Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| A Tribute To Felix Dexter | 20131223 | 20161018 (BBC7) | A tribute to incomparable 'Down The Line' actor, Felix Dexter who died in October 2013. Rhys Thomas (Gary Bellamy), Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse along with other cast members talk about working with Felix and revisit many of his unforgettable characters. Felix's collaborators from other TV projects and the comedy circuit talk to Rhys Thomas about their memories of Felix. Starring Felix Dexter and Rhys Thomas with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse. With special guests: Vince Atta, Judith Jacobs, Leo Muhammad and Keith Palmer. Producers: Charlie Higson/ Paul Whitehouse A Down The Line Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013. A tribute to Felix Dexter, with Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse. | ||
| Credit Crunch Special | 20090421 | 20090611 (R4) | A one-off special edition of the spoof phone-in show on the subject of the credit crunch, starring Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy. With Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse. Plus special guests Mark Gatiss and Robert Popper. A one-off special edition of the spoof phone-in show on the subject of the credit crunch. | ||
| Lockdown Special | 20200514 | 20200515 (R4) | The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show presents a one-off special on the lockdown, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. Starring Rhys Thomas with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse. With special guests David Cummings, Harry Enfield, Robert Popper and Geoff Schumann. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse A lockdown special of the Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | ||
| Olympic Legacy Special | 20130623 | 20130628/29 (BBC7) 20130630 (BBC7) 20160428 (R4) | The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show presents a one-off special on the Olympics, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse. Special guests: Esther Coles, Robert Popper and Adil Ray Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | ||
| Tony Blair Special | 20070627 | Rhys Thomas stars in a special edition of Gary Bellamy's live phone-in show. | |||
| 01 | 01 | Freedom Of Speech | 20060502 | 20150122 (BBC7) | Award-winning spoof phone-in show, with talk radio host Gary Bellamy. |
| 01 | 02 | Religion And The Decline In Anglican Congregations | 20060509 | 20150129 (BBC7) | Award-winning spoof phone-in show, with talk radio host Gary Bellamy. |
| 01 | 03 | Animals At War | 20060516 | 20150205 (BBC7) | |
| 01 | 04 | Crime | 20060523 | 20150212 (BBC7) | |
| 01 | 05 | Healthy Eating | 20060606 | 20150219 (BBC7) | |
| 01 | 06 LAST | Equality And Why Men Won't Go To The Doctors | 20060530 | 20150225 (BBC7) 20070103 (R4) | |
| 02 | 01 | War And Chocolate | 20070116 | 20110516/17 (BBC7) 20110522 (BBC7) 20110523 (BBC7) 20130322 (BBC7) 20071009 (R4) | War, chocolate and toothpaste. Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas. |
| 02 | 02 | Bullying And Property Sales | 20070423 | 20110523/24 (BBC7) 20130405 (BBC7) 20071016 (R4) | Bullying, and property abroad. Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in. |
| 02 | 03 | Immigration And Love | 20070130 | 20110530/31 (BBC7) 20130412 (BBC7) 20071023 (R4) | Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in discussing immigration. Stars Matt Lucas. |
| 02 | 04 | Plastic Surgery And Natural Disasters | 20070206 | 20110606/07 (BBC7) 20130419 (BBC7) 20071030 (R4) | Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in, discussing cosmetic surgery and other disasters. |
| 02 | 05 | Global Warming | 20070213 | 20110613/14 (BBC7) 20130426 (BBC7) 20071106 (R4) | Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in discussing the environment and global warming. |
| 02 | 06 LAST | Education And Ghosts | 20070220 | 20110620/21 (BBC7) 20110626 (BBC7) 20110627 (BBC7) 20111029 (BBC7) 20130503 (BBC7) 20071113 (R4) | Things go bump in the night on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in. |
