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The Odd Half Hour

The Odd Half Hour

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2008 - 2010
  • 12 episodes (3 series)

Radio sketch show looking at modern life's pains. Stars include Stephen K Amos and Justin Edwards. Stars Stephen K Amos, Jason Byrne, Justin Edwards and Katherine Parkinson.

Episode menu

Series 2, Episode 1

Returning for a second series, The Odd Half Hour is the show that looks at that pains of modern life - big and small - with sketches and songs from leading comic talents. Sketches include how the recession is affecting supermarkets, the conspiracy behind celebrity gossip magazines and how Radio 4 is going to rebrand itself.

Sketches

Green Room chat: the credit crunch

Voluntary work with old racists

Marketing groceries

Depressing funeral

Pest Control for kids

Movie Trailer: Nothing

Open Mike Folk Song: Modern Banking Folk Song

Celebrity Magazine Editor has Angelina Jolie realisation

Independent Woman in Mid-30s: Train Ticket

Wikipediophiles

Re-naming Radio 4 as Melvin

After-show bath

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 5th August 2009
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 22nd June 2010 11:00pm Radio 4
Friday 30th September 2016 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 3rd May 2018 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 7th July 2020 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 7th May 2022 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Stephen K Amos Various
Jason Byrne Various
Justin Edwards Various
Katherine Parkinson Various
Writing team
Jason Hazeley Writer
Joel Morris Writer
Simon Evans Writer
Andrew Dawson (as The Dawson Bros) Writer
Steve Dawson (as The Dawson Bros) Writer
Tim Inman (as The Dawson Bros) Writer
Madeleine Brettingham Writer
Justin Edwards Writer
Paul Jones Writer
Simon Ounsworth Writer
Stuart Beale Writer
Production team
Alex Walsh-Taylor Producer

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