Six episodes for 2016

Stand-up Josh Howie has landed his first Radio 4 show.

The BBC has commissioned six half-hour episodes of Josh Howie’s Losing It, which will air in 2016.

A semi-autobiographical sitcom, it follows the life of Josh, a father-to-be, coming to terms with the impending arrival of his and his wife's first baby that will shake up his comfortable life.

Scripts will have Josh stepping out of the action and directly addressing the audience to analyse what’s happening in the plot and his choices. 

Each episode also starts with the end of the story and then rewinds to show how Josh, who is constantly falling out with people, ended up in that week’s predicament. 

Josh Howie’s Losing It will be produced by Ashley Blaker, who previously co-created BBC Two’s Matt Lucas Awards, for Black Hat Productions.

The series, expected to air in an 11pm slot, will be recorded in front of an audience at the end of the year. 

Howie, whose fourth solo show Aids: A Survivor's Story is on at the Soho Theatre in London next week, has previously appeared on Beyond Belief and 4 Stands Up on Radio 4, but this is his first starring project for the station.

Published: 10 Apr 2015