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 5 repeated Thursday at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Press clippings Page 2
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 shortlist
The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 have been announced. 60 programmes are now in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.
British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2019Radio 4 comedies nominated in BBC Audio Awards 2019
A number of Radio 4 comedy series have been nominated in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2018John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme liner notes, 7.6
Massive, massive spoilers below the line, so listen before reading...
Ed Morrish, Ed Morrish's Blog, 11th February 2018Souvenir Programme liner notes, 7.5
Happy February 5th!
Ed Morrish, Ed Morrish's Blog, 5th February 2018Souvenir Programme liner notes, 7.4
Here's episode four of the current series - production notes below the cut...
Ed Morrish, Ed Morrish's Blog, 26th January 2018John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, liner notes #7.3
I should probably go back and retrospectively re-title all these production blogs, I really like this one. Anyway, here's this week's Souvenir Programme - and below the fold are some notes on the production process.
Ed Morrish, Ed Morrish's Blog, 21st January 2018Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 shortlist
The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 have been announced. 60 programmes are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.
British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2018John Finnemore Souvenir Programme: 7.2 production notes
We open with a Margaret sketch again. No changes to this in the edit.
Ed Morrish's Blog, 13th January 2018John Finnemore Souvenir Programme: 7.1 production notes
I thought I'd write up some production notes for this seventh series of Souvenir Programme...
Ed Morrish's Blog, 5th January 2018Have 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