BBC Radio 4
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Radio 4, which has been broadcasting comedy ever since it took over from the BBC Home Service in 1967, has launched hundreds of comedy shows. Popular R4 comedies series which are still broadcasting include The News Quiz, The Now Show, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, Just A Minute, Old Harry's Game and Ed Reardon's Week. Many famous TV comedies actually started life in audio form on Radio 4 - Dead Ringers, Little Britain, That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Goodness Gracious Me and Genius are just five of the many R4 series that went on to become TV hits. Radio 4 currently broadcasts comedy shows every weekday at 11:30am, 6:30pm and 11pm. |
BBC Radio 4 Web Links
- BBC Homepage
- BBC Radio 4 Homepage
- BBC's Comedy Website
- BBC Commissioning Details (for Producers/Writers)
Contact Details For BBC
- Email / Online Form
- By Phone: 0870 010 0222
- By Post: BBC Information, PO Box 1922, Glasgow, G2 3WT
British Comedy First Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
Important note: we have currently only input channel details for about a 1/3 of the comedies in our database and thus this list is unlikley to be complete. We are slowly-but-surely working towards providing a more comprehensive list - please bear with us.
- 15 Minute Musical
- 4 At The Fringe
- 4 In A Field
- 4 Stands Up
- A Bit Of Explaining To Do
- A Jewel In The Comedy Crown
- A Question Of Royalty
- A Week With Adam Buxton
- Absolute Power
- Acropolis Now
- Act Your Age
- Admirable Crichton, The
- Adventures Of John And Tony, The
- Alan And Jean's Incredible Journey
- Alan Davies Show, The
- Albert's Boy
- All Bar Luke
- All The Young Dudes
- Altered Egos
- An Open Letter To Richard Branson
- And Another Thing...
- And Now In Colour
- Andy Zaltzman's History Of The Third Millennium
- Another Case Of Milton Jones
- Antimacassars And Ylang Ylang Conditioner
- Ape That Got Lucky, The
- Are You From The Bugle?
- Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
- Arthur Smith's Balham Bash
- Arturart
- As Told To Craig Brown
- At Home With The Snails
- Ayres On The Air
- Bad By Default
- Baggage
- Barbershopera
- Bearded Ladies
- Beauty Of Britain
- Beaux' Stratagem, The
- Better Half, The
- Big Fun Show, The
- Big In Samoa
- Big Night In..., The
- Bigipedia
- Bleak Expectations
- Blinded By Science
- Boyle's Law
- Broken Arts
- Brothers In Law
- Ca'd'oro Café, The
- Cabaret Upstairs
- Cabin Pressure
- Castle, The
- Cavity
- Chain Reaction
- Chambers
- Child's Play
- Clare In The Community
- Clement Freud On Just A Minute: A Celebration
- Cold
- Comic Fringes
- Concrete Cow
- Cookbook Of Apicius, The
- Cornwell Estate, The
- Correspondent, The
- Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
- Cowards
- Dad's Army
- Danny Robins Music Therapy
- Daunt And Dervish
- Dave Podmore
- Dead Ringers
- Deep Trouble
- Des Res
- Development
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Dog Dazed Afternoon
- Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook, The
- Doon Your Way
- Double Science
- Down The Line
- Earls Of The Court
- Ed Reardon's Week
- Edge Falls
- Elastic Planet
- Electric Ink
- Elephants To Catch Eels
- ElvenQuest
- End Of The Roadshow, The
- Exterminating Angels, The
- Fabulous
- Fags, Mags And Bags
- Family Soup
- Filthy Rich
- Fireworks At The Villa Lucia
- Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
- Fordham And Lipson
- Forty Three, Fifty Nine: Wake
- Francophile Namesakes
- Frank
- Gallery, The
- Genius
- Genuine Particle, The
- Gilda And Her Daughters
- Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
- God Bless Our Love
- Good Evening
- Granny Killers, The
- Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble, The
- Grey Expectations
- Halfway To Hollywood
- Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
- Harry Hill's Fruit Corner
- Harry Worth - The Man In The Window
- Hazelbeach
- Heresy
- Higher
- Highlites
- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The
- Hollow Men, The
- Hordes Of The Things
- House On Fire
- How Tickled Am I?
