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''You Start, I'll Join In'' is a British radio sitcom that was first broadcast on
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the List of most-listened-to radio programs, most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the sta ...
from September to October 1987. It was written by David Bond and
Paul Hawksbee
Paul Hawksbee (born 1 October 1961) is an English sports radio presenter and comedy writer. He has presented the ''Hawksbee and Jacobs show'' alongside Andy Jacobs on talkSPORT since the station's inception in 2000.
He also contributed to the ...
, and produced by
Pete Atkin
Pete Atkin (born 22 August 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and radio producer, notable for his 1970s musical collaborations with Clive James and for producing the BBC Radio 4 series, '' This Sceptred Isle''.
Early life
Born in Cambridge, ...
.
The series starred
George Layton
George Layton (born George Michael William Löwy; 2 March 1942) is a British actor, director, screenwriter and author best known for three television roles – junior doctor Paul Collier in the comedy series ''Doctor in the House'' and its sequ ...
as Mac and
Vas Blackwood
Vasta Roy "Vas" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor.
Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in ''The Lenny Henry Show'' (1987) and David Sinclair in ''Casualty'' (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in ...
as Trevor, a drummer and a pianist in a two-man band. The series followed their wacky adventures. It ran for six episodes of approximately 30 minutes each. The series is currently lost from the
BBC Archives
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