Radio News Page 8
Radio 4 axes David Baddiel's Don't Make Me Laugh
Wednesday 5th October 2016
Radio 4 has axed Don't Make Me Laugh, the Radio 4 panel show created by David Baddiel. The programme was recently reprimanded for jokes about the Queen.
Colin Murray returns to Fighting Talk
Tuesday 13th September 2016
Colin Murray has been named as the new host of Fighting Talk. He returns to the radio panel show after three years away.
Radio 4 announces 18 new comedy shows
Friday 26th August 2016
Radio 4 has announced a raft of new shows, including series from Matt Berry, Sara Pascoe, Richard Herring, Sam Bain, Andy Hamilton and Fred MacAulay.
Jake Yapp gets Radio 4 show
Friday 19th August 2016
Jake Yapp has been given his own Radio 4 show, a pilot entitled Jake Yapp Saves All Of Humanity In 28 Minutes.
Jethro Bradley wins BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2016
Sunday 14th August 2016
Stand-up comedian Jethro Bradley has won the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2016.
Fighting Talk hosts step down
Tuesday 9th August 2016
Josh Widdicombe and Georgie Ainslie are stepping down as the hosts of Radio 5 Live's panel show Fighting Talk.
Radio 4 orders new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series
Thursday 26th May 2016
Radio 4 has commissioned a new sixth series of classic sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It'll be principally based around the book And Another Thing.
David Mitchell and John Finnemore to star in Radio 4 sitcom
Sunday 22nd May 2016
David Mitchell and John Finnemore are to star in Time Spanner, a time travel sitcom for Radio 4.
Radio 4 confirms Series 3 of The Missing Hancocks
Thursday 12th May 2016
Radio 4 has confirmed that it has ordered a third series of The Missing Hancocks, the programme which recreates lost episodes of Hancock's Half Hour.
Noel Fielding joins The Museum Of Curiosity
Thursday 7th April 2016
Noel Fielding has been announced as the new 'curator' joining John Lloyd on Series 9 of Radio 4's The Museum Of Curiosity.