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Shaun Keaveny to narrate Absolute Radio's first scripted comedy
Shaun Keaveny is to narrate Rockanory, Absolute Radio's first scripted comedy series. The series involves dramatisations of apocryphal rock'n'roll legends.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2021Don't miss The Skewer, one of this year's best podcasts
Escape if you can - but don't miss one of 2021's finest shows.
Patricia Nicol, The Sunday Times, 18th July 2021Kurupt FM wins Best Comedy Podcast 2021
The Kurupt FM Podkast won the Best Comedy Podcast title at the British Podcast Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 12th July 2021The Skewer wins gold at Audio & Radio Industry Awards
Satirical comedy show The Skewer has won the gold award at the Audio & Radio Industry Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Comedies nominated in Audio & Radio Industry Awards
The nominees for the Audio & Radio Industry Awards 2021 (ARIAS) include The Musical Life Of..., Sketchtopia, The Skewer, Jason Manford and the podcasts Alan Partridge: From The Oasthouse and Kim Noble: Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow).
British Comedy Guide, 21st April 2021The Skewer wins at BBC Audio Awards
The Skewer, The Musical Life Of..., David Threlfall, Christopher Douglas and Fraser Ayres were amongst the comedy-related winners in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 26th March 2021Best Comedy Podcast 2020 nominees revealed
Brian & Roger, Dear Joan And Jericha, Josh Berry's Fake News, Kurupt FM, Mind Canyon and Off Menu are nominated in the British Podcast Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 19th May 2020Now Wash Your Hands review
The recurrent dreadfulness of Radio 4 comedy is a bit like a humanitarian disaster on the other side of the world. Yes, it's bad; yes, you wish it wasn't happening; but what are you realistically going to do to change things? Best to turn off the radio and stop thinking about it. Sometimes, things get so awful that intervention becomes necessary. As the Times radio critic I feel moved to issue a unilateral condemnation of Radio 4's new coronavirus-themed "comedy" podcast Now Wash Your Hands.
James Marriott, The Times, 9th April 2020Radio 4 launches comedy show reacting to coronavirus isolation
Radio 4 has quickly commissioned Now Wash Your Hands, a new comedy show and accompanying podcast in which four hosts invite comedians to share their isolation experiences.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2020The Skewer was slippery and directionless, with lots of woozily spliced together archive sounds and incongruous topical news clips put together to make people sound silly, but without real bite. It felt disappointingly safe.
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 26th February 2020