Comedy radio station Radio Active is to return to the Edinburgh Fringe after a 27-year break. The original cast including Angus Deayton, Helen Atkinson Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens and Philip Pope will reunite to perform two of their classic radio scripts at the Pleasance One from 3rd to 28th August.

Based on the sketch show created in the Oxford Revue, Radio Active was originally written by Angus Deayton and the late Geoffrey Perkins (this show is dedicated to him). The show was adapted for Radio 4 and ran for 53 award winning episodes across 7 series between 1980 - 1987. It later transferred to BBC Two in the form of KYTV. 

Expect to catch up with long suffering radio host Mike Channel, original foodie Anna Daptor and the accident prone Martin Brown as well as the cast’s original musical creations, responsible for such parody bands as The Hee Bee Gee Bees.

Listings

Date:                   3rd – 28th August 2016 (not 16th August)

Show:                  Radio Active

Venue:                 Pleasance One

Address:              Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ

Time:                   4.20pm

Price:                   £15/£13 £6 previews

Box office:           www.edfringe.com or www.pleasance.co.uk

Picture by Steve Ullathorne.