And Now in Colour was a radio comedy

Radio comedy

Radio comedy, or comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve sitcom elements, sketches and various types of comedy found on other media. It may also include more surreal or fantastic elements, as these can be conveyed on a small budget with just a few sound effects or some...

 programme that aired on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

 for two series (each consisting of six half-hour episodes) and two half-hour Christmas specials between March 1990 and December 1991. It starred Tim Firth

Tim Firth

Tim Firth is an English dramatist, screenwriter and songwriter.Tim Firth was born, and has lived all his life in, the North West of England on the border of Cheshire and Lancashire...

, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger

Michael Marshall Smith

Michael Marshall Smith is a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer who also writes as Michael Marshall.-Biography:...

 and William Vandyck

William Vandyck

-Acting:William Vandyk was part of the BBC Radio 4 series And Now In Colour, which also starred Tim Firth and Michael Rutger. He was also the host of the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel series King Stupid, which later became The 99p Challenge, presented by Sue Perkins...

 and has since been repeated on BBC Radio 7, most recently in 2009.

External links

You can find out more at Tim Firth's (the writer)official website: http://www.timfirth.com

• Lavalie, John. ""And Now in Colour" EpGuides. 21 Jul 2005. 29 Jul 2005.