John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2011 - 2023
  • 54 episodes (9 series)

Radio 4 sketch show written by and starring John Finnemore. Also features Simon Kane, Carrie Quinlan, Lawry Lewin and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

  • Due to return in May 2024

Episode menu

Series 6, Episode 5

Featuring another trip Behind Closed Doors, a famous author takes drastic measures to improve his sales, and what a certain celebrity is really like.

Sketches

David Starkey
Tufty (Wolverine)
Open Letters
Designing the Snake
What's He Like?
But a Man
Behind Closed Doors - Ferry
King James
Song - Truckstops
Since You Ask Me - Fortune Teller

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 24th January 2017
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 31st January 2017 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 31st January 2017 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 31st January 2017 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 1st February 2017 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 26th April 2019 11:30am Radio 4
Tuesday 25th August 2020 7:00am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 25th August 2020 5:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 26th August 2020 5:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
John Finnemore Various
Simon Kane Ensemble Actor
Carrie Quinlan Ensemble Actor
Lawry Lewin Ensemble Actor
Margaret Cabourn-Smith Ensemble Actor
Writing team
John Finnemore Writer
Production team
Ed Morrish Producer
Susannah Pearse Composer

Press

Have a listen to John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, a Radio 4 6.30pm sketch show that is - whisper it - actually funny. Silly and surreal, it really does take your mind off the awful news that directly precedes it. I enjoyed the "creation of the snake" sketch and the "wolverine at the hair salon" one. The "female presenter in the trucker's room on the ferry" one went on a bit too long, but you know, it still made me smile. How lovely to hear a bit of daft imagination that takes your mind on flights of fancy, away from reality with its thudding grimness. A welcome respite.

Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 29th January 2017

Series 6, Episode 5 production notes

Here are some production notes for episode five of this series...

Ed Morrish, , 25th January 2017

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