The Unbroadcastable Radio Show
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The Unbroadcastable Radio Show was a monthly live comedy show performed at the Comedy Store, Manchester
. The show took the format of the recording of a radio show, featuring topical comedy written up to (and occasionally during) the day of performance.
The show has been nominated for "Best Writing" and "Best Touring Show" at the North West Comedy Awards. It has also been featured in the Liverpool and Ludlow Comedy Festivals. The show is currently in development with the BBC comedy unit.
John Warburton and Toby Hadoke performed on BBC Radio 4
's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes
doing an Unbroadcastable sketch.
The last ever Unbroadcastable Radio Show was performed on 21st June 2009. It featured Toby, Peter, Helen and Dominic.
Copley and Hadoke have performed in every single performance.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. The show took the format of the recording of a radio show, featuring topical comedy written up to (and occasionally during) the day of performance.
The show has been nominated for "Best Writing" and "Best Touring Show" at the North West Comedy Awards. It has also been featured in the Liverpool and Ludlow Comedy Festivals. The show is currently in development with the BBC comedy unit.
John Warburton and Toby Hadoke performed 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...
's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes
28 Acts in 28 Minutes
28 Acts in 28 Minutes is a stand-up TV comedy show aired on the UK's BBC Three. It comprises 28 acts, each given a minute to perform. A 3-part series also aired on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006, chaired by John Humphrys.- Show One :- Show Two :...
doing an Unbroadcastable sketch.
The last ever Unbroadcastable Radio Show was performed on 21st June 2009. It featured Toby, Peter, Helen and Dominic.
Cast
The UBRS team were:- Helen Copley - a local actress with stage, radio and television experience who also runs Act On Info Theatre in Education Company.
- Toby HadokeToby HadokeToby Hadoke is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He is particularly well known for his work on the Manchester comedy circuit, where he performs regularly. He runs the multi award winning XS Malarkey comedy club, and is involved with many of the more experimental and financially...
- a local stand-up comedian and compere of comedy club XS MalarkeyXS MalarkeyXS Malarkey is an award winning, not for profit comedy club in Fallowfield, Manchester.It is promoted and compered by the comedian and actor Toby Hadoke, and runs every Tuesday night. In 2007, a Guardian article described XS Malarkey as a "great example of how a club should be run"...
in FallowfieldFallowfieldLadybarn is the part of Fallowfield to the south-east. Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre is used by the University of Manchester: it was built by Edward Walters for Sir Joseph Whitworth, as were the Firs Botanical Grounds.-Religion:...
, as well as an experienced stage and television actor. Toby also won the inaugural Les DawsonLes DawsonLeslie "Les" Dawson was a popular English comedian remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.-Life and career:...
Award for services to comedy. - Peter SlaterPeter SlaterPeter Slater is an Australian ornithologist, wildlife artist and photographer.Slater grew up in Western Australia and moved to North Queensland in 1966. He began photographing birds from an early age, has won numerous awards in international exhibitions, and was made an Artiste of the Fédération...
- local stand-up comedian who appeared in Peter KayPeter KayPeter John Kay is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing , Phoenix Nights , Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere , Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours.-Early career:Peter Kay...
's Phoenix Nights, and other television series. - Dominic Woodward - local stand-up comedian and actor.
- Tony Kinsella, a runner-up in the City Life Comedian of the YearCity Life Comedian of the YearThe City Life Comedian of the Year competition is held annually in Manchester, and sponsored by the City Life magazine.The competition began in 1990, and has become one of the most prestigious comedy awards in the North West of England, mostly based on the subsequent success of many of its entrants...
, provides additional sketches. - Lee Fenwick - character comedian and actor, best known as one half of DieClattershenkenfietermaus, a spoof German techno group, which he has performed alongside Jason Cook at the Edinburgh FringeEdinburgh FringeThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August...
Festival. Fenwick has stood in on a semi-regular basis, when Woodward and Slater have been unavailable.
Copley and Hadoke have performed in every single performance.
Former cast members
- Alfie JoeyAlfie JoeyAlfie Joey is a British comedian and radio presenter. He currently co-presents the BBC Newcastle breakfast show.He has featured in numerous radio and television shows, such as Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music and Ideal...
- a writer, performer, and impressionist with radio experience, who also worked as a warm-up man for shows such as Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned and Time Gentlemen Please. A founder member of the UBRS, his many other performance commitments lead to his exit in February 2006. - John Warburton - former show business editor for the Sunday SportSunday SportSunday Sport is a British tabloid newspaper, published by Sport Newspapers, which was established in 1986. It prints plainly ludicrous stories, such as a double-decker London bus being found frozen in the Antarctic ice, or a World War II bomber found on the moon. Defenders of the paper pointed out...
who won the 2004 City Life Comedian of the YearCity Life Comedian of the YearThe City Life Comedian of the Year competition is held annually in Manchester, and sponsored by the City Life magazine.The competition began in 1990, and has become one of the most prestigious comedy awards in the North West of England, mostly based on the subsequent success of many of its entrants...
competition. He also wrote the book Hallelujah, a biography of the band the Happy MondaysHappy MondaysHappy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
. Warburton performs stand-up nationwide. - Mick Ferry - circuit comedian, regular Gongmeister at The Comedy Store Gong Show.