episode which was released to coincide with the first anniversary of Frank Williams' passing. His friend, leading television historian, author, podcaster and publisher, Oliver Crocker, joined us to share some personal memories of this incredibly talented, generous and exceedingly kind gentleman.

In this clip we sample some very special audio of Mr Williams himself, reminiscing about the adventures and misadventures of a working actor as a film extra, on live television, and in Dad's Army. This was part of a longer segment on the original episode, courtesy of Oliver's personal archive.

Find the full episode here, with additional notes and links to further reading, viewing and listening.

"ONE TRACK LOVER" - just wait til the chorus

I've seen a few posts of the photos from Funny From The Fringe radio show podcast, but have yet to see a comprehensive post.

If you are unaware of what Funny from the Fringe was, it was a daily Radio 4 BBC podcast that was released for each day of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 and 2017, recorded live on scene. It also includes some bonus episodes. It was hosted by Phil Ellis and in each episode he interviews and talks to a few comedians (exact number varies per episode, usually 2 or 3).

All episodes are available (and linked) on BBC, and is not region locked, so all countries should be able to access it, without a VPN. Although, the site will look different depending on if you're in the UK or not (because of iPlayer I think?).

Episodes are downloadable, straight from the site on each episode, or can be streamed.

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Day 1: Sofie Hagen and Mark Cooper-Jones

(Sofie Hagen pictured)

Day 2: Jake Yapp and Mae Martin

(Mae Martin pictured)

Day 3: Mark Watson and Ian D Montfort

(Mark Watson pictured)

Day 4: Nish Kumar and Fern Brady

(Nish Kumar pictured)

Day 5: Angus Deayton, Ellie Taylor and Harry Venning

(Angus Deayton pictured)

Day 6: Nick Mohammed, The Birthday Girls and a tour of the Blundabus

(The Birthday Girls pictured)

Day 7: Marcus Brigstocke, Lou Sanders and advice from the street performers of Edinburgh

(Lou Sanders pictured)

Day 8: David O'Doherty, Paul Foot, Sarah Callaghan and Comedy in the Dark

(David O'Doherty pictured)

Day 9: Jack Carroll, Tom Neenan, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and some spooky underground Edinburgh vaults

(Kiri Pritchard-McLean pictured)

Day 10: Mark Steel, Danielle Ward and a night out on the town in Edinburgh

(Mark Steel pictured)

Day 11: Susan Calman, BBC New Comedy Award winner Jethro Bradley and Richard Gadd

(Richard Gadd pictured)

Day 12: Andy Zaltzman, a thwarted haircut and Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

(Andy Zaltzman pictured)

Day 13: Jenny Collier, a singing taxi driver and a visit to the gym with David Longley

(Jenny Collier pictured)

Day 14: Spencer Jones, Liz Miele and a trip up the Scott Monument

(Spencer Jones pictured)

Day 15: Andrew Maxwell, Tez Ilyas and a visit to the fortune teller

(Andrew Maxwell pictured)

Day 16: Al Porter, Suzi Ruffell and an unsung Fringe hero

(Al Porter pictured)

Day 17: Phil Nichol, Jamali Maddix and Arthur Smith's Royal Mile Tour

(Phil Nichol pictured)

Day 18: Mark Thomas, Sophie Willan and Asian Network Big Comedy Night

(Sophie Willian pictured)

Day 19: Nina Conti, Loyiso Gola and Brennan Reece

(no guest picture, just one of the FFtF promo shots of Phil Ellis)

Day 20: James Acaster, Felicity Ward and Pokemon Hunting on The Meadows...

(James Acaster pictured)

Day 21: Kieran Hodgson, Edinburgh Comedy Award Newcomers and a late night kebab with Pat Cahill

(Kieran Hodgson pictured)

Day 22: Seann Walsh and Des Bishop plus Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominees

(Seann Walsh pictured)

Day 23: The Winners of this year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards are revealed

(Richard Gadd and Scott Gibson pictured)

Day 24: Phil signs off

(It was the same promo pic from earlier, so I have found another photo from the same shoot, from Alamy Stock, photographer unknown.)

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