Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC
Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2000 - 2023
  • 146 episodes (23 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.

  • Due to return for Series 24

Press clippings

Comedy.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 2024

BBC'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 2023

Comedy.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 2023

Jan 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 2022

Dead 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

BBC pulls its Friday Night Comedy podcasts from Apple & Google

The BBC is taking its popular Friday-night radio comedy shows off all the major podcast platforms - except for its own. Programmes such as The News Quiz, Dead Ringers and The Now Show will soon only be available on BBC Sounds, as executives force listeners to use the Corporation's own platform.

Chortle, 27th January 2022

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022

Radio 4 is the world's most industrious comedy factory

Radio 4's nurturing of new writers and performers has produced some of our best comedy talent.

Gillian Reynolds, i Newspaper, 5th July 2021

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