- HR
- Hudson And Pepperdine Save The Planet
- Hut 33
- I Guess That's Why They Call It The News
- I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
- I've Never Seen Star Wars
- In Mates
- Incomplete Works Of Dave McCabe, The
- Inside Alan Francis
- Inspector Steine
- It's David O'Doherty Time
- Jason Explanation, The
- Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up!
- Joan Of Arc, And How She Became A Saint
- John Finnemore, Apparently
- Josie Long - All Of The Planet's Wonders
- Just A Minute
- Justin Moorhouse - The Big Am I
- Kicking The Habit
- Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge
- Ladies, The
- Ladies Of Letters
- Lambeth Palace
- Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking
- Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds
- Lawrence Sweeney Mix, The
- Lemon Squeezer, The
- Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
- Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
- Listen Against
- Look Away Now
- Lost Weblog Of Scrooby Trevithick, The
- Love Contract
- Love In A Glass Jar
- Magician's Daughter, The
- Maltby Collection, The
- Man Of The Moment
- Mark Steel Lectures, The
- Mark Steel's In Town
- Mark Thomas - The Manifesto
- Mark Thomas: My Life In Serious Organised Crime
- Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better
- Married
- Mastering The Universe
- Masterson Inheritance, The
- Meanwhile With The Bearded Ladies
- Meryl The Mounted
- Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?
- Milk Race, The
- Million Pound Radio Show, The
- Moment You Feel It, The
- Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard
- Morecambe And Wise: The Garage Tapes
- Museum Of Curiosity, The
- My Name Is Daphne Fairfax
- My Teenage Diary
- National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons, The
- Nebulous
- Newfangle
- News At Bedtime, The
- News Quiz, The
- Nick Mohammed - Apollo 21
- Nick Mohammed In Bits
- Now Show, The
- NQ48
- O'Kane And Co
- Odd Half Hour, The
- Old Harry's Game
- On The Field: Endgame
- On The Hour
- On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
- One
- Operation Charlie
- Other Side, The
- Palace Of Laughter
- Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd), The
- Pappy's Fun Club
- Party
- Party Line, The
- Peacefully In Their Sleeps
- Penny Dreadfuls Present..., The
- People In Cars
- Personality Test, The
- Pick Ups
- Pickerskill Reports, The
- Playwright And The Grammarian, The
- Political Animal
- Potting On
- Private Lives
- Psmith In The City
- Puddle
- Quando, Quando, Quando
- Quartet
- Raft To Bondi
- Recorded For Training Purposes
- Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House
- Revolting People
- Richest Man In Britain, The
- Rory Bremner's International Satirists
- Ross Noble Goes Global
- Ross Noble On...
- Rudy's Rare Records
- Safety Catch
- Sarah Millican's Support Group
- Sarah Millican: Keep Your Chins Up
- Saturday Night Fry
- Says On The Tin
- Scoop
- Scummow: Things Washed Up By The Sea
- Second Best Bed, The
- Secret World, The
- Self-Storage
- Shappi Talk
- Shirleymander
- Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
- Sit Crom, The
- Smoke And Mirrors
- Sneakiepeeks
- So Wrong It's Right
- Something Fresh
- Spending My Inheritance
- Spike's Lookalikes
- Spiritual Centre, The
- Spitting In Russian
- Spoon, Jar, Jar, Spoon
- Spread A Little Happiness
- Stand-Up With The Stars
- Stanley Baxter Playhouse, The
- Strangers On Trains
- Sunday Format, The
- Tent, The
- Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!
- Terry Pratchett's Mort
- Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
- Terry Pratchett's Small Gods
- Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters
- That Mitchell & Webb Sound
- That's No Job For An Asian
- Think The Unthinkable
- Thinking Of Leaving Your Husband?
- This Is My Mark
- Those Hard To Reach Places
- Tickets Please
- Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
- Tomorrow, Today!
- Too Much Information
- Twice Ken Is Plenty
- Unbelievable Truth, The
- Vent
- Vortigern And Rowena
- Walking On Sunshine
- Wednesdays With Strangers
- Week Ending
- What A Carve Up!
- When The Dog Dies
- Where Do You Want Me? (A Comic In Continental Crisis)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
- Will Smith Presents: The Tao Of Bergerac
- Will Smith's Mid-life Crisis Management
- Yellowplush Papers, The
