The Unbroadcastable Radio Show was a monthly live comedy show performed at the

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. The show took the format of the recording of a radio show, featuring topical comedy written up to (and occasionally during) the day of performance. The show has been nominated for "Best Writing" and "Best Touring Show" at the North West Comedy Awards. It has also been featured in the Liverpool and Ludlow Comedy Festivals. The show is currently in development with the BBC comedy unit.comedy cv - the UK's largest collection of comedians biogs and photos
/ref> John Warburton and Toby Hadoke performed on

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's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes doing an Unbroadcastable sketch. The last Unbroadcastable Radio Show was performed on 21 June 2009. It featured Toby, Peter, Helen and Dominic. In 2021 Toby, Helen, Peter, Dominic, John and Alfie performed a one off live online special featuring new and old sketches.

Cast

The UBRS team were: * Helen Copley - a local actress with stage, radio and television experience who also run
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- a local

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and compere of comedy club XS Malarkey in

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, as well as an experienced stage and television actor. Toby also won the inaugural

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Award for services to comedy. * Peter Slater - local stand-up comedian who appeared in ''

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'', and other television series. * Dominic Woodward - local stand-up comedian and actor. * Tony Kinsella, a runner-up in the

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, provides additional sketches. * Lee Fenwick - character comedian and actor, best known as one half of DieClattershenkenfietermaus, a spoof German techno group, which he has performed alongside Jason Cook at the

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Festival. Fenwick has stood in on a semi-regular basis, when Woodward and Slater have been unavailable. Copley and Hadoke have performed in every single performance.

Former cast members

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- a writer, performer, and impressionist with radio experience, who also worked as a warm-up man for shows such as ''Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned'' and ''Time Gentlemen Please''. A founder member of the UBRS, his many other performance commitments lead to his exit in February 2006. * John Warburton - former show business editor for the ''

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'' who won the 2004

competition. He also wrote the book ''Hallelujah'', a biography of the band the

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. Warburton performs stand-up nationwide. *

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- circuit comedian, regular Gongmeister at The Comedy Store Gong Show.

References

External links

The Unbroadcastable Radio Show homepage
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