| Show Name: | Whose Line Is It Anyway? |
| Format: | Improvisational comedy |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Home Station: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Television: | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series) |
| Presenter: | Clive Anderson |
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| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (abbreviated to Whose Line? or WLIIA) is a short-form improvisational comedy radio programme, which ran for six episodes on BBC Radio 4 in 1988. A television version of the show began on Channel 4 later that year, which ran for ten years. Following the conclusion of the British television show in 1998, ABC began airing an American television version, which lasted until 2007 before returning on The CW in 2013.
The show consisted of a panel of four performers who create characters, scenes and songs on the spot, in the style of short-form improvisation games, many taken from theatresports. Topics for the games were based on predetermined prompts from the host.
Each of the six episodes was hosted by Clive Anderson and featured John Sessions and Stephen Fry as two of the four performers.[1]
| No. | Date | Guest performers | Games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 January 1988 | Dawn French | Lenny Henry | Authors, Wrong Theme Tune, Every Other Line, Favourite Characters, Improvising a Rap, Change of Company, Worst People | |
| 2 | 9 January 1988 | Hugh Laurie | Enn Reitel | Authors, Genre Option, Wrong Theme Tune, Every Other Line, Party Pieces, Improvising a Rap, Worst People | |
| 3 | 16 January 1988 | Nonny Williams | Jimmy Mulville | Authors, Genre Option, Wrong Theme Tune, Every Other Line, Improvising a Rap, Interviews, Worst People | |
| 4 | 23 January 1988 | Kate Robbins | Griff Rhys Jones | Authors, Genre Option, Improvising a Rap, Party Pieces, Great Debate, Bad Applicants | |
| 5 | 30 January 1988 | Jimmy Mulville | John Bird | Authors, Genre Option, Every Other Line, Advertisements, Great Debate, Commiserations | |
| 6 | 6 February 1988 | Jon Glover | Rory Bremner | Authors, Genre Option, Advertisements, Couples, Great Debate, Improvising a Rap, Bad Chat-Up Lines | |