| 03 | 01 | Liberal Agenda Of Media | 20080110 | 20110627/28 (BBC7) 20120517 (BBC7) 20141008 (BBC7) 20090430 (R4) | Too much chatter? And name a new planet on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in. |
| 03 | 02 | String Theory And Popular Science Fiction | 20080117 | 20110704/05 (BBC7) 20120524 (BBC7) 20141015 (BBC7) 20170312 (BBC7) 20090507 (R4) | Gary Bellamy tries to raise the bar on his phone-in show with a chat about string theory. |
| 03 | 03 | Communications And Technology | 20080124 | 20110711/12 (BBC7) 20120531 (BBC7) 20141022 (BBC7) 20170319 (BBC7) 20090514 (R4) | The problems of technology and communication on Gary Bellamy's phone-in. |
| 03 | 04 | The Elderly, Consumer Rights And The Countryside | 20080131 | 20110718/19 (BBC7) 20120607 (BBC7) 20141029 (BBC7) 20170326 (BBC7) 20090521 (R4) | Old people and consumer rights get the Gary Bellamy phone-in treatment. |
| 03 | 05 | Olympics, And Can We Trust The Media? | 20080207 | 20110725/26 (BBC7) 20120614 (BBC7) 20141105 (BBC7) 20170402 (BBC7) 20090528 (R4) | Britain's Olympic chances, and can we trust phone-ins? Gary Bellamy takes the calls. |
| 03 | 06 LAST | Bad Manners And Modern Liberal Parenting | 20080214 | 20110801/02 (BBC7) 20120621 (BBC7) 20141112 (BBC7) 20170409 (BBC7) 20090604 (R4) | Britain's got bad manners - should we bring back hanging? Gary Bellamy takes the calls. |
| 04 | 01 | 20110315 | 20130925 (BBC7) 20140325 (BBC7) 20150703 (BBC7) 20140318 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse, Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Robert Popper and Adil Ray. Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 04 | 02 | 20110322 | 20131002 (BBC7) 20140401 (BBC7) 20150710 (BBC7) 20140325 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse. Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Kevin Eldon, Robert Popper and Adil Ray. Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 04 | 03 | 20110329 | 20110405 (BBC7) 20131009 (BBC7) 20140408 (BBC7) 20150717 (BBC7) 20140401 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse, Special guests are Lee Mack, Adil Ray and Fiona Whitehouse. Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson. The groundbreaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 04 | 04 | 20110405 | 20110412 (BBC7) 20131016 (BBC7) 20140415 (BBC7) 20150724 (BBC7) 20140408 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse. Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Robert Popper, Adil Ray and Louis Vause. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse The groundbreaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 04 | 05 | 20110412 | 20110419 (BBC7) 20131023 (BBC7) 20140422 (BBC7) 20150731 (BBC7) 20140415 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse. Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Dave Cummings and Adil Ray Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse The groundbreaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 04 | 06 | 20110419 | 20110426 (BBC7) 20131030 (BBC7) 20140429 (BBC7) 20150807 (BBC7) 20140422 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse. Special guests are Adil Ray and Arabella Weir. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 04 | 07 LAST | 20110426 | 20110503 (BBC7) 20131106 (BBC7) 20140506 (BBC7) 20150814 (BBC7) 20140429 (R4) | The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. ~Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse. Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Julia Davis, Robert Popper, Adil Ray and Arabella Weir. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. | |
| 05 | 01 | Food And Music | 20130501 | 20130508 (BBC7) 20160331 (R4) | Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse. Produced by Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse Spoof phone-in show from the creators of The Fast Show, starring Rhys Thomas. |
| 05 | 02 | 20130508 | 20130515 (BBC7) 20160407 (R4) | Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse Spoof phone-in show from the creators of The Fast Show, starring Rhys Thomas. | |
| 05 | 03 | 20130515 | 20130522 (BBC7) 20160414 (R4) | Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse | |
| 05 | 04 LAST | 20130522 | 20130529 (BBC7) 20160421 (R4) | Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse |