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	'''''The Atkinson People''''' is a 1979 BBC radio comedy series. The series, which was first broadcast sporadically in 1979 by the BBC's arts radio station [[BBC Radio 3\|Radio 3]], features a satirical profile of a fictional famous person each week.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/31/tvandradio Radio Picks], ''The Guardian'', 31 January 2007</ref>		'''''The Atkinson People''''' is a 1979 BBC radio comedy series. The series, which was first broadcast sporadically in 1979 by the BBC's arts radio station [[BBC Radio 3\|Radio 3]], features a satirical profile of a fictional famous person each week.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/31/tvandradio Radio Picks], ''The Guardian'', 31 January 2007</ref>

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{{Short description|1979 BBC radio comedy series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
'''''The Atkinson People''''' is a 1979 BBC radio comedy series. The series, which was first broadcast sporadically in 1979 by the BBC's arts radio station [[BBC Radio 3|Radio 3]], features a satirical profile of a fictional famous person each week.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/31/tvandradio Radio Picks], ''The Guardian'', 31 January 2007</ref>

It is notable as being the first radio or television programme to star comedian and actor [[Rowan Atkinson]]. The programme was co-written by Atkinson and [[Richard Curtis]] and produced by future ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' co-star [[Griff Rhys Jones]], then a BBC Radio Comedy producer.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/buyersguide/2965 CD notes]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, bbc.co.uk</ref> In most cases, Atkinson played the lead characters, with other voices provided by [[Hugh Thomas (actor)|Hugh Thomas]] and [[Peter Wilson (actor)|Peter Wilson]].<ref name=tx>[http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/atkinsonpeople.html The Atkinson People], britishcomedy.org.uk</ref> Following the precedent set by ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', the series was also an early adopter of [[stereophonic sound]]; it was recorded in 1978, and broadcast in 1979. The series has been repeated on [[BBC Radio 7]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cp55v BBC 7 rebroadcasts]</ref> and its successor [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]], and was picked by [[Armando Iannucci]] during his stint as "comedy controller".<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jsmx Armando Iannucci - Comedy Controller], BBC Radio 4 Extra</ref>

==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
! width=5%|
! Title
! width=15%|Transmission date
|- align="center"
| 1
| '''Sir Corin Basin'''
| 24 April 1979<ref name=tx/>
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| colspan=3| Actor, raconteur and acknowledged dullard Sir Corin Basin takes us on an aural tour of his productions.
|- align="center"
| 2
| '''Sir Benjamin Fletcher'''
| 28 April 1979<ref name=tx/>
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| colspan=3| Master orator Sir Benjamin Fletcher discusses his life and opinions.
|- align="center"
| 3
| '''George Dupont'''
| 30 April 1979<ref name=tx/>
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| colspan=3| French thinker and philosopher George Dupont is an elusive figure, and remains so after this documentary.
|- align="center"
| 4
| '''Barry Good'''
| 2 November 1979<ref name=tx/>
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| colspan=3| Pop artiste Barry Good.
|- align="center"
|}

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