King Street Junior
King Street Junior is a radio comedy which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between March 1985 and November 1998. The show ran for ten series and the cast included Peter Davison, James Grout and Karl Howman. The series is written by Jim Eldridge.
| Genre | Radio comedy |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Peter Davison (series 1—2) Karl Howman (series 3—10) James Grout |
| Created by | Jim Eldridge |
| Written by | Jim Eldridge (66 episodes) Paul Copley (3 episodes) Richard Stoneman (3 eps) Martin Davies (2 episodes) Andy Rashleigh {1 episode} Ivan Shakespeare (1 ep) |
| Produced by | John Fawcett Wilson |
| Original release | 25 March 1985 – 2 November 1998 |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 76 |
| Website | King Street Junior at BBC Radio 4 Extra |
Research for the show was done at Newtown Road School in Carlisle.
A continuation series aired in 2002 and was named King Street Junior Revisited.
Episodes closed with a children's choir singing "See the Farmer Sow the Seed," a hymn written by Baptist minister Frederick Arthur Jackson (1867-1942).
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