Down The Line was first broadcast in May 2006, and led to many complaints from listeners who apparently failed to spot it was a spoof, generating excellent publicity for the programme. Down The Line is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises populist radio phone-in shows. The show is a spoof following the tradition of the like of BBC Radio 4's Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge (a spoof chat show with fictional guests). Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as host Gary Bellamy, "Guests" include characters played by: Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Lucy Montgomery, Amelia Bullmore, Matt Lucas, Felix Dexter, Mark Gatiss, Catherine Tate, Arabella Weir, Robert Popper, Louis Vause, Peter Rutherford, Simon Godley, Phoebe Higson, Sam Ward, Dave Cummings, and Fiona Whitehouse.
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