Hey Hey We're The Monks
An abbey that is running out of monks advertises for new recruits, and a young man decides to swap the dole queue for holy orders
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2000
- Channel
- BBC Radio 2
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Starring
- Bill Bailey, Graham Crowden, Paul Brooke, Howard Lew Lewis, Osian Barnes, Hilda Braid, Catherine Tate and Simon Bates
- Writers
- Dan Tetsell and Danny Robins
- Producer
- Lucy Armitage
An abbey that is running out of monks advertises for new recruits, and a young man decides to swap the dole queue for holy orders. The brothers will never be the same again.
Catechismal comedy starring Bill Bailey and Catherine Tate.
Note: A TV pilot was also produced, starring James Corden, but it was never broadcast.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 13th January 2000 on BBC Radio 2 at 9:30pm
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Sunday 1st March 2020 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra

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