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Comedy of the Week

BBC Radio 4

Comedy

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 50

Brighten your week with the latest BBC Radio 4 comedy.

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28/08/2026
#92
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27/08/2026
#82
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26/08/2026
#62
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25/08/2026
#58
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24/08/2026
#98
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23/08/2026
#93
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22/08/2026
#93
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21/08/2026
#85
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20/08/2026
#74
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19/08/2026
#57

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Room 101 with Paul Merton

Monday, September 1, 2025 • Duration 28:20

Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101. This week Paul welcomes Richard Ayoade.

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Icklewick FM

Monday, September 8, 2025 • Duration 28:49

We return to Icklewick one year after the explosive events of Mischief Night. With Amy’s whereabouts still unknown and the rest of the team scattered, Chris has been struggling to keep Icklewick FM on the air from his home studio.

Things are deffo looking bleak until he receives a mysterious call from Mainland Europe...

Icklewick FM is created and written by Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill, with additional material from the cast.

To listen to more episodes from this series, search "Ickelwick FM" on BBC Sounds.

Starring: Amy Gledhill Chris Cantrill Mark Silcox Colin Hoult Janice Connolly Phil Ellis Tom Lawrinson Tom Burgess Nicola Redman Tai Campbell Em Humble James Carbutt

Series Artwork by Sam O'Leary

Music, sound design and additional material by Jack Lewis Evans. Line Produced by Laura Shaw Produced by Benjamin Sutton. A Daddy’s Superyacht production for BBC Radio 4

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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: 2025 Special

Monday, September 15, 2025 • Duration 44:36

2025's instalment of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is forty-five minutes of the funniest things John thought of in the last year, performed by John and his regular cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan, with composer Susannah Pearse at the piano and Sally Stares on the cello.

Please note that listening to these sketches about seahorses, time travel and sirens may cause side effects, unless you're listening to the placebo version of the show.

Written and performed by … John Finnemore Ensemble … Margaret Cabourn-Smith Ensemble … Simon Kane Ensemble … Lawry Lewin Ensemble … Carrie Quinlan

Original music … Susannah Pearse Piano … Susannah Pearse Cello … Sally Stares

Recording … Jerry Peal & Jon Calver Editing … Rich Evans

Production Manager … Katie Baum Executive Producer … Richard Morris

Producer … Ed Morrish

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme is a BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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Glenn Moore's Almanac

Monday, September 22, 2025 • Duration 28:46

Comedian Glenn Moore looks in his almanac at world events and what he was doing at the time. In this episode, a deadly spy operation causes Glenn to suspect his completely innocent Russian flatmate who just happens to have a novelty cigarette lighter in the shape of a gun. And not a novelty gun in the shape of a cigarette lighter.

Perhaps best-known for his outrageously brilliant one-liners on Mock The Week , Glenn delivers a tale of comic mishaps and extraordinary scenes interwoven with a big event in history – and looks back through his almanac to find out other strange connections to the day as well.

This is the first episode of the Second series of Glenn Moore's Almanac. To hear more episodes, search "Stand-Up Specials" on BBC Sounds.

Written by Glenn with additional material by Katie Storey (Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, The Last Leg) and produced and directed by David Tyler (Cabin Pressure, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, etc)

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4

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Ria Lina Gets Forensic: Microneedling

Monday, September 29, 2025 • Duration 14:29

Former-forensic-scientist-turned-stand-up-comedian Ria Lina examines the gap between the science we’re sold by the wellness industry and the science that’s done in a lab – particularly when it comes to treatments that boast anti-aging effects.

This episode, she’s joined by comedian Geoff Norcott to see if Microneedling can make their faces look any younger.

Featuring Ria Lina and Geoff Norcott Written by Ria Lina and Steve N Allen Produced by Ben Walker

A DLT Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4

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Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz

Monday, October 13, 2025 • Duration 28:32

Paul Sinha tests his audience in Leicester on their knowledge of their home county, Trivial Pursuit-style - with all the colours of questions, from geography to entertainment, getting asked. Can they fill the wedges, and can Paul answer their favourite questions, about crisps, bells and cricket?

