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Radio 4 Extra to celebrate 42 years of Hitchhiker's Guide
Friday 28th February 2020
Radio 4 Extra is to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of sci-fi sitcom The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy with a series of programmes on Sunday 8th March.
Joz Norris gets Radio 4 stand-up special
Wednesday 26th February 2020
Radio 4 is to broadcast A Small Talk About Small Talk, a new stand-up special from comedian Joz Norris.
Radio 2 reveals Funny Fortnight pilots
Friday 7th February 2020
Radio 2 has revealed a raft of comedy pilots, which it will broadcast across two weeks in March under the Funny Fortnight strand.
Tom Allen to host Radio 2 panel show about misunderstandings
Friday 7th February 2020
Tom Allen is to host Lost In Translation, a Radio 2 panel show pilot about "language, foreign cultures and everything in between which gets misunderstood".
Union JACK Radio to broadcast live from Leicester Comedy Festival
Monday 3rd February 2020
DAB radio station Union JACK is to broadcast multiple shows live from Leicester Comedy Festival, including the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition.
Phil Wang, Alexei Sayle and Rebecca Front win BBC Audio Awards
Sunday 2nd February 2020
Radio comedies Phil Wang: Wangsplaining and Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar have won prizes in the BBC Audio Awards. Rebecca Front was named Best Actress, and The Hartlepool Spy writer Ian Martin won the Tinniswood Award.
Comedies in the running for ARIAS radio awards
Thursday 16th January 2020
Elis James & John Robins, James Veitch, Kurupt FM, ReincarNathan, Chris Ramsey & Rosie Ramsey, and Dave Berry are amongst the comedy-related nominees in the Audio & Radio Industry Awards 2020.
New hosts revealed for The News Quiz
Tuesday 17th December 2019
The News Quiz will return to Radio 4 in 2020 with three hosts: Nish Kumar, Angela Barnes and Andy Zaltzman. Each will host a series.
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.