Talk:List of BBC Radio programmes adapted for television

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 * In 2004 the Andy Hamilton comedy Trevor's World of Sport became possibly the first BBC television programme to transfer to Radio 4 (apart from a couple of Doctor Who and Blake's Seven specials). Having largely failed in its television incarnation, it was felt the older medium might suit it better. This would seem to create the impression that, whereas popular radio shows are "promoted" to television, an unpopular television show was being "demoted" to radio. However, public opinion on the radio series is mostly positive, suggesting that it was the right decision.

I have couple problems with that paragraph, firstly there are many TV shows apart from the two mentioned above that transfered to Radio such as Yes Minister, Dad's Army, Steptoe and Son, and One Foot in the Grave to name a few all had radio versions after the tv version had started. I'm not completely sure that none of those were on Radio 4 but rather on other BBC station. Personally I don't think it matters that much whether they were on Radio 4 or any other BBC station because I think this article should be about all BBC Radio shows that have transfered to television rather that just Radio 4 shows, one of the list already is a Radio Scotland show, and wasn't Hancock broadcast before Radio 4 even existed? I intened to add two Radio 1 shows to the article (Fist of Fun and Blue Jam, which was turned into Channel 4's jam). I think i'll be bold in renaming the article without the number 4, if anyone disagrees feel free to rename it back and discuss why you disagree with me.

The other problem is what source have you got to suggest that public opinion is favorable? As I understand it radio audience figures are only published quarterly so theres no way of knowing how many listeners its had compared to other R4 programmes in the same timeslot. Sorry if you weren't refering to audience fgures but if not what were you refering to? Saul Taylor 15:39, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * Another example that springs to mind is the quiz show Mastermind, which in spite of depending so heavily on visual gimmicks was picked up by Radio 4 when BBC TV (rightly) threw it out as tired and creaky. No black leather chair, no spotlight, and to replace the impassively craggy Magnusson as interrogator, the easy-going and affable Peter Snow of all people -- how on earth did they think that would be a good idea?!


 * Having seemingly been abandoned by BBC1 before appearing on Radio 4, Trevor's World of Sport is to return to TV on BBC2, according to Radio 4's Stop the Week today. Neil Pearson claimed that the show had never been right for BBC1, and that BBC2 was its natural home. Flapdragon 18:12, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

What about Harry Hill's work? I was a regular listener of Harry Hill's Fruit Corners on Radio 4 circa 1996. When his TV show Harry Hill came on Channel 4, it featured many of the same characters and sketches.

But when I looked up Hill on the IMDB, there was a listing for him before both those shows: a TV show called Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies. So is this the first British comedy show to go from TV to radio and then back to TV?


 * Sorry it's take me so long to read this. Yes, the statement about World of Sport being the only TV-to-radio transfer was Just Plain Wrong. I think the radio adaptions of Yes, Minister et al might have been for the World Service, for people who couldn't get the TV versions, but that doesn't make any difference, they still count. Sorry about that, it was a gap in my knowledge. I did know about Harry Hill, but it slipped my mind.


 * As far as public opinion of World of Sport goes, I think my statement was based on letters to the Radio Times and Feedback. Not very scientific, I know. Daibhid C 11:33, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

I've removed The Navy Lark from the table -- the TV Lark was a radio show, set at a small TV station, not a TV show. There's a few Navy-Lark-ish films but no TV.

Transfers to ITV
A few early gameshows from Radio Luxembourg went to ITV when it was formed. There is probably not enough scope for a different page, so I have put them as a footnote on this page.Tony Corsini 00:45, 1 October 2007 (UTC)