To hear more episodes, search "Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz" on BBC Sounds.

Written and performed by Paul Sinha Additional material: Oliver Levy Additional questions: The Audience

Original music: Tim Sutton

Recording engineer: Jerry Peal Mixed by: Rich Evans Producer: Ed Morrish

A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4

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Do Gooders

Monday, October 6, 2025 • Duration 28:40

Ken receives some bad news that requires him to spend more time at home and Achi is forced to cover his role with unexpected, rather peculiar consequences. Meanwhile Harriett furiously searches for a way to plug a hole in the charity’s finances.

Garrett Millerick’s ensemble sitcom Do Gooders returns for another series. The show takes us back behind the curtain of fictional mid-level charity, The Alzheimers Alliance, as the fundraising events team continue their struggle for survival. Cue more office feuds, more workplace romances and more catastrophic fundraising blunders – all par for the course when trying to ‘do good’ on an industrial scale.

To listen to more episodes, search "Do Gooders" on BBC Sounds.

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Gladys – Kathryn Drysdale Lauren – Ania Magliano Clive – Garrett Millerick Harriett – Fay Ripley Achi – Ahir Shah Ken – Frank Skinner

Writer – Garrett Millerick Additional Material – Andrea Hubert Sound Engineer – David Thomas Editor – David Thomas Production Assistant – Jenny Recaldin Producer – Jules Lom Executive Producers – Richard Allen-Turner, Daisy Knight, Julien Matthews, Jon Thoday

An Avalon Television Production for BBC Radio 4

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Mark Steel's In Town

Monday, October 20, 2025 • Duration 40:45

First stop of the new series is Oakham, nestled in the UK’s smallest county – Rutland.

Rutland has a village that's proudly twinned with Paris (even if the Parisians don’t know), has Europe’s largest man-made lake (which required flooding a local village) and hangs its horseshoes the other way round (so the devil falls out, obviously).

Joining Mark is Clare Balding, who’s also in town to take him on a ramble around Rutland.

This is the 14th series of Mark's award winning show where he travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience. As well as Oakham, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Wrexham, Cambridge, Lewisham and, Lerwick and Unst in Shetland.

To hear more episodes from this series, search "Mark Steel's In Town" on BBC Sounds.

Written and performed by Mark Steel

Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Caroline Barlow and Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper

A BBC Studios production for Radio 4

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Carbon Lifeforms

Monday, November 3, 2025 • Duration 28:36

Jon Long and Dr Tara Shine join forces for more of the hybrid comedy-magazine show that emits jokes and facts that (carbon) capture all things climate to demystify the issues and offer advice on how to make positive choices in our everyday lives.

This week - The Carbon Cost of Tech, The Internet and AI with special guests Chris McCausland and Mike Berners-Lee.

In previous episodes, we’ve covered Food, Travel and Christmas, so what’s next? Well, it turns out that our previous episodes did not solve the climate crisis on their own. So, for this series, we will be looking at the topics of Tech and AI, Waste Management and Recycling, and The Fashion Footprint.

Expect new in-studio guests and on-location experts, more games, more practical advice, more cold hard stats, and the return of Greenwash of the Week to shout out the heroes and villains of the climate crisis.

Presenters: Jon Long and Dr Tara Shine Guests: Chris McCausland and Mike Berners-Lee Producer: Laura Grimshaw Executive Producer: Jon Holmes Live Sound: Jerry Peal Post-production Sound: Tony Churnside

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4.

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Humanwatch

Monday, October 27, 2025 • Duration 14:46

The team look at human hobbies and wonder, what is the point?

Gareth goes on a date, purely for research purposes, and roving reporter Phil is back at the Swindon nest to observe his favourite family...from a safe and morally appropriate distance.

To listen to more episodes from this series, search "Humanwatch" on BBC Sounds.

Written and presented by Marjolein Robertson and Gareth Waugh

With Phil Ellis and Katia Kvinge

Additional voice by Kai Humphries

Produced by Lauren Mackay

Sound by Fraser Jackson

Photographer: Chris Quilietti

A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4.

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