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Rays a Laugh

1949–1960

1949–1960

Rays a Laugh

13

Surviving broadcasts

1949–1960

Years on the air

12

Seasons represented

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Source collection: RaysALaugh1949

The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

4 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 10 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

The surviving run

13 of 13 shown

Transmission

11 October

No. 10

1949

Rays a Laugh

Ray's A Laugh - 1949-10-11 [Rpt 2012-05-06]

Running time

36 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

25 October

No. 11

1949

Rays a Laugh

Ray's A Laugh - 1949-10-25 [Rpt 2012-05-13]

Running time

36 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

1 November

No. 12

1949

Rays a Laugh

Ray's A Laugh - 1949-11-01 [Rpt 2012-05-20]

Running time

36 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

8 November

No. 13

1949

Rays a Laugh

Ray's A Laugh - 1949-11-08 [Rpt 2013-09-09]

Running time

36 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

15 November

No. 14

1949

Rays a Laugh

Ray's A Laugh - 1949-11-15 [Rpt 2012-05-27]

Running time

36 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

9 September

No. 2

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 9 Sep 1960

Running time

28 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

16 September

No. 3

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 16 Sep 1960

Running time

30 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

23 September

No. 4

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 23 Sep 1960

Running time

30 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

30 September

No. 5

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 30 Sep 1960

Running time

29 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

7 October

No. 6

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 7 Oct 1960

Running time

30 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

14 October

No. 7

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] (ORCA)

Running time

29 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

21 October

No. 8

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 21 Oct 1960

Running time

29 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

28 October

No. 9

1960

Rays a Laugh

ugh - [FLAC] — 28 Oct 1960

Running time

30 min

Ray's A Laugh : Radio comedy show starring comedian Ted Ray . Co-starring Kitty Bluett . Featuring Peter Sellers , Kenneth Connor . Broadcast between 1949 and 1961, it ran for 12 years. Included are the only high bitrate editions I currently have. A long-running British radio comedy of the 1950s, the humour is based around the fictitious life of its star, comedian Ted Ray , who is given a wife and a job, then put into humorous situations (domestic situations at home, and business situations in his job). This is an early situation comedy, which means it can't quite make up its mind whether it's a comedy about a situation, or simply a series of loosely connected sketches. Ted Ray was originall Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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