Dead Ringers
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2000 - 2025
- 162 episodes (26 series)
Satirical impressionist show mocking the great and good, from politicians to those familar voices on Radio 4. Stars Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson and more.
- Returns on Friday 13th June on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Series 26, Episode 1
Press clippings
Dead Ringers to return with Jon Holmes as producer
Topical impression show Dead Ringers is to return to Radio 4 in June. Following the death of creator Bill Dare, the BBC have now appointed The Skewer and The Naked Week's Jon Holmes as producer.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2025Dead Ringers 25th Anniversary Tour to pay tribute to creator Bill Dare
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the stars of BBC Radio 4's topical satire show Dead Ringers are hitting the road with a tour in September and October. The shows will be a tribute to producer Bill Dare, who passed away in March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2025Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 shortlists revealed
Shortlists for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, recognising the best television and radio comedy programming, have been announced today after an initial round of voting.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2025Enough! When will BBC comedy leave the apologetic self-deprecation alone?
In the new series of Radio 4's Dead Ringers, the US Election and Reeve's Budget are no match for tired jokes about the Beeb itself.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 6th November 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 winners
Ghosts, Queen Of Oz, Taskmaster, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Good Omens, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?, Dead Ringers, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me are the winners in the public-voted Comedy.co.uk Awards for 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 12th February 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024BBC's Dead Ringers lampoons Huw Edwards scandal
'We should leave The Sun alone so it can recover away from the public gaze,' says mock-guest Rupert Murdoch.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 15th July 2023Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023Jan Ravens - the impressionist who got Liz Truss down to a T
The star of radio's Dead Ringers on the battles she's fought to have her voice heard - and why she wishes our shortest-serving prime minister had hung around just a bit longer.
Simon O'Hagan, Radio Times, 9th December 2022Dead Ringers is satire's great saviour - our politicians should be worried
The comedy sketch show is back, in rip-roaring form, just when the public needs it most.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 22nd June 2022