The Masterson Inheritance was a improvisational comedy series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1993 to 1995. There were three series and two Christmas specials. BB7 are currently rebroadcasting this show, it can be heard online at www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7. Improvisation is the act of making something up as it is performed. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The regular cast of The Masterson Inheritance were Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton, Phelim McDermott, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson and Jim Sweeney. Each week, the cast would be given a situation to improvise for the fictional Masterson family with suggestions from the studio audience. Josie Lawrence (born Dudley, 6 June 1959) is a British comedian and actress. ... Paul Merton on the Room 101 set Paul Merton (born January 17, 1957) is a British actor, deadpan comedian and writer, who is best known as a panellist on Have I Got News For You and Just a Minute on BBC Radio 4 and as the host of Room 101. ... Caroline Quentin (born June 11, 1961, in Reigate) is a British actress. ... Jim Sweeney (left) and comedy partner Steve Steen (right) Jim Sweeney is a British comedian, writer and actor. ...

Episodes

Series 1

1. The Curse of the Mastersons
2. The Mastersons and Johnson
3. Scurvy
4. The Sweat of the Mastersons
5. The Tattling of the Mastersons
6. The Mastersons Lose Everything

First Christmas special

• The Stuffing of the Mastersons

Series 2

1. Beware the Ides of Masterson
2. The Quest for the Other Rabbit's Foot
3. Last Word to the Mastersons
4. The Jousting Mastersons
5. The Gangrene of the Mastersons
6. The Mastersons Go Down

Series 3

1. The Mastersons Magical Marquee (1)
2. The Mastersons Magical Marquee (2)
3. Masterson Rides Again
4. The Masterson Bunch
5. The Pain of the Mastersons
6. The St. Valentine's Day Masterson

Second Christmas special

• The Mastersons' Christmas Cracker

External links

• The Masterson Inheritance fansite
• Episode listing from epguides.com