The Sunday Format
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1996 - 2004
- 23 episodes (5 series)
Sony Award winning sketch show set on BBC Radio 4's first high-quality weekend broadsheet newspaper. Stars Simon Greenall, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rebecca Front, Chris Langham, Ewan Bailey and more.
See also
Bigipedia
Fast-paced series in which Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen present listeners with a mixed-up world based on the mangle of mis- and information online.
People Like Us
Chris Langham plays an interviewer who chats to 'ordinary' people.
People Like Us
Comedy series in which broadcaster Roy Mallard, played by Chris Langham, sets out to give an impression of day-to-day life in different occupations.
Hot Metal
Biting newspaper satire by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, set in the offices of the once high-brow, now populist tabloid, Daily Crucible.
On The Hour
Radio news satire presented by Chris Morris which was renowned for its savage dissection of news and current affairs programming and presentation.
The Day Today
Following on from Radio 4's On The Hour, The Day Today is a biting satirical swipe at television news in the early 1990s.
Brass Eye
Anarchic spoof news programme fronted by Chris Morris.
Electric Ink
Radio 4 sitcom set in a newspaper office that aims to satirise the world of modern journalism.
Drop The Dead Donkey
Sitcom set at GlobeLink News, a TV news station which is ordered to start taking a sensationalist stance to the news by its new owner.
Taking The Flak
Comedy drama following a team of journalists in a war zone who are in a state of perpetual danger, not just from bombs... but each other too.
The Thick Of It
Satirical political sitcom. Number 10's foul-mouthed policy enforcer Malcolm Tucker rules the Government's PR team with an iron fist.
Mightier Than The Sword
John Sessions and John Bird present a spoof arts magazine examining literary figures of the past and assessing their relevance to today's society.
Great News
Unbroadcast sitcom pilot written and directed by John Morton about a fictional local newspaper.