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
- 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
- Series 6, Episode 3 repeated at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Episode menu
Series 9, Episode 6
Those following the series will know that the lives of each of the people focused upon in each episode are intertwined. For the final episode of the series, the lives of Newt, Russ, Deborah, Jerry and Vanessa are all in the spotlight.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 10th June 2021
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 17th June 2021 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 17th June 2021 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 17th June 2021 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Friday 18th June 2021 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Friday 31st December 2021 | 11:00pm | Radio 4 |
Cast & crew
| Lawry Lewin | Russ |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | Deborah |
| Simon Kane | Jerry |
| Carrie Quinlan | Vanessa |
| John Finnemore | Newt |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| Ed Morrish | Producer |
| Rich Evans | Editor |
| Susannah Pearse | Composer |
Press
The complete timeline of Souvenir Programme series nine
Well, since you ask me for a final timeline for the events of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 9, we now have had a hundred and twenty-two years of family history of the Noones, the Nightingales, the Wilkinsons, the Goldings and the Goldfarbs, from John Finnemore and his troop, here's my best stab at creating a chronology, with advice, corrections, and additions from many.
Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool, 11th June 2021Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius
As the final episode of the mind-bending tragi-comedy sketch show airs, Jonn Elledge speaks to its creator about the genesis of a show born of limitations.
Jonn Elledge, The Big Issue, 10th June 2021