The Shuttleworths

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The Shuttleworths was a comedy show that aired for 4 series on BBC Radio 4 - three between 1993 and 1997 and a fourth in 2003. It featured would-be musician and sometime philosopher John Shuttleworth, his wife Mary and friend Ken Worthington (all voiced by comedian Graham Fellows). John and Mary had two teenage children, Darren and Karen, but their voices were not heard in the original three series.

Each episode was 15 minutes long and the show was based around the musings of John on everyday life and interspersed with his own bizarre bouncy keyboard ditties on such varied matters as Austin Ambassadors, garden centres and toast (all composed on his Yamaha Portasound electronic keyboard - usually badly).

The Shuttleworths was followed by two series' featuring John, his family, and Ken; Radio Shuttleworth (John's attempt to set up a local radio station "serving all of the Sheffield region - and a little bit further even"), which ran from 1998 to 2000 and followed a smiliar format, although each show was 30 minutes in duration and included guest slots "Impress an Impresario" and "Make Mary Merry", opportunities for Graham to invite celebrity performers onto the show.

[edit] The Shuttleworths - episode list

              Original
 Episode #    Air Date    Titles

1st Series 1993

  1.   1- 1   Oct 11 93   Cotton Buddies
  2.   1- 2   Oct 12 93   Mini-Break in Giggleswick                   
  3.   1- 3   Oct 13 93   How ...     
  4.   1- 4   Oct 14 93   The Pillock of the Community

Specials 1993-1994

  5.   S- 1   Dec 24 93
  6.   S- 2   Dec 31 93
  7.   S- 3   Mar 26 94 
  8.   S- 4   Apr  2 94   John Goes to London 
  9.   S- 5   Apr 28 94   Europigeon

2nd Series 1995

 10.   2- 1   Jun 28 95   Wireless Wanderings (1)
 11.   2- 2   Jul  5 95   Wireless Wanderings (2)
 12.   2- 3   Jul 12 95   The Birthday Bench
 13.   2- 4   Jul 19 95   John Dries Up
 14.   2- 5   Jul 26 95   Shuttleworth Diplomacy
 15.   2- 6   Aug  2 95   One Foot in the Gravy

Specials 1996

 16.   S- 6   Sep 26 96   John Shuttleworth's Open House
 17.   S- 7   Dec 25 96

3rd Series 1997

 18.   3- 1   Oct  8 97   Chic Ken
 19.   3- 2   Oct 15 97   Ping Pong Pangs
 20.   3- 3   Oct 22 97   Radio Shuttleworth
 21.   3- 4   Oct 29 97   Caravan Capers
 22.   3- 5   Nov  5 97   John Le Shuttle
 23.   3- 6   Nov 12 97   Midsummer Madras

Specials 2000-1997

 24.   S- 7   Dec 31 97   John Shuttleworth's Open House       
 25.   S- 8   Dec 26 00   The Leg End of Robin Hood
 26.   S- 9   Dec 24 02   Plonker's Baby

4th Series 2003

 27.   4- 1   Feb 13 03   Cough in the Loft
 28.   4- 2   Feb 20 03   Chrome Alone
 29.   4- 3   Feb 27 03   A Moving Story
 30.   4- 4   Mar  6 03   Scare in the Community
 31.   4- 5   Mar 13 03   Every Cloud Has a Silver Wedding
 32.   4- 6   Mar 20 03   Hello, Hello, Hello

[edit] Radio Shuttleworth - episode list

              Original
 Episode #    Air Date    Guests

1st Series 1998

 1.    1- 1   Nov  3 98   Leo Sayer, John Hegley, Jenny Eclair
 2.    1- 2   Nov 10 98   Wendy Craig
 3.    1- 3   Nov 17 98   Patrick Moore
 4.    1- 4   Nov 24 98   Vanessa Feltz
 5.    1- 5   Dec  1 98   John Kettley

2nd Series 2000

 6.    2- 1   Feb 24 00   Barbara Dickson, Bill Bailey, Hattie Hayridge
 7.    2- 2   Mar  2 00   Richard Whiteley
 8.    2- 3   Mar  9 00   Tony Hart
 9.    2- 4   Mar 16 00   Peter Purves
10.    2- 5   Mar 23 00   Katrina Leskanich, Robert Wyatt
11.    2- 6   Mar 30 00   Matthew Kelly

[edit] John Shuttleworth's Open Mind - episode list

              Original
 Episode #    Air Date    Titles

  1.   1- 1   Mar 30 06   UFOs
  2.   1- 2   Apr 06 06   Ghosts                   
  3.   1- 3   Apr 13 06   Vampires     
  4.   1- 4   Apr 20 06   Elves      
  5.   1- 5   Apr 27 06   The Bermuda Triangle