The Shuttleworths

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show_name = The Shuttleworths
Radio Shuttleworth
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind


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format = Comedy-drama
runtime = 15/30 minutes
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language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 4
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starring = Graham Fellows
creator = Graham Fellows
writer = Graham Fellows
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first_aired = October 11, 1993
last_aired = April 27, 2006
num_series = 4/2/1
num_episodes = 32/11/5
audio_format = Stereophonic sound
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"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.

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.

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.

Episode lists

The Shuttleworths