Paul Donovan

Quirky, offbeat and original, this four-part history of space travel and rocketry blends comedy and science. There are plenty of jokes, but also sharp sketches of three pioneers in the 1920s and 1930s - Russia's Eduardovich Tsiolovsky, America's Robert H Goddard and Germany's Hermann Oberth. Next week: Wernher von Braun.

The creator (at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008), co-writer and main female performer is Helen Keen, clearly someone to watch.

Radio waves: Election fever

Sandi Toksvig will continue to present Radio 4's News Quiz despite being a former Liberal Democrat party activist.

A magnificent new comedy inspired by and spoofing the online info site Wikipedia, and mocking interweb drivel, pop-ups, PC disasters, mobiles, searchboxes, automated reply systems and other hideous aspects of contemporary life. Very funny and cleverly edited, it features. and is partly written by Margaret Cabourn-Smith, who was so good in Radio 4's surreal VIP impersonation series The Secret World and is clearly a rising star. Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen are the main writers and creators. A treat for the next four weeks.

Back for a second series is a very funny sitcom called On the Blog, with Andy Taylor as a computer nerd living at home with his formidable Czech mother, played by Caroline Quentin.

On the spoof

Down the Line began on Radio 4 two weeks ago. The BBC issued a two-page profile of its new young host, alongside a smiling picture of him. We took notice. "Gary Bellamy starts a new live phone-in", I wrote. "Basildon-born Bellamy made something of a name for himself as an award-winning talk-radio DJ in Canada", said The Observer. "A former Today researcher, he is now back on Radio 4 hosting a new late-night phone-in..." And so on. Oh, dear. We were all fooled, even The Radio Times.