Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
The front cover of the second series CD release, featuring Count Arthur Strong
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| Genre | Sitcom |
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| 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 | 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 + 4 specials |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
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 first three series of the show were recorded live at Komedia in Brighton. The fourth series was recorded at the Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester, Komedia Bath and Komedia Brighton. A special was recorded in Edinburgh during the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It is jointly made by two production companies: Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations.
Count Arthur Strong is a former variety star living in the North of England. The Count, now in his old age, has delusions of grandeur. He has selective memory loss, never hearing what he doesn't want to and malapropism-itis, which result in his confusing anyone he happens to be talking to and even confusing himself. However, he more often than not blames the people he is talking to for causing the confusion in the first place.
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