The Gerry Anderson Show
Dive into an alternative world of humour and wonderment. This is a permanent archive featuring some of Gerry’s best shows from 1984 onwards, 2 episodes added each week. Part of BBC Radio Foyle’s 40th birthday celebrations
Episodes
Spinster Of This Parish
Sean Coyle pays tribute to 40 years of Gerry - last in the series.
06/12/19•14m 47s
Never Been Called A Gentleman
Gerry has a cottage, and an angry golfer calls (First Broadcast 27/11/2001)
22/11/19•15m 37s
The Days Of The Blow Lamp
What a blacksmiths smelt like, how to talk to a horse, and Geordie's geese (09/05/2001)
18/11/19•31m 38s
Gerry's Bad Accents
Is it stick or schtick? and a local celeb cookbook - who's cooking chicken? (06/09/1991)
15/11/19•21m 50s
The Man With The Old Voice
Gerry becomes Hugo, and Sean strips to his shorts (First Broadcast 24/06/2009)
11/11/19•21m 48s
Protestant Baps, Catholic Buns
Gerry tries to buy a hub cap, and what's a suppressor? (First Broadcast 09/10/2001)
08/11/19•18m 21s
More Beef On A Crutch
Vintage Gerry from 1984, featuring a young Mr Coyle as a certain boxer (22/10/1984)
04/11/19•16m 48s
Two Words: Shut Up
Gerry & Sean discuss tonic wine and smoking (First broadcast 18/01/2010)
01/11/19•28m 15s
Gerry's Ghost Hunt
For Halloween, we revisit Gerry's tour of Crumlin Road Gaol (First Broadcast 29/10/2005)
28/10/19•29m 33s
A Hypnotised Hen and the Child of Prague.
A brief, but legendary moment. Audio quality is poor, but it's the only copy we know of!
25/10/19•6m 17s
Hugh's Got Rhythm
The phones aren't working, Seamus Heaney meets Bojangles (First Broadcast 26/09/2009)
14/10/19•21m 54s
A Special Programme About Baldness
Cures for baldness: rainwater and cow pats (First Broadcast 28/09/2011)
11/10/19•23m 54s
To Wig Or Not To Wig
Sean has a fan & is it better to dye or wig? (First broadcast 12/08/2008)
07/10/19•21m 8s
The Wee Man Is Very Quiet
Classic movie talk annoys Gerry, and he doesn't use the toilet brush
30/09/19•27m 30s
Away And Tighten A Vinegar Bottle
How to greet people, and chip shop trickery (First Broadcast 10 09 2008)
27/09/19•20m 14s
Jackie & Daniel In The Wild West
The Unforgiven, reimagined Ulster style (First Broadcast 05 12 2007)
23/09/19•14m 46s
A Kangeroo Landed In The Garden
Nothing wrong with hugging, and Tony Curtis' horn (First broadcast 27/10/2010)
13/09/19•24m 3s
No Real Names Any More
How to care for a hedgehog, and Fonsie the Football Coach (First Broadcast 25/10/2007)
09/09/19•23m 43s
No Future In Being A Hyena
Which animal would you be? Geordie is confused by a rest room (First Broadcast 27/10/09)
02/09/19•25m 57s
Fonsie Sells Nadine A Car
Gerry struggles with Jimmy Cricket (First Broadcast 10 11 2008)
30/08/19•22m 51s
Gerry's Festival Days
Airports, Derek Bell - and Sean brings Roy Walker back (First Broadcast 27 04 2011)
26/08/19•29m 32s
Sean's Sore Arm
Gerry worries that his star power is fading. (First Broadcast 07/02/2008)
23/08/19•23m 59s
I Know Where You Got Your Hair
New hair, a wedding ring and the back seat of a car. (First broadcast 30/08/2010)
16/08/19•25m 44s
Geordie & The Wee Duck
A listener finds a duck, the Isle of Man gets Gerry in trouble (First Broadcast 28/06/06)
12/08/19•22m 41s
A Play About A Dog
Why attraction loses its lustre & is Gerry's laugh fake? (First broadcast 24/09/2009)
05/08/19•25m 11s
The Whiskey Chronicles
How Gerry got a taste for scotch, and gremlins in the machine. (First Broadcast 17/03/10)
02/08/19•20m 57s
Pushy Backy Standy Uppy
Sean's vanishing posterior and a singing donkey (First Broadcast 27/11/2007)
29/07/19•22m 25s
To Have Loved And Lost
Valentine's Day, Budgies and a cousin called Kevin (First Broadcast 14/02/2008)
22/07/19•22m 47s
When You Weren't Allowed To Be Bald
How to enjoy a half pint, and baldness (First Broadcast 27/09/2011)
19/07/19•30m 17s
To Cuddle A Spaceship
A man chases a fox, Geordie buys a cow (First Broadcast 06/04/2009)
16/07/19•27m 44s
A Play About Northern Ireland
King of the Culchies, and bad plays about Northern Ireland (First Broadcast 14/10/2008)
12/07/19•25m 1s
A Bear Ran Down A Hill
Gerry went fishing & how to rotivate a lawn (First Broadcast 07/04/2009)
08/07/19•33m 13s
A Spud Sits Weeping In The Attic
Geordie has trouble with a calf and some chewing tobacco (First Broadcast 21/10/2010)
05/07/19•24m 58s
Go To Bed Little Hedgehog
How to walk like a Protestant or a Catholic. (First broadcast 16/04/2008)
01/07/19•28m 9s
A Tale Of Cow Dung & Snuff
Do glasses have legs or arms? (First Broadcast 15/03/2011)
