Dead Ringers
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2000 - 2024
- 156 episodes (25 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 on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Series 25, Episode 2
- Catch-up on Series 25, Episode 1
Press clippings
Enough! 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 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 results
Taskmaster, The Cleaner, Ghosts, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Inside No. 9, Michael Spicer: Before Next Door, Dead Ringers, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me are the winners in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2022BBC 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 2022Comedy.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