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BBC Comedy Down Line Radio 4 TheWritten by Paul Whitehouse, Ryhs Thomas
Read by Paul Whitehouse, Rhys Thomas,
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Down the Line is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises popular radio phone-in shows. The show, hosted by “Gary Bellamy” (Rhys Thomas), is semi-improvised and is written and performed in a style of heightened realism.
Down the Line was first broadcast in May 2006. The pre-show publicity did not indicate that the show was a pre-recorded comedy, describing it as a live phone-in featuring “award winning” DJ Gary Bellamy, and led to many complaints from listeners who apparently failed to spot it was a spoof, generating considerable publicity for the programme. It was subsequently revealed that the show is written and performed by several familiar figures in British comedy, including Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.