In Dead Funny, Terry Johnson's recent West End hit, four bores hold a wake for Benny Hill. The theory proposed by the play, and implied in the title, is that comedy cannot survive resuscitation. On the principle that an old joke is any joke...

HE HAS the phoniest voice in broadcasting, according to Time Out, which is no small achievement when you hear the competition. But listening to Ray Gosling interviewing Trevor McDonald in Charismatics (R4) or poking his nose round a stately Irish home in High Windows...