Vivian Stanshall's Radio Flashes

VIVIAN STANSHALL'S RADIO FLASHES (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd August 2023

Music and comedy, with advice from fitness guru Gregory Pectorals.

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band singer Vivian Stanshall took to the airwaves of BBC Radio 1 on Saturday 14th August 1971.

Over 2 hours, re-live Vivian's mix of zany comedy and music - including his take on Dick Barton's radio serial "Breath from the Pit". Featuring drummer Keith Moon from The Who.

Vivian has previously featured on 4 Extra - thanks to his solo comedy 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End', which originated as sessions for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 in the mid-1970s.

With Chris Bowler.

Great Lives - Vivian Stanshall

GREAT LIVES SERIES 20 - 3. VIVIAN STANSHALL (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th May 2023

Musician and performer Neil Innes chooses the life of his Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band colleague, and friend, Vivian Stanshall.

Neil tells Matthew Parris about the moment he met Vivian Stanshall in London: he was wearing Billy Bunter trousers, a Victorian frock coat and horrible purple pince-nez glasses and carrying a euphonium. So began a friendship and a musical partnership that exploded into life with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, culminating in tours and TV series.

Vivian's second wife, Ki Longfellow, joins the discussion to help explore the man behind the colourful public persona.

Producer: Toby Field

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.

Big Shot: A Journey Through The Canyons Of Viv Stanshall's Mind

BIG SHOT: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CANYONS OF VIV STANSHALL'S MIND (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th March 2023

Stephen Fry presents a tribute to the extraordinary talents of Vivian Stanshall.

Remembering the humorist, lyricist, musician, writer, painter, potter, sculptor, lead singer and inspired clown of the Bonzo Dog Band.

This documentary first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2001, five years after Viv was found dead in his burnt-out London flat aged only 52.

Viv Stanshall - Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

VIV STANSHALL - SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END EPISODES 1 TO 5 (320kbs-m4a/166mb/72mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th December 2017 to 14th January 2018

Surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity. Written by and stars Viv Stanshall. From December 1996.

SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END - 1. SIR HENRY ENTERTAINS (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th December 2017

SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END - 2. CABBAGE LOOKING IN MUFTI (320kbs-m4a/34mb/15mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th December 2017

SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END - 3. A CHRISTMAS EATING AT RAWLINSON END (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st December 2017

SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END - 4. THE HATCHING (320kbs-m4a/34mb/15mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th January 2018

SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END - 5. DIPLODOCUS VS CONCRETON (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th January 2018