Reluctant Persuaders
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2015 - 2021
- 20 episodes (4 series)
Radio 4 sitcom set in London's worst advertising agency. Stars Nigel Havers, Josie Lawrence, Mathew Baynton, Rasmus Hardiker, Olivia Nixon and Kieran Hodgson
Press clippings
Are you laughing at Radio 4 comedy? A week in radio
The stock thing to say is that Radio 4 comedy is a bit of an oxymoron. It's not really true, though, is it? Without Radio 4 there'd be no Alan Partridge, no Mighty Boosh, no League Of Gentlemen. Not that the highlights (or lowlights for that matter) should be what the station should be judged on. To listen in to the 6.30pm comedy slot on Radio 4 this last week is to see its comedic strengths and failings.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 10th April 2021Radio comedy can be such a turn-off
I try to fight it but the urge to tune away from Radio 4 at 6.30pm most weeknights is almost irresistible. This is odd. What I'm escaping is comedy and not only do I love comedy but a quick fix of it has become, these days, almost a necessity after listening to half an hour of news.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 19th April 2017