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 Kitchen Cabinet (radio show) The Kitchen Cabinet (radio show) The Kitchen Cabinet is a BBC Radio 4 programme hosted by Jay Rayner in which members of the public can put questions to a panel of experts about food and cooking. The programme was first broadcast on 7 Feb 2012, it is now in its nineteenth series. It is a Somethin' Else production. The show is a similar format to the long established "Gardeners Question Time," coming from public venues at interesting 'food locations' in Britain in front of an audience. Recently the producer has been Victoria Shepherd and Anna Colquhoun is food consultant for