Naked Radio

One of the great sketch shows of the eighties (some would say the great sketch show of the eighties), Naked Radio tends to be overlooked on account of its Scotland-only transmission, which meant most of the population of these islands were denied the privilege of hearing it.  It did, however, spawn a television successor, the stupidly-titled Naked Video, which was something of a hit across the UK around the turn of the 1990s. The theme unifying Naked Radio's fast-paced sketches and one-liners was the show's "Scottish brief": writers were expected, in keeping with the show's localisation, to concern themselves mainly with issues affecting Scotland and the Scots.  This was not the handicap it might appear: in fact, since the field of open targets thus included religious disharmony, Muriel Gray, Superscots, Dounreay and the Broons, it's difficult to see how they could have put a foot wrong.  And, lest we forget, there was the Poll Tax: civilisation's loss with the introduction of this more than slightly unpopular measure was undeniably satire's gain, and, owing to Scotland's unsought 'Testing Zone' status during the late Thatcher years, Naked Radio was in a position to express its pointed views on the matter a year ahead of the rest of Britain.  The show often contained a high degree of topical material, which tended more towards satire than parody. Thanks to Radiohaha.

Many thanks to Alan K for contributions to this page.

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Naked Radio Episode 01

Naked Radio Episode 02

Naked Radio Episode 03

Naked Radio Episode 04

Naked Radio Episode 05

Naked Radio Episode 06

Naked Radio Episode 07

Naked Radio Episode 08

Naked Radio Episode 09 pt1

Naked Radio Episode 10 pt2

Naked Radio Show - This is Radio Lewis calling.