The Archers Rich (piano) and Norman Parker (percussion). Robert Robinson once compared the tune to "the genteel abandon of a lifelong teetotaller who has suddenly taken to drink". On April Fool's Day 2004 both "The Independent" and "The Today Programme" claimed that BBC executives had commissioned composer Brian Eno to record an electronic version of "Barwick Green" as a replacement for the current theme, while comedian Billy Connolly included in his act the joke that the theme was so typically British that it should be the national anthem of the United Kingdom. In 2009, comedian Rainer Hersch conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in
The Russell Brand Show (radio show) popularity, the show moved to BBC Radio 2 in 2007, broadcast on Saturdays from 9 pm til 11 pm. In October 2008, Brand resigned from the BBC after a prank call on the show with comedian Jonathan Ross to Andrew Sachs resulted in over 30,000 complants and a £150,000 to the BBC, ending the shows run on the BBC and effectively sending the show into a hiatus. In October 2010, nearly 2 years since Brand's resignation from the BBC, "The Russell Brand Show" returned for a few weeks on talkSPORT, featuring Brand, Morgan and Mr. Gee. In December 2005, Brand