Count Arthur Strong’s BBC Radio 4 Series

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! hit the airways of BBC Radio 4 in late December 2005 to huge critical acclaim.

'Brilliant comic creation, I laughed until it hurt' - Radio Times

Radio Choice - Telegraph
Best Entertainment - Daily Mail
Critics Choice - Independent on Sunday
Pick of the Day - Sunday Times Culture
Radio Choice - The Observer
Best Radio for Christmas - Mail on Sunday

The series hears a confused and muddled 'day in the life' of the one time Variety Star, Count Arthur Strong.

The series was commissioned following a string of star guest appearances on BBC Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe Show by Count Arthur Strong. A Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations production, the shows are actually produced by Mark Radcliffe himself. There have now been four series recorded at Komedia Brighton, Komedia Bath and the Manchester Dancehouse, and aired on BBC Radio 4. Previously, one episode of the series was also recorded in Edinburgh during the Festival Fringe. The series' CD box-sets can now be purchased from this website.

A fifth series of 'Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!', again produced by Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations, is to be recorded soon - during Autumn 2009 - in Manchester, Bath and Brighton (click here for ticket info).

Series 4 of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! will be repeated at the end of the year 2009, followed by the airing of Series 5 from week 51 (December 2009) in the 11:30-noon slot on Fridays on BBC Radio 4. This includes episode broadcasts on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, so gather all the family round for an un-missable half-hour of comedy.

Amongst his Radio work, live stage-shows and SONY Radio Award winning moments, Count Arthur also featured in two series of ITV's 'Comedy Cuts', a new comedy show that highlighted the cream of the next comic generation through stand-up and sketches. He also featured in 'Music Hall Meltdown' recorded live at the Clapham Grand, part of BBC4's Edwardian Season in Spring 2007. See Arthur on youtube for more

Arthur on the BBC 2

'Don't say I don't treat you for Christmas', Mark Radcliffe announced to his BBC Radio 2 listeners as he introduced his star guest in December 2004.

That's right everybody, it was I, Count Arthur Strong, he was on about that evening in question, when I had the very great pleasure of joining young Mark for the duration of his evening show of his he does. Oh! It was a wonderful night as I shared stories from my past and, by public demand, treated the listeners to some of my old variety acts I used to do in the 'heyday' of the variety theatre. I even chatted to one or two lucky callers, (their words, not mine), as they recalled their childhood memories of me and I done their horrorscopes for them as a thank you. I had such a good time I told Mark I'd be coming back again, and again, which, as you can imagine, he was highly delighted about.

Now Mark Radcliffe appears to have left his late evening show on the BBC, I noticed the third time I was sat in a studio alone by myself in Manchester. When I find out where he has gone to I will let somebody know.