Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! is a sitcom broadcast on BBC Radio 4, written by Steve Delaney. It features Count Arthur Strong, a former variety star who has malapropisms, memory loss and other similar problems, played by Delaney. Each episode follows the Count in his daily business and causing confusion in almost every situation. First broadcast on 23 December 2005, Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! has had eight series and four specials. In 2009 the show won the Gold Sony Radio Academy Award for comedy, the highest honour for a British radio comedy. A television adaptation, Count Arthur Strong, premiered on BBC Two in July 2013.
The front cover of the second series CD release, featuring Count Arthur Strong | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
|---|---|
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Steve Delaney Alastair Kerr Dave Mounfield Joanna Neary (S1) Sue Perkins (S2–3) Mel Giedroyc (S4–8) Terry Kilkelly Barry Cryer (S2&6) Kate Van Dike (S5) Peter Serafinowicz (S7) |
| Created by | Steve Delaney |
| Written by | Steve Delaney Script Editor Graham Duff |
| Produced by | Mark Radcliffe John Leonard |
| Executive producer(s) | Richard Daws |
| Recording studio | Komedia, Brighton (S1-7) Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester (S4-7) Komedia Bath (S5) |
| Original release | 23 December 2005 – present |
| No. of series | 8 + 9 specials |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
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