28/06/19•24m 11s
Gerry The Docker
Gerry's at the docks, Geordie's at the gin (First Broadcast 11 02 2009)
24/06/19•31m 39s
Skinny Malink Melodeon Legs
Gerry is not interested in children's rhymes of yesteryear (First Broadcast 23/10/2007)
21/06/19•31m 35s
No Peas? That'll Cost You Extra
You're Bernard Ingham! And why less food costs more. (First Broadcast 10/09/2007)
14/06/19•30m 17s
The Balmoral Show
Gerry, Sean and Geordie meet goats, lamas and cheeky children (First Broadcast 12/5/10)
10/06/19•21m 38s
That Thing The Doctor Used To Do
Sean's riotous past, and an old use for '3d bits' (First Broadcast 22/02/2011)
07/06/19•30m 49s
Gerry's Own Goal
A football career cut short by a spectacular own goal (First Broadcast 20/11/2004)
03/06/19•29m 12s
Seven Pints & A Fish Supper
An unusual promotion in a local bar (First Broadcast 23/06/09)
31/05/19•29m 11s
Local Ads For Local People
Gerry dissects local radio ads, Sean won't do Ivan Little (First Broadcast 06/08/2008)
27/05/19•23m 47s
Michael's Haunted House
Michael says he has had several run in's with the 'deceased' (First Broadcast 29 03 2004)
24/05/19•33m 15s
Men With A Flick
Why can we put a man on the moon, but not put a man's flick down? (24/10/03)
20/05/19•27m 53s
Shut That Gate - The Musical
Gerry is writing a musical about the Siege of Derry (First Broadcast 04/05/2009)
17/05/19•29m 52s
Attacked By Crows
A listener is plagued by crows & Gerry wants back on TV (First Broadcast 20/04/2010)
13/05/19•32m 56s
How To Talk To People In Pubs
Gerry wants to talk to people in pubs (First Broadcast 19 01 2006)
10/05/19•41m 44s
Cowboys & Vegas
Cowboy museum in the desert & Brendan Bowyer in Vegas (First Broadcast 22/05/1991)
06/05/19•38m 7s
Tommy Kelly
Tommy Kelly's in Hong Kong in this vintage edition of the show (First Broadcast 04/01/89)
03/05/19•25m 13s
A Day Out In Enniskillen
Gerry takes a dander round Enniskillen (First Broadcast 26/06/1995)
26/04/19•41m 28s
Pregnant Ferret & Loud Levels
Geordie has a ferret problem, Gerry has a level problem (First Broadcast 21/06/2004)
22/04/19•26m 28s
Deceased Budgies & Grumpy Gerry
A listener loses his budgie & Gerry is in very bad form
19/04/19•28m 56s
Petrol Pumps & Gout
A young Ballymena listener complains about 'pointless' stories (First Broadcast 15/10/06)
15/04/19•21m 33s
A History of Gerry in 100 Objects
Gerry takes a bus trip to the Ulster Museum (First Broadcast 05/02/2010)
12/04/19•39m 1s
Chipeaters, Whistlers & Wah Wahs
Unusual names for Belfast folk, and a keen whistler (First Broadcast 27/06/2005)
08/04/19•26m 2s
Derry Wives & Guardian Angels
American GIs stuck in Derry, and Charlie Landsborough stops by (First Broadcast 03/11/03)
05/04/19•46m 6s
The Cow With Warts On Her Teat
Hand Dryer usage, greyhounds chasing sausages & how to mingle (First Broadcast 12/01/05)
01/04/19•31m 55s
Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive & Coronation Street
Gerry & Sean get lost in a Beverly Hills garden (First Broadcast 20/05/1991)
29/03/19•44m 29s
Talking Teeth & Eating Teeth
Eccentric aunts, crosswords and a man with a broken leg (First Broadcast 09/02/2009)
25/03/19•39m 33s
Sean, I want to talk to you
Gerry is not happy with this morning's calibre of caller (First Broadcast 04/10/2004)
22/03/19•27m 55s
Gerry's Guide to the Big Apple
Gerry plans to run in the NYC Marathon...but plans can change (First Broadcast 27/12/11)
18/03/19•47m 25s
Golfing Gripes & Michael Moore
A golfer is upset, and Gerry talks to director Michael Moore (First Broadcast 12/08/04)
15/03/19•37m 54s
San Fran Daniel
Gerry takes a taxi tour of San Francisco with Daniel O'Donnell (First broadcast 23/05/91)
11/03/19•41m 25s
The Quiet Man
Who was The Quiet Man? Gerry is fed up talking about it (First Broadcast 20/12/2004)
02/03/19•29m 53s
A Terrible Thing Has Happened
A bus trip to Ballywalter estate ends in disaster...for a vase (First Broadcast 17/12/88)
02/03/19•22m 44s
Love & Hatchets
Sean injures himself with a hatchet and a listener is in love (First broadcast 12/08/03)
02/03/19•43m 42s
Venice Beach, Paramount Studios & Sonny Bono
Gerry meets a tarot card reader on Venice Beach, takes a tour of Paramount Studios with Jackie Fullerton's uncle and travels to Palm Springs to meet mayor Sonny Bono.
02/03/19•41m 15s
It's Always Sunny In Northern Ireland
Sunny weather woes, chipmunks and Frank Carson (First broadcast 08/08/2003)
02/03/19•45m 57s
Welcome to The Gerry Anderson Show
Sean Coyle and Eve Blair introduce the new Gerry Anderson podcast.
25/02/19•3m 21s
