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13 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
60 mins
Episode 2
Episode 3
60 mins
Britain's appetite for radio comedy has been unwavering for decades, and many of television's greatest comedy shows began life on radio. This programme looks back at how comedy fashions have changed over the years and why radio still rules.
Episode 4
This programme explores how characteristics of the old Light Programme (BBC Radio 2's original name from its birth in 1945 until 1967) still remain, with many interesting programme still hidden away for the minority listener.

Episode 5
60 mins

Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
60 mins

Episode 10
Episode 11
60 mins
Episode 12
60 mins
Why has Christmas dinner endured for so long? A look at how food fashions and changing attitudes to new foods over the years have crept into the biggest family meal of the year.

Episode 13
Peter York takes a look at advertising's rise in success from the 1950s to the decline in creativity in present day advertising.