Editing Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller

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{{Infobox radio show
| name          = Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller
| image         = 
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| other_names   = 
| format        = [[Comedy]] (spoof, [[parody]])
| runtime       = 30 mins
| country       = United Kingdom
| language      = English
| home_station  = [[BBC Radio 4]]
| syndicates    = [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]]
| starring      = {{unbulleted list|[[Alexander Armstrong]]|[[Ben Miller]]|[[Charlie Condou]]|Melissa Lloyd|[[Tony Gardner]]|[[Jamie Theakston]]}}
| creator       = 
| writer        = {{unbulleted list|[[Armstrong and Miller]]|[[Mitchell and Webb]]}}
| producer      = Jon Rolph
| first_aired   = {{Start date|1998|12|02|df=y}}
| last_aired    = {{End date|1998|12|30|df=y}}
| num_series    = 1
| num_episodes  = 4
| audio_format  = [[Stereo]]
| website       = {{URL|http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fqh9v}}
}}

'''''Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller''''' is a British four-part [[comedy]] programme broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] between 2 December 1998 and 30 December 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller, Episode 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008yrwy |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> It stars [[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]] and [[Ben Miller]] as media journalists. Armstrong is almost unrecognisable as the adenoidal Martin Bain-Jones with Miller playing  Craig (often misnamed Crag) Children in a spoof music/children's/cultural review programme.  No episode was broadcast on 23 December 1998 due to extended news coverage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/childrens_hour_with_armstrong_and_miller/ | title=Children's Hour... With Armstrong and Miller - Radio 4 Sitcom | website=[[British Comedy Guide]] }}</ref>

Each episode would see them attempting to get a scoop on the opposition by visiting various events such as music festivals and media parties; although most of the time they ended up making fools of themselves – on one occasion attempting to interview a non-existent band called ''Atering-Catering-Cat''.

Their nemesis – Andy Thomas – "with his frightful show on Radio 1", is a constant throughout the four programmes, and would always upstage them and do his best to interfere with their plans, such as by stealing their passes for the Leeds music festival. Another constant is Peter Davies (aged 47), an obsessed fan who always manages to cross their paths.

The series bears repeated listening, with many subtle lines, but at times can be a little confusing as it goes backwards and forwards in time, segued by records that they play on their show. There are also many instances of [[innuendo]], typically when the records end. One typical line from Bain-Jones is "... and I said no it won't, as it's water-based...", before realising they are on air again.

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==External links==
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[[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]
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