The Shuttleworths

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The Shuttleworths Radio Shuttleworth John Shuttleworth's Open Mind
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Genre	Comedy-drama
Running time	15/30 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Graham Fellows
Creator(s)	Graham Fellows
Writer(s)	Graham Fellows
Air dates	October 11, 1993 – April 27, 2006
No. of series	4/2/1
No. of episodes	32/11/5
Audio format	Stereophonic sound

The Shuttleworths was a comedy show that aired for four series on BBC Radio 4. It featured would-be musician and sometime philosopher John Shuttleworth, his wife Mary, their two teenage children Darren and Karen, neighbour Ken Worthington and a host of other minor characters. All parts were voiced by comedian Graham Fellows.

Each fifteen minute episode 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 performed (usually badly) on his Yamaha Portasound electronic keyboard.

1 Radio Shuttleworth
2 John Shuttleworth's Open Mind
3 Episode lists

[edit] Radio Shuttleworth

From 1998, John's attempt to set up a local radio station "serving all of the Sheffield region - and a little bit further even" was broadcast as two series of Radio Shuttleworth. The programmes followed a similar format to The Shuttleworths, but their new length of thirty minutes allowed guest slots (Impress an Impresario, Make Mary Merry) and opportunities to interview celebreties on the show.

[edit] John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

In John Shuttleworth's Open Mind, John attempted to investigate five unsolved phenomena that fascinate the nation. Each programme was thirty minutes long.

[edit] Episode lists

[edit] The Shuttleworths

Series	Episode	Title	First broadcast
1	1	Cotton Buddies	11 October 1993
	2	Mini-Break in Giggleswick	12 October 1993
	3	How ...	13 October 1993
	4	The Pillock of the Community	14 October 1993
Special	1		24 December 1993
Special	2		31 December 1993
Special	3		26 March 1994
Special	4	John Goes to London	2 April 1994
Special	5	Europigeon	28 April 1994
2	1	Wireless Wanderings (1)	28 June 1995
	2	Wireless Wanderings (2)	5 July 1995
	3	The Birthday Bench	12 July 1995
	4	John Dries Up	19 July 1995
	5	Shuttleworth Diplomacy	26 July 1995
	6	One Foot in the Gravy	2 August 1995
Special	6	John Shuttleworth's Open House	26 September 1996
Special	7		25 December 1996
3	1	Chic Ken	8 October 1997
	2	Ping Pong Pangs	15 October 1997
	3	Radio Shuttleworth	22 October 1997
	4	Caravan Capers	29 October 1997
	5	John Le Shuttle	5 November 1997
	6	Midsummer Madras	12 November 1997
Special	7	John Shuttleworth's Open House	31 December 1997
Special	8	The Leg End of Robin Hood	26 December 2000
Special	9	Plonker's Baby	24 December 2002
4	1	Cough in the Loft	13 February 2003
	2	Chrome Alone	20 February 2003
	3	A Moving Story	27 February 2003
	4	Scare in the Community	6 March 2003
	5	Every Cloud Has a Silver Wedding	13 March 2003
	6	Hello, Hello, Hello	20 March 2003

[edit] Radio Shuttleworth

Series	Episode	Special guests	First broadcast
1	1	Leo Sayer, John Hegley, Jenny Eclair	3 November 1998
	2	Wendy Craig	10 November 1998
	3	Patrick Moore	17 November 1998
	4	Vanessa Feltz	24 November 1998
	5	John Kettley	1 December 1998
2	1	Barbara Dickson, Bill Bailey, Hattie Hayridge	24 February 2000
	2	Richard Whiteley	2 March 2000
	3	Tony Hart	9 March 2000
	4	Peter Purves	16 March 2000
	5	Katrina Leskanich, Robert Wyatt	23 March 2000
	6	Matthew Kelly	30 March 2000