Listen to Les

Last Edited: 25-Jan-2016
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.

All series were broadcast on BBC Radio 2. Dates and order are tentative as the cast was almost always the same and Radio Times did not supply episode details.

Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
Series 1 07-Jul-1974 to 25-Aug-1974
11-Aug-1974
1-6
Britain's produced many great men
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:23, 25673, S
Series 2 08-Jun-1975 to 27-Jul-1975
22-Jun-1975
2-3
Oh give me a home where the
buffalo roam
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:50, 26092, S
Series 3 17-Oct-1976 to 05-Dec-1976
17-Oct-1976
3-1
The old town looked the same
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Pendleton
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:38, 25913, S
Series 4 07-Aug-1977 to 25-Sep-1977





Series 5 01-Oct-1978 to 19-Nov-1978





Series 6 18-Nov-1979 to 06-Jan-1980
18-Nov-1979
6-1
There is in the wild rolling dales
of Cumbria
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:37, 25884, S
25-Nov-1979
6-2
Perhaps the greatest gift bestowed
on a woman
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
28:35, 26794, m
02-Dec-1979
6-3
Some years ago when I was
on holiday
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
27:17, 25579, m
16-Dec-1979
6-5
From where I stood in front of my
alpine chalet
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
27:36, 25880, m
30-Dec-1979
6-7
... Margaret Thatcher phoning up
the wife's mother
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
26:31, 24859, m
missing opening
06-Jan-1980
6-8
Shamaka nittipoo
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
27:47, 26047, m
Series 7 07-Dec-1980 to 25-Jan-1981
07-Dec-1980
7-1
Did you know that if you shampoo
a ferret's armpit
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:47, 26059, S
14-Dec-1980 7-2
I must go down to the sea again
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:53, 26143, S
28-Dec-1980 7-4
The news that Agatha-Louise, the
wife's eldest sister, was to be married
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
28:00, 26247, S
04-Jan-1981
7-5
Within the dark confines of the
neglected burial ground
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
28:02, 26289, S
11-Jan-1981 7-6
I straddled the apex of the nameless
mountain
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:31, 25791, S
18-Jan-1981 7-7
An excess of the grape caused me to
drift towards my front door
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:47, 26052, S
25-Jan-1981 7-8
A lament in Gaelic
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:57, 26205, S
Series 8 10-Jan-1982 to 28-Mar-1982
31-Jan-1982
8-4
My boy Bill will be tall and as strong
as a tree
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
26:58, 25285, S
14-Mar-1982
8-10
For it is written in the lost book of
the old ones
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:01, 25329, S
Series 9 10-Jul-1983 to 25-Sep-1983
17-Jul-1983
9-2
The feeble rays of wan sunlight
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Roy Barraclough
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
26:59, 25296, S
24-Jul-1983 9-3
When Hurricane Agnes swept
across Indonesia
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Roy Barraclough
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
26:21, 24707, S
11-Sep-1983
9-10
Last Tuesday I woke up at 4
o'clock in the morning
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Roy Barraclough
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
26:21, 24710, S
25-Sep-1983 9-12
People often ask me how I
became a comedian
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Roy Barraclough
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
26:21, 24696, S
unknown
9-n
This week in our series is a story of
love that helped two wonderful people
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Roy Barraclough
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
22-Feb-2003
26:21, 24710, S
Series 10 20-Jan-1985 to 24-Mar-1985
20-Jan-1985
10-1
In this new series we shall be
examining how...
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R7
27:33, 25824, S
27-Jan-1985 10-2
Good evening viewer. No, radio this,
isn't it. Good evening listener
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:27, 25736, S
03-Feb-1985
10-3
When one talks of how certain people
have overcome obstacles
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
26:56, 25286, S
10-Feb-1985 10-4
If you turn off the main road past
Bridlington...
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:25, 25703, S
17-Feb-1985 10-5
Fate can so often interfere with our
lives...
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:48, 26060, S
24-Feb-1985 10-6
In this series we've discussed people
who've fought...
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:21, 26644, S
03-Mar-1985 10-7
In this series weve discussed...
Enid Fingelbon
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:36, 25881, S
10-Mar-1985 10-8

Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey

17-Mar-1985 10-9
It is written in the Good Book... Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:27, 25735, S
24-Mar-1985 10-10
A woman was up in court last week
accused of killing her husband...
Les Dawson, Colin Edwynn, Daphne Oxenford,
Eli Woods
Directed By: Brian Fitzgerald
Written and Produced By: James Casey
BBC R4X
27:27, 25735, S

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