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BBC Radio reveals festive comedy highlights 2019
Monday 25th November 2019
Austentatious, The Shuttleworths, The Museum Of Curiosity, Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!, Neil Gaiman's Chivalry, Puckoon and Jeeves Live are amongst the comedy shows on Radio 4 this festive season.
Vicki Pepperdine and Morgana Robinson star in Radio 2 comedy
Friday 22nd November 2019
Vicki Pepperdine and Morgana Robinson have created a new sitcom for Radio 2 called Always June.
Comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Awards 2020
Tuesday 19th November 2019
Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off, Mark Steel's In Town, Phil Ellis Is Trying, Phil Wang: Wangsplaining and Suggs: Love Letters To London are amongst the nominees in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
Little Britain to return for Brexit special
Sunday 27th October 2019
David Walliams and Matt Lucas have reunited to record a new Little Britain episode for Radio 4. The special will be themed around Brexit.
New comedy coming to Scotland's Central FM
Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Central FM, a radio station operating in Scotland's Forth Valley, is to launch a new comedy series called The Central FM Comedy Hour.
Mark Dolan to host new panel show on Union JACK radio
Tuesday 24th September 2019
Mark Dolan is to host Asking For A Friend, a new panel show on DAB radio station Union JACK. The format sees guests answering questions posed by the audience.
Sue Perkins to host Radio 4 comedy about nature
Thursday 19th September 2019
Sue Perkins is to host Nature Table, a Radio 4 pilot which aims to celebrate "the natural world and all its funny eccentricities".
BBC Radio Wales renews Bravo Two Charlies
Tuesday 17th September 2019
Bravo Two Charlies, the sitcom following some police squad cars, is to return to BBC Radio Wales for a second series.
Michael Legge to record stand-up show for Radio 4
Thursday 29th August 2019
Michael Legge is to make his debut on Radio 4 with his stand-up show The Days Of Michael Legge.
Olga Koch takes Fight to Radio 4
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Russian-born stand-up Olga Koch's Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Fight is to be recorded for Radio 4.