Damn The Torpedoes!
- Radio sketch show
- BFBS Radio
- 2014 - 2017
- 8 episodes (1 series)
Military themed radio sketch show for the British Forces Broadcasting Service. Stars Alex Lowe, Alex Perkins, Debbie Arnold, Lewis Macleod, Rachel Esposti and more.
Press clippings
Damn The Torpedoes! wins New York Festival award
Damn The Torpedoes! won the Best Comedy Special Bronze Award at the New York Festival's World's Best Radio Program[me]s 2015.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2015British Forces radio orders Damn The Torpedoes! sketch series
The military-based BFBS Radio has ordered more episodes of sketch show Damn The Torpedoes! following the success of a pilot episode broadcast in April.
British Comedy Guide, 19th June 2014Damn the Torpedoes! is a unique kind of war comedy
There is a long tradition of stand-ups going to bases to entertain the troops, but this is the first time they have attempted to do it over the airwaves. So far a sketch about tensions between US and UK troops has proved a favourite with listeners.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 18th April 2014British Forces Broadcasting Service launches sketch show
BFBS Radio, the station set up to broadcast to British armed forces around the world, is launching a new sketch show called Damn The Torpedoes!.
British Comedy Guide, 13th April 2014