Would the Last Businessman to Leave the Country, Please Turn Out the Lights

In this series, Leslie Phillips played 'a self-employed businessman struggling in the bureaucratic bonds of red tape - VAT, Income Tax, Sex Discrimination Act, Industrial Tribunals, all the apparatus of the modern British State'. There were two series, and although only 7 editions have been retained in the BBC archive, a further edition is known to exist in private hands and will be offered in due course. Alongside Leslie Phillips were Hugh Paddick, Neil Brennan, Kenneth Connor, and Sue Holderness (series 1), Jonathan Adams, John Graham, John Baddeley, Lolly Cockerell, and Jon Glover. Both series were written by Andrew Palmer and produced by Edward Taylor, and were first broadcast on Radio 2 of a Sunday evening at 10.00pm.

:: Series 1

Tx. dateRec. dateTape No.Title
12.2.788.1.78T54676Clocking On
19.2.788.7.78T54677To Russia With Love
26.2.7815.1.78T54678See You Later Decorator
4.3.78T54679It'll Only get Worse if you Picket
11.3.78The Man of Property
18.3.7829.1.79T54680French Dressing

:: Series 2

Tx. dateRec. dateTape No.Title
22.4.79Privately HeldFringe Benefits
29.4.7926.11.78T54681The Trouble With Evelyn
6.5.79The Fountain of Youth
13.5.7926.11.78T54682Wedding Bells
20.5.79Flashman's Revenge
27.5.79Surpise Package