The Shuttleworths is a comedy show that so far has aired for five series and numerous specials on BBC 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...

. It features "versatile singer/songwriter from Sheffield, South Yorkshire" John Shuttleworth

John Shuttleworth (character)

John Shuttleworth is a fictional singer-songwriter and radio presenter, created by English comedy actor and musician, Graham Fellows in 1986. Shuttleworth is in his late 40s and is from Walkley in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He has a quiet manner and slightly nerdish tendencies...

, his wife Mary, neighbour Ken Worthington, their two teenage children Darren and Karen, and a host of other minor characters. All parts are voiced by comedian Graham Fellows

Graham Fellows

Graham David Fellows is an English comedy actor and musician, best known for creating the characters of John Shuttleworth and Jilted John.-Early life:...

.

Each fifteen minute episode is based around John's musings on the minutae of everyday life, and interspersed with his own bizarre bouncy keyboard ditties on such varied matters as Austin Ambassador

Austin Ambassador

The Austin Ambassador was a medium-to-large hatchback car model introduced by British Leyland in 1982. The vehicle was a heavily updated version of the Princess, an ageing model that had lacked a hatchback...

s, garden centres and toast, all performed (usually badly) on his Yamaha

Yamaha (manufacturer)

is a multinational corporation and conglomerate based in Japan with a wide range of products and services, predominantly musical instruments, electronics, motorcycles and power sports equipment.-History:...

 Portasound electronic keyboard.

Radio Shuttleworth

From 1998, John's attempt to set up a local radio station "serving the Sheffield region - and a little bit further even" was broadcast as two series of Radio Shuttleworth. The programmes followed a similar format to The Shuttleworths, but their new length of thirty minutes allowed guest slots (Impress an Impresario, Make Mary Merry, Annoy a prospective employer) and opportunities to interview celebrities on the show. The show was a Radio 4 continuation of the 1994 Radio 1 series Shuttleworth's Showtime, and some guests and segments (including Make Mary Merry) had previously appeared on the Radio 1 incarnation.

John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

In John Shuttleworth's Open Mind, John attempted to investigate five unsolved phenomena that fascinate the nation. Each programme was thirty minutes long. This was effectively a third series of Radio Shuttleworth.

The Shuttleworths

Series	Episode	Title	First broadcast
1	1	Cotton Buddies	11 October 1993
	2	Mini-Break in Giggleswick Giggleswick Giggleswick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England near the town of Settle. It is the site of Giggleswick School.-Origin of name:A Dictionary of British Place Names contains the entry:...	12 October 1993
	3	How...	13 October 1993
	4	The Pillock Of The Community	14 October 1993
	5	One Foot In The Gravy	26 March 1994
	6	John Goes to London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	2 April 1994
Special	1	Xmas Eve With The Shuttleworths	20 December 1993
Special	2	New Year With The Shuttleworths	31 December 1993
Special	3	Europigeon	28 April 1994
2	1	Wireless Wanderings (1)	28 June 1995
	2	Wireless Wanderings (2)	5 July 1995
	3	The Birthday Bench	12 July 1995
	4	John Dries Up	19 July 1995
	5	Shuttleworth Diplomacy	26 July 1995
Special	4	John Shuttleworth's Open House #1	26 September 1996
Special	5	A Christmas Carol	25 December 1996
3	1	Chic Ken	8 October 1997
	2	Ping Pong Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...  Pangs	15 October 1997
	3	Radio Shuttleworth	22 October 1997
	4	Caravan Travel trailer A travel trailer or caravan is towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent . It provides the means for people to have their own home on a journey or a vacation, without relying on a motel or hotel, and enables them to stay in places...  Capers	29 October 1997
	5	John Le Shuttle	5 November 1997
	6	Midsummer Madras Madras sauce Madras curry or Madras sauce is a fairly hot curry sauce, red in color and with heavy use of chili powder.-Origins:Madras curry is said to originate from the south of India and gets its name from the city of Madras now known as Chennai, when English merchants arrived there in 1640...	12 November 1997
Special	6	John Shuttleworth's Open House #2	31 December 1997
Special	7	The Leg End of Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....	26 December 2000
Special	8	Plonker's Baby	24 December 2002
4	1	Cough in the Loft	13 February 2003
	2	Chrome Alone	20 February 2003
	3	A Moving Story	27 February 2003
	4	Scare in the Community	6 March 2003
	5	Every Cloud Has a Silver Wedding	13 March 2003
	6	Hello, Hello, Hello	20 March 2003
5	1	Tale of a Toaster	12 May 2010
	2	Smells Like White Spirit	19 May 2010
	3	A Gig With Billy Joel Billy Joel William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...	26 May 2010
	4	How's Your Nan	2 June 2010
	5	Picnic at Toadmouth Rock	9 June 2010
	6	Wishee Washee Day	16 June 2010 (originally scheduled for 2 June but postponed due to Cumbria shootings Cumbria shootings The Cumbria shootings was a killing spree that occurred on 2 June 2010 when a lone gunman, Derrick Bird, killed 12 people and injured 11 others before killing himself in Cumbria, England.... )

