Radio Roo

*Radio Roo*
Radio Roo
Written by	Wayne Jackman
Directed by	Rod Litherland (lighting); Christine Hewitt
Starring	Wayne Jackman; Ian Tregonning; Caroline O'Connor; Megg Nichol
Music by	Peter Gosling (director)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	31
Production
Producer	Christine Hewitt
Editor	Paul Hagan
Running time	30 min.
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	25 February 1991 –; 29 March 1993

Radio Roo is a British children's television programme which featured the adventures of Dennis and Clive, who run a radio station, Radio Roo, based in England that Clive inherited.^[1] The show ran for a total of 31 episodes from 25 February 1991 to 29 March 1993 on the BBC. All episodes were written by Wayne Jackman, who starred as Dennis. The broad Australian accent of Clive the Kangaroo was provided by Ian Tregonning.^[2]

The Dennis and Clive characters had previously hosted the CBBC Saturday morning strand on BBC One under the title Saturday Starts Here from October 1989, with the concept that Dennis was a BBC trainee tasked with setting up the tapes of the shows preceding Going Live!, with Clive's attempts at assisting him going awry.^[3]

References

^ CHILDREN'S TV – RADIO ROO to RUNNING THE HALLS Archived 27 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine memorabletv.com
^ "BBC – Comedy Guide – Radio Roo". Archived from the original on 8 January 2005. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
^ "BBC Genome - Schedule, Saturday 7 October 1989". Retrieved 18 May 2024.

External links

Radio Roo at IMDb

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[1] CHILDREN'S TV – RADIO ROO to RUNNING THE HALLS Archived 27 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine memorabletv.com

[2] "BBC – Comedy Guide – Radio Roo". Archived from the original on 8 January 2005. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

[3] "BBC Genome - Schedule, Saturday 7 October 1989". Retrieved 18 May 2024.

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