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The Clitheroe Kid

The Clitheroe Kid started off life as a BBC radio series in 1957, running for an amazing 290 episodes until August 1972, making it one of the longest running radio sitcoms of all time. The premise of the series centered around 11 year old schoolboy Jimmy Clitheroe and his family (which in the radio series included his mother, older sister, her boyfriends and grandfather). Each episode featured the various antics of Jimmy, which frequently saw him getting into trouble through misunderstandings, mostly caused from listening at keyholes! The radio series was famed for its sharp humor and strong supporting cast, in particular Danny Ross playing Alfie Hall (Jimmy's sisters daft boyfriend!) and was well written by the duo of Frank Roscoe and and James Casey. The series made the jump to Television in November 1963, 13 days before the premier of Doctor Who on BBC 1 and 12 days before the assassination of John F Kennedy. Jimmy Clitheroe was 41 when he took the Clitheroe Kid to TV, which many feel was a mistake, in so far as it was fairly easy for him to uphold the illusion of being an 11 year old schoolboy on radio but visually it was much harder to hide his true age on the small screen. Personally I feel that Jimmy Clitheroe is one of the heroes of British Comedy, but sadly slightly forgotten to the mists of time. This is a shame in many respects as the comedy in my opinion is timeless and still funny today, despite it being from a completely different era (not least per-decimilaisation!). If you enjoy this I recommend checking out some of the radio episodes available on Youtube from other users, they are well worth a listen to!!