The Children's Hour (radio)
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The Children's Hour was a UK
4 part comedy
programme broadcast by the BBC
on Radio 4
between 2 December 1998 and 30 December 1998. It starred Alexander Armstrong
and Ben Miller
as media journalists Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones in a spoof music/children's/cultural review programme. No episode was broadcast on 23 December 1998 due to extended news coverage.
Each episode would see them attempting to get a scoop on the opposition by visiting various events such as music festivals and media parties ; although most of the time they ended up making fools of themselves - on one occasion attempting to interview a non-existent band called Atering-Catering-Cat.
United Kingdom
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4 part comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
programme broadcast by the BBC
BBC
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on Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
between 2 December 1998 and 30 December 1998. It starred Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong (comedian)
Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a British comedian, actor and television presenter.-Early life and career:Armstrong was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, the youngest of three children, to Henry Angus Armstrong and his wife Emma Virginia Peronnet Thompson-McCausland, daughter of Lucius...
and Ben Miller
Ben Miller
Bennet Evan "Ben" Miller is an English comedian, actor and director. He is perhaps best known as one half of comedy double act Armstrong and Miller, along with Alexander Armstrong. Together the pair wrote and starred in Channel 4 sketch show Armstrong and Miller, and the more recent BBC television...
as media journalists Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones in a spoof music/children's/cultural review programme. No episode was broadcast on 23 December 1998 due to extended news coverage.
Each episode would see them attempting to get a scoop on the opposition by visiting various events such as music festivals and media parties ; although most of the time they ended up making fools of themselves - on one occasion attempting to interview a non-existent band called Atering-Catering-Cat.