Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire
17/08/2017 … Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his podcast The Bugle, are to team up for a new Radio 4 series.
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A Noble effort
Ross makes spoof magazine show for Radio 4
17/08/2017 … Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC.
Radio 4 sitcom for Phil Ellis
...playing a divorced children's entertainer
17/08/2017 … Phil Ellis is to make a Radio 4 sitcom based on his bitter stand-up routines about his divorce.
Radio 4 comedies for stand-up stars
Al Porter, Zoe Lyons, Felicity Ward and more...
17/08/2017 … Stand-ups including Al Porter, Zoe Lyons, Felicity Ward and Sophie Willan are making personal comedy shows for Radio 4.
A Doomsday scenario
Radio 4 orders comedy about end-of-the-world Preppers
17/08/2017 … Radio 4 is to launch a new sitcom about ‘preppers’ readying themselves for apocalypse.
Harry Hill's prison sitcom gets a full series
17/08/2017 … Harry Hill’s Radio 4 sitcom Life On Egg has been picked up for a full series.
Joe Lycett lands Radio 4 talk show
...about obsessions and guilty pleasures
17/08/2017 … Joe Lycett is to become a talk show host for Radio 4.
A panel show for her
Radio 4 pilots a female-led topical comedy show
17/08/2017 … The BBC is to address the claim that panel shows are too male-dominated with a new topical show with a predominantly female line-up Radio 4 is piloting Where's…