''Beachcomber... By the Way'' was a radio programme that aired from March 1989 to December 1994. There were 18 half-hour episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and was later rerun on BBC Radio 7. It starred Richard Ingrams, John Wells, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and Brian Perkins. The programme was based on the long-running humorous column "By the Way" in the ''

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J. B. Morton John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton, better known by his preferred abbreviation J. B. Morton (7 June 1893 – 10 May 1979) was an English humorous writer noted for authoring a column called "By the Way" under the pen name 'Beachcomber' in ...

under the pseudonym "Beachcomber".

Episodes

Series one

Series two

Series three

Notes and references

*Lavalie, John
"Beachcomber By the Way."
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