The Million Pound Radio Show was a long-running radio programme written by and featuring Nick Revell

Nick Revell

Nick Revell is a British stand-up comedian and writer for radio and television. Born John Revell, he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, and subsequently taught English at Westminster School....

 and Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton

Andrew Neil Hamilton is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter and radio dramatist.-Early life:...

 that aired on Britain's BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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. A series of sketches, interspersed with dialogue between the two, the show ran for at least six series between 1985 and 1992 with associated Christmas specials, along with a World Cup

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 special in 1990 and a Millennium

Millennium

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 special broadcast in 1996 ("We reckon that by the time the year 2000 arrives the mere mention of the word 'millennium' will be enough to send people into life-threatening coma

Coma

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s"). Regular Andy Hamilton players such as Felicity Montagu

Felicity Montagu

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 also turned up and Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield

Henry Richard "Harry" Enfield is a BAFTA-winning English comedian, actor, writer and director.-Early life:...

 appeared in some programmes.

The show became popular in the UK through a sketch involving Pirates requiring better employment conditions ("We wants a training day!" "Aye! And a creche

Day care

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!") being repeatedly played on BBC Radio 1

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; the only cassette release of the series capitalised on this and had "Includes the famous pirate sketch!" emblazoned on the cover.

The Million Pound Radio Show is today quite frequently broadcast on the BBC Radio 7 channel, on digital radio

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 and the internet

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.

In an interview given on BBC Radio 7's "I Did It My Way", broadcast on 5 April 2008, Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton

Andrew Neil Hamilton is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter and radio dramatist.-Early life:...

said that there was a chance of a 'reunion' programme, perhaps at the next election. However, he made no firm commitment.

Series 1 (August 1985)
4 Programmes

1 Saving British heritage - and visiting Birmingham.

2 Save the seal - and how to lose unwanted hair.

3 How to be a politician - and tabloid obsessions.

4

Series 2 (September 1986)

1

2

3 Spoofing the royals - and chatty dinosaurs