Blaster Bates (Derek Macintosh Bates, 1923-2006)

Last Edited: 04-Sep-2012 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
Recordings
Date Title Cast Parameters
1967
 Laughter with a Bang
  • Introduction: Hints on the Use of Explosives
  • Big Mick from Connemara
  • Island in the River Dane
  • The Pub that Changed Colour
  • The Hunt
     
  • Oulton Park: The Naming of “Knicker Brook”
  • Saltworks and Canal
  • The Shower of … over Cheshire
 Blaster Bates
  1. 19:56, 18694, M
  2. 20:56, 19636, M
1968
 1001 Gelignites
  • Introduction
  • Ladies’ Luncheon Club
  • Behind the Scenes at BBC 2
     
  • Batesy in the Graveyard
  • Widening the A5
  • Mammy!
  • All Our Heads Will Roll
 Blaster Bates
  1. 19:38, 18413, M
  2. 19:17, 18083, M
1969
 TNT for Two
  • Introduction
  • Batesy Develops Rockets
  • The Flying Queerthing
     
  • Pork Pies at the Crematorium
  • The Clockwork Orange
  • Geronimo
 Blaster Bates
  1. 20:53, 19591, M
  2. 22:00, 20637, M
1971
 Watch Out for the Bits!
  • Introduction
  • Humble Beginnings
  • Highest up the Wall
  • The Bank Strongroom
  • Thrutching the Pike
     
  • The Record Shop
  • Artificial Insemination
  • The Butterless Butty
  • Behind the Scenes at BBC 2 (new version)
  • The Glove Compartment
  • Two Final Quickies: Mummy Will Worry – Wee Sandy
 Blaster Bates
  1. 23:49, 22331, M
  2. 23:40, 22192, M
1973
 Lift Off
  • Introductory Preamble
  • One of Life’s Tragedies
  • Gelignite in the Coalshed
  • The De-Mob Suit
  • The Torrey Canyon
  • Off the Coast of Monaco
     
  • Into the Main Sewer
  • In Court Again
  • More about the Old Van
  • His Lordship’s Goblin
  • What a Way to Go
 Blaster Bates
  1. 21:25, 20082, M
  2. 20:28, 19190, M
1975
 Gelly Babe
  • Introduction
  • Various Nasty Pieces of Ordnance
  • Dubbin’ Shears
  • A Big Gob of Offal
  • A Shedful of Pigs
  • The Tailor’s Dummy
  • Three Chimney-stacks at Taunton
     
  • Badgers in the Wood
  • The Concrete Block
  • On a See-Saw
  • Site Meeting
  • Surveying the Sewage Works
  • The Frozen Miner
 Blaster Bates
  1. 22:38, 21231, M
  2. 18:53, 17704, M
1980 Blastermind
  • Bad News from the Manor
  • The Ill-Fated Greenhouse
  • Come when It’s Foggy
  • Old Bess
  • Gelignite in the Taxi
  • The Last of the Iron Boats
     
  • Having an FFI
  • The Van Full of Letters
  • On the Parkinson Show
  • In the Neuro Ward
  • Presentation at the Palace
 Blaster Bates
  1. 20:34, 19294, M
  2. 21:08, 19816, M
1984 Hunting and Shooting Stories
  • A detailed and Quizzical look at a wide range of guns and ammunition
    with comments on and anecdotes about their uses and misuses
  • The Black and Yellow Labradors
     
  • Gerhardt and the Rabbit
  • Come Here Puffer
  • On Safari
  • The Consultant Dog
  • The Ill-Fated Gundog (One of Life’s Tragedies)
  • The Hunt
 Blaster Bates
  
Documentaries and Collateral Material
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