The Ape That Got Lucky
Chris Addison's Sony Gold Award winning radio show, in which he argues that humans became the top species on Earth through sheer luck
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- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2005
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Starring
- Chris Addison, Geoffrey McGivern, Jo Enright and Dan Tetsell
- Writers
- Chris Addison and Carl Cooper
- Producer
- Simon Nicholls
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- Opening theme tune is "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss (the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey).
Closing theme is "I Go Ape" by Neil Sedaka.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 4th August 2005 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 25th August 2005 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Wednesday 9th January 2019 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
Website links
- BBC Radio 4 Homepage
The official homepage for the show. - Chris Addison's Official Website
The official homepage for Chris Addison. - Wikipedia