The Shows
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Baggage - Series 2 (BBC Radio 4, 2006)
6x30 min comedy drama series for BBC Radio 4. Written by and starring Hilary Lyon, the series is set in the capital of Scotland and centres on the lives of three (40-ish) friends of preposterous long-standing. Now in it's second series.
They're at it again (Edinburgh, 2005)
Variety is not dead. Neither are John Sparkes and Pete Baikie who returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time in 15 years after winning four Welsh BAFTAS and numerous plaudits for their hit shows such as Absolutely, Naked Video and six series of the cult HTV show Barry Welsh Is Coming.
Frank Hovis Presents Filth (Edinburgh, 2005)
‘Filth’ featured John Sparkes as Frank Hovis, one of his regular characters when he was a stand-up and on C4’s ‘Absolutely’.
Baggage - Series 1 (BBC Radio 4, 2006)
6x30 min comedy drama series for BBC Radio 4. Written by and starring Hilary Lyon, the series was set in the capital of Scotland and centres on the lives of three (40-ish) friends of preposterous long-standing.
Pub Quiz (BBC Wales, 2001-2003)
At the end of 2001 the people at the top of BBC Wales were very worried about the amount of filth they were transmitting... So it was only natural that they should come to me, as chairman of C.U.N.T. (Clean Up National Television) for a bit of advice.
Absolutely (Channel 4, 1989-1993)
The Company’s first show Absolutely was broadcast on Channel 4 from 1990-1994 achieving both critical and commercial success and going to 4 series. It was regularly watched by 3 million viewers and was nominated for a Writers Guild Award, two British Comedy Awards and the Golden Rose of Montreux.
