The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell.
[3] The pilot was well received[4] and in August 2002 a full series was commissioned, this time on BBC Two.
[8] In 2002 the BBC's Arena broadcast a documentary about the series entitled Radio Ha!
- Meet The Dead Ringers, directed by Fisher Dilke.
It featured interviews with the cast and writers, and behind-the-scenes footage from a studio recording from the eighth series.