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<p>88.211.77.22: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Radio sketch show}}<br /> {{italic title}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=July 2014}}<br /> '''''Son of Cliché''''' is a comedy sketch show that ran for two series on [[BBC Radio 4]] between 23 August 1983 and 29 December 1984.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/sonofcliche.html |title=Son of Cliché |work=British Comedy |accessdate=21 October 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The sketches were written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]], and were performed by [[Chris Barrie]], Nick Maloney, [[Nick Wilton]], and in the penultimate episode of the second series, guest performer [[Paul B. Davies]], with music by [[Peter Brewis]]. The series was a follow-up to Grant and Naylor's 1981 series ''Cliché'', which Maloney had also featured in.<br /> <br /> One of the recurring sketches from the second series of the show, &quot;[[Dave Hollins: Space Cadet]]&quot;, formed the basis for the [[BBC2]] TV sci-fi comedy ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', which Grant and Naylor also scripted and in which Barrie starred.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/05/how-we-made-red-dwarf-doug-naylor-craig-charles-bbc|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=How we made Red Dwarf|first=Rich|last=Pelley|date=5 March 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Grant Naylor}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Son Of Cliche}}<br /> [[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]<br /> [[Category:BBC Radio 4 programmes]]<br /> <br /> {{BBC-radio-stub}}<br /> {{UK-radio-show-stub}}</div>

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