Wood and Walters a later Wood creation 'Kitty' (as played by Patricia Routledge). Rik Mayall also appeared in a one-off monologue as a chauvinistic feminist called Mitch, filling a similar guest slot as he had with Kevin Turvey in the sketch show "A Kick Up the Eighties". Another alternative comedy innovator to appear on the show was John Dowie, who had already toured with Wood in 1978. Wood's view of the series was "Some bits of it were good, some deadly". Around this time, Wood made a weekly musical appearance in the BBC Radio 2 show "The Little and Large Party", narrated an
The Agony of... show searched for answers on dating, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. It featured personalities such as Brett Tucker (actor), Damian Walshe-Howling (actor), Waleed Aly (broadcaster, academic), Ed Kavalee (actor, TV host), Adam Elliot (Academy Award-winning animator), Josh Lawson (actor, screenwriter), Lawrence Leung (broadcaster, comedian), Lawrence Mooney (comedian), Dave Thornton (comedian, broadcaster), John Elliott (businessman), Tom Elliott (businessman, broadcaster), Kick Gurry (actor), Andrew Knight (screenwriter, producer), Glynn Nicholas (playwright, producer), Sam Pang (TV host, broadcaster), Tim Ross (author, broadcaster), Scott Brennan (actor), Des Dowling (comedian). "Agony Uncles" was nominated for Best Comedy in Sketch or Light Entertainment at the 2012 AWGIE Awards.