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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 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 and Goodness Gracious Me are just four of the many series that went on to become TV hits. Radio 4 currently broadcasts comedy shows every weekday at 11:30am, 6:30pm and 11pm. Website
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On BBC Radio 4 today

Rob Newman's Neuropolis
Episode 2 - When You're Snarling
Mixing stand-up and sketches, comedian Rob Newman tackles the mysteries of the brain.

Conversations From A Long Marriage
Series 2, Episode 4 - If You Go Away
Joanna has a health scare and worries that she has not lived a life of achievement and will never have a blue plaque, or win a Booker Prize. Then they both receive very sad news.

Bunk Bed
Series 7, Episode 3
Married couple Guy Garvey and Rachel Stirling test their affection for each other under scrutiny in a frank and hilarious in-bed chat.

Current BBC Radio 4 comedies
...At The Stand
Ability
Alex Edelman's Peer Group
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Alexei Sayle's The Absence Of Normal
Beta Female
Bunk Bed
Conversations From A Long Marriage
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere
Darren Harriott: Black Label
Elephant In The Room
Fags, Mags And Bags
Henry Normal
Just A Minute
Michael Spicer: Before Next Door
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
Reluctant Persuaders
Rosie Jones: Box Ticker
Skeletons In The Cupboard
The Infinite Monkey Cage
The John Moloney Show
The Museum Of Curiosity
The News Quiz
The Skewer
The Unbelievable Truth
New formats in development

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Latest BBC Radio 4 news stories
Lost Voice Guy's Ability to return to Radio 4
Tuesday 19th January 2021
Lost Voice Guy's semi-autobiographical sitcom Ability is returning to Radio 4 for a third series.
Ian Smith to record comedy documentary for Radio 4
Monday 11th January 2021
Comedian Ian Smith is to record a comedy documentary for Radio 4, focusing on the story of several girls who got stuck in basketball hoops in his home town of Goole.
Radio 4 comedies nominated in BBC Audio Awards 2020
Friday 8th January 2021
Various Radio 4 comedies have been nominated in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
Alexei Sayle to record two more Radio 4 series
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Alexei Sayle is returning to Radio 4, with his Imaginary Sandwich Bar stand-up-sketch show and the adaptation of his comic stories, The Absence Of Normal.
Just A Minute to return with guest presenters
Friday 11th December 2020
Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand and Nish Kumar will be amongst the guest hosts for a new series of BBC Radio 4 panel show Just A Minute.