The Bowmans The Bowmans "The Bowmans" is an episode of the BBC television situation comedy programme "Hancock", the final BBC series featuring Tony Hancock, first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The title is a retronym; the episodes were not originally identified separately. Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called "The Bowmans", a parody of the real BBC radio programme "The Archers". The theme tune to "The Bowmans" is a close variation by series composer Wally Stott of the real "Archers" theme tune "Barwick Green". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character
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