Radio Shuttleworth

Series	Episode	Special guests	First broadcast
1	1	Leo Sayer Leo Sayer Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s... , John Hegley John Hegley John Richard Hegley is an English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter.-Early life:He was born in the Newington Green area of Islington, London, England, into a Roman Catholic household. He was brought up in Luton and Bristol...	3 November 1998
	2	Wendy Craig Wendy Craig Wendy Craig is a BAFTA Award winning English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Butterflies, ...And Mother Makes Three and ...And Mother Makes Five... , Lorraine Bowen Lorraine Bowen Lorraine Bowen is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Born in Cheltenham, Bowen was brought up in Chelmsford, Essex.... , The League Against Tedium	10 November 1998
	3	Patrick Moore Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS is a British amateur astronomer who has attained prominent status in astronomy as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter of the subject, and who is credited as having done more than any other person to raise the profile of... , Seán Cullen Seán Cullen Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye... , Jenny Eclair	17 November 1998
	4	Vanessa Feltz Vanessa Feltz Vanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th... , Boothby Graffoe Boothby Graffoe (comedian) Boothby Graffoe , is an English comedian, singer, songwriter and playwright. He is particularly known for his surreal sense of humour and work with Canadian band Barenaked Ladies.-Early life:...	24 November 1998
	5	John Kettley John Kettley John Graham Kettley is a British freelance weatherman.-Biography:Brought up on Commercial Street and educated at Todmorden Grammar School on Ferney Lee Road in Todmorden, he played cricket for Burnley and Todmorden. A geography teacher at his school sparked his interest in weather forecasting... , John Moloney, Sean Lock Sean Lock Sean Lock is an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian. He won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He is also well known for his appearances on television and radio...	1 December 1998
2	1	Barbara Dickson Barbara Dickson Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" and "January February"... , Bill Bailey Bill Bailey Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his appearances on Black Books, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.Bailey was listed by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in... , Hattie Hayridge Hattie Hayridge Hattie Hayridge is a British stand-up comedienne and actress, best known for the role of the female version of Holly in Red Dwarf during the third, fourth and fifth series, along with the role of Hilly in Parallel Universe, the final episode of the second series.After graduating from the...	24 February 2000
	2	Richard Whiteley Richard Whiteley John Richard Whiteley, OBE DL , usually known as Richard Whiteley, was an English broadcaster and journalist. He was famous for his twenty-three years as host of Countdown, a letters and numbers arrangement game show broadcast most weekdays on Channel 4... , John Otway John Otway John Otway, is an English singer-songwriter, who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring, a surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog persona.-Biography:... , Jo Enright Jo Enright Jo Enright is an English stand-up comedian and actress who has appeared in a number of television and radio comedy programmes.-Biography:...	2 March 2000
	3	Tony Hart Tony Hart Norman Antony "Tony" Hart was an English artist and children's television presenter. He was famous for television shows such as Vision On, Playbox, Take Hart and Hartbeat.-Early life:... , Lorraine Bowen Lorraine Bowen Lorraine Bowen is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Born in Cheltenham, Bowen was brought up in Chelmsford, Essex.... , Stephen Frost Stephen Frost Stephen Frost , also known as Steve Frost, is an English comedian.Frost is known for his work in the 1980s with Mark Arden as part of the double act The Oblivion Boys on Saturday Live...	9 March 2000
	4	Peter Purves Peter Purves Peter Purves is an English television presenter and actor.Purves was born in New Longton, near Preston, Lancashire, and was educated at the independent Arnold School in Blackpool, he had originally planned to go into teaching, training at Alsager College of Education, but began to act with the... , Phil Nichol Phil Nichol Phil Nichol is a Canadian comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor.-Comedy:Nichol was born in Scotland to a Scottish mother, but raised in Canada. He first found fame as a member of the musical comedy trio Corky and the Juice Pigs, known for the song " Eskimo"... , Milton Jones Milton Jones Milton Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and is a recurring guest panellist on Mock the Week...	16 March 2000
	5	Katrina Leskanich Katrina Leskanich Katrina Leskanich is an American singer and musician, long time resident of the United Kingdom. She is best known for being the lead singer and namesake of the pop band Katrina and the Waves.-Early life:... , Robert Wyatt Robert Wyatt Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...	23 March 2000
	6	Matthew Kelly Matthew Kelly Matthew Kelly is an English television presenter and Olivier-award winning actor. Having been trained as a theatre actor, he first came to public prominence as a television presenter of ITV light entertainment shows such as You Bet! and Stars in Their Eyes... , Mitch Benn Mitch Benn Mitch Benn is a British musician and stand-up comedian known for his humorous songs performed on BBC radio. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's satirical programme The Now Show, and has hosted other radio shows.Benn has performed at several music festivals, and at the Edinburgh Festival... , Kevin Gildea	30 March 2000

John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

Series	Episode	Title	First broadcast
1	1	UFOs	30 March 2006
	2	Ghost Ghost In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to... s	6 April 2006
	3	Vampire Vampire Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person... s	13 April 2006
	4	Fairies Fairy A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term...	20 April 2006
	5	The Bermuda Triangle Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances....	27 April 2006