ISIRTA plays, D-I

ISIRTA, D-I

Plays, with titles beginning with 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H' and 'I' on the radio comedy programme "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again"

D plays

Dentisti (Animal dentist in Africa)

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(Theme tune)

  • Skit: Antique Quiz
  • Skit: Blackmail(?) Fishpaste(?)
  • Skit: Fire and Brimstone Weather Report
  • Song: "Taking My Oyster for Walkies"
  • Play: "Dentisti"

[...] Whittington and His Wonderful Hat

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Doctor Clubfoot of the Antarctic

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Doctor Why and the Thing

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Main characters are listed in bold letters

  • The man of many names — Bill Oddie
  • Peter Pott — Tim Brooke-Taylor
  • Quasimodo — Bill Oddie
  • Doctor Why (Smith?) (a Scientist) — Graeme Garden
  • Prudence (the Doctor's granddaughter) — Jo Kendall
  • Colonel Katamoll — David Hatch
  • Mirabelle Coarsefathing — Jo Kendall
  • Chief of Staff — Bill Oddie
  • Army Sergeant — Graeme Garden

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Dr Zhivago and His Wonderful Lamp (Aladdin)

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E plays

England in Medieval Times

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(opening music)

  • Skit: Arabian Desert (exotic dancers and oil drilling)
  • Skit: Doctor with fat patient
  • Song: "Chartered Accountant"
  • Play: "England in Medieval Times" (Ancient legends; Lady Godiva)

England Our England

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  • Skit: The next programme follows in half an hour
  • Skit: Proxl lesson
  • Skit: Insurance: Herd of bison in Whitehall
  • Song: "Protect My Honey on her Journey: Send Her by Post"
  • Play: Learning to Fly (Pterodactyls: Cosmo and Thingy)
  • Busker song: "Waiting for the London Bus" (spiritual)
  • Play: "England Our England" (documentary / travelogue)

F plays

A Fairy Tale

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  • Song: "Aardvark, Ferret, Vulture"
  • Skit: Souvenir Horrible Hairy Spiders
  • Skit: Burglar(?) (Gas Board, Drain Board)
  • Message: Late cricket news (W.G. Grace is dead)
  • Play: "A Fairy Tale" (Prince Valiant and Goldilocks / Tom Little-Finger - Frog Prince)

First Pilot

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G plays

The Ghost of McMuckle Manse

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The Ghost of Objectionable Manor

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Goldilocks (and Prince Valiant)

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Greek Tragedy

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H plays

Henry VIII

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History of Radio

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History of the British Army

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History of the Cinema

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I plays

Incompetence

Cast

(cast, in order of appearance)

The characters are listed in bold letters

  • Joshua Arkwright — Graeme Garden
  • Bearer of News — Tim Brooke-Taylor
  • Jed Thorough-Budget (Chief Rioter) — Tim Brooke-Taylor
  • Rioter — Bill Oddie
  • Poet — John Cleese
  • Enoch Arkwright — David Hatch
  • Martha Scrubber-Thatchet — Jo Kendall
  • Messenger — Graeme Garden
  • Jonathan Arkwright — Bill Oddie
  • Lady Constance de Coverlet — Tim Brooke-Taylor
  • Lawyer — Graeme Garden

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The Inimitable Grimbling

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Interlude

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Inventors

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