Frank Sidebottom's Radio Timperley

Radio Timperley Is Go

Welcome to Radio Timperley! And without further ado, let’s start things off with a brilliant 55 minute special episode!
The Day Frank Was Paul McCartney

Have you seen them Beatles? They were very, very famous you know, and I was nearly in them. Here's the fantastic tale…
Franks Manchester Medley

Come with me as I take you on a fantastic ride through the history of Manchester music except I forgot to put in Freddie And The Dreamers!
The Tomb Of Maurice Carmen

Hello fantastic Egyptologists, follow me down the tomb of Maurice Carmen and delight at the wonders from before time or something!
Mr Gallaghers Zoo

Hello fantastic Radio Timperley listeners, have you found that when you're looking after a zoo for a week, you need a helping hand? I did too, but where can you find the proper staff?
Frank's Mexico '90 World Cup Report

As 2010 World Cup fever takes hold, I thought it would be a good idea to post this interview that Little Frank did with Englands fantastic captain Bryan 'Robbo' Robson. I know that it’s nearly a quarter of a century late, but I lost the original recording down the back of the radiator.
Frank Visits The Green John Mines

Have you ever wondered how many stalactites and stalagmites there are in the Blue John Mines? Well it's not as many as there used to be since I paid a visit.
Desert Island Discs

Little Frank appears as the celebrity guest on my version of Desert Island Discs. Unfortunately he doesn’t quite get it… much to my annoyance.
Long John Sidebottom

Arrr! I'm Cap'n Sidebottom and I take my trusty crew to a desert island for a nosh-up, but horror of horrors – the fish fingers have fallen overboard, so we are left with no choice but to trade with the natives for provisions.
Minder

Me and Little Arfur Daley aka Little Frank take to the streets of Laaaandaaan… until my displeasure at the cockney accent prompts a virtual channel change.
Frank Does Monty Python

Are you the man from the Ministry Of Silly Walks? No, I'm a dead parrot, actually… I mean a lumberjack greengrocer…
Xmas Special

Iiiiiit's (nearly) Chriiiiiistmaaaaas! And I'm in a mood for shopping for some ace toys even though I'm meant to be hosting Radio Timperley.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Elvis Aaron Haley

It's fantastic New Year, and as we wonder what 2011 will bring, let me take you back in the opposite direction with my History Of Pop. This week, Bill Haley.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Elvis Aaron Eddie Cochrane Berry

They were originally Siamese twins who split into Chuck Berry and Eddie Cochrane as kids and both never looked back, especially when Chuck Berry became Jerry Lee Lewis.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Elvis Aaron Spanish Eyes Harris

In 1960 Elvis Aaron Spanish Eyes Harris – aka – Rolf Harris, invented the wall of sound, thus ushering in a new era of ace pop.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Elvis Aaron Linda McCartney Lennon Thingy

We're now in the mid-sixties and the musical world is about to change as two friends meet each other at a Liverpool football match and form the fantastic Beatles.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Elvis Aaron Dodd

The mid-sixties was when Elvis Aaron Dodd and the Beatles teamed up for that bit when music sounded all weird.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Baby Elvis Aaron Gary Numan

It's the swingin' 67's and baby Gary Numan made his first LP, but nobody was particularly interested because they were more into very bright colours at the time.
Frank's Story Of Pop – Elvis Aaron Johnny Morrissey Marr Smith

The year is nineteen hundred and eighty something and Timperley became the epicentre of the pop universe with the fantastic Smiths.