Week Ending was considered a "training ground" for a large number of comedy writers, performers and producers.

Until 1983, Week Ending was taken off the air during election campaigns.

She has written for various radio dramas and documentaries, as well as the 1980s radio show Week Ending.

The show became British radio's longest-running audience comedy in 1994 and became the second longest-running overall behind Week Ending, which was terminated in 1998.

He was also a regular on Week Ending and appeared in a number of sketches in the television game show 3-2-1.

Moving to London, Moor wrote sketches for Week Ending and Spitting Image and developed his own work.

New programmes - like Week Ending - sat alongside old favourites like Gardeners' Question Time.

It was Enfield who advised him to go along to the open meetings for BBC Radio 4's Week Ending.

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the late night Friday slot, as a summer replacement for Week Ending.