Thanks to Speechification.com I just heard a brilliant doco on composing for film and TV comedies. Hear the unheralded geniuses who made music behind the Carry on films, Tony Hancock, Harry Worth et al reveal their secrets:

http://speechification.com/2009/02/17/waa-waa-waa-waaaah/

Among those interviewed is the recently deceased Angela Morley, the "Wendy Carlos" of film composing. Here's her fascinating obit:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angela-morley-composer-and-...