Nish Kumar
Host of BBC Two's Mash Report, Nish Kumar was nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy award in 2015. He was previously half of sketch duo the Gentlemen of Leisure, who made his Edinburgh debut in 2012
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Nish Kumar and Jake Bhardwaj pilot entertainment formats
More Radio 4 commissions
Nish Kumar and Jake Bhardwaj are piloting new shows for Radio 4.
In Utopia, Kumar will be asking comedians and celebrity guests: what if you could redesign the world from scratch?
It is being made by Louis Theroux’s production company Mindhouse Studios, whose TV credits include Katie Price: Nothing To Hide and Mo Gilligan’s Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy.
Meanwhile, Bhardwaj will be harnessing the energy he brings to his cult live show Not Another Quiz Night for a ‘chaotic gameshow’ called So You Want To Play?
Production company Lead Mojo, headed by former BBC radio comedy producer Ed Morrish, say the show involves four comedians being put through a ‘series of devious and ridiculous challenges’
Radio 4 has also today confirmed that two recent quiz pilots have been picked up for full series: Your Number’s Up, the number-based quiz hosted by Max Fosh, and Bookmarks, a literary quiz hosted by Clare Balding.
No broadcast dates for any of the shows has yet been revealed.
The news comes amid a flurry of announcements for the channel, including Richard Curtis’s first sitcom in more than 30 years, a raft of stand-up specials, a new batch of sketch shows and a number of returning sitcoms plus a new one based on Paul Longley’s online series The Gossip Couple.
Published: 16 Sep 2026
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Products
DVD (2014)
Alternative Comedy Experience Series 2
Past Shows
Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout the Words Real Loud
Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Nish Kumar: It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
Nish Kumar: It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves (Work in Progress)
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