Listen Against. Image shows from L to R: Alice Arnold, Jon Holmes. Copyright: BBC
Listen Against

Listen Against

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2011
  • 16 episodes (4 series)

Presented by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes, Listen Against uses actual BBC footage and presenters to create a surreal broadcasting world. Stars Jon Holmes, Alice Arnold, James Bachman, Justin Edwards, David Mara and more.

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Series 4, Episode 1

Jon Holmes chases Melvyn Bragg in a time machine; a report on school children getting addicted to Farming Today; and more.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 3rd November 2011
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 10th November 2011 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 10th November 2011 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 11th July 2012 11:00pm Radio 4
Wednesday 31st August 2016 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 15th February 2019 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 12th November 2020 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 30th June 2022 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 2nd July 2022 3:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 3rd July 2022 3:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Jon Holmes Host / Presenter
Alice Arnold Host / Presenter
James Bachman Ensemble Actor
Kim Wall Ensemble Actor
Sarah Hadland Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Joel Morris Writer
Jason Hazeley Writer
Gareth Gwynn Writer
Jon Holmes Writer
John-Luke Roberts Writer
Jon Hunter Writer
James Kettle Writer
Rachel Wheeley Writer
Production team
Jon Holmes Producer
Sam Bryant Producer

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