The sixth of our satirical specials this summer. From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at. Host Andrew Hunter Murray (No Such Thing As A Fish, QI Elf, Private Eye) will strip away the curtain and dive into not only the big stories, but also at the way in which the news is packaged and presented. From award-winning writers and a crack team of contemporary satirists - and recorded in...
Sep 29, 2023•30 min
The fifth of our satirical specials this summer. Columns. Analysis. The Guardian's Long Read. Who has time? Catherine Bohart, that's who, and she's going beyond the headlines to give you the lowdown on one of the biggest stories of the week, alongside journalist James Ball and roving correspondent Sunil Patel. Catherine has fast become one of the most sought-after comedians in the UK and Ireland. She co-hosted the BBC Sounds Podcast and Radio 4 show You’ll Do and has appeared on multiple radio s...
Sep 22, 2023•29 min
The fourth of our satirical specials this summer. Ria Lina heads up a crack team of international comics including: Daliso Chaponda, Heidi Regan, Urooj Ashfaq and Ignacio Lopez to discuss the big stories making the news at home and around the world. You'll get an outsider's view on the news affecting you and also a peek behind the headlines from our comedians' homelands. We show them ours and then they show us theirs. The United Nations of News: proof that comedy really is universal.
Sep 15, 2023•28 min
The third of our satirical specials this summer. In a topical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines. As Dom attempts to get to the bottom of the biggest stories of the week, he challenges experts and makes calls to the wrong people about the wrong thing, often at the wrong time. Best known for Trigger Happy TV which reinvented the hidden camera format, Dom actually has a degr...
Sep 08, 2023•27 min
Hosted by Rhys James (Mock The Week, The Now Show), ‘What Are You Talking About?’ investigates the major issues of the week before solving them perfectly forever. Rhys will be joined by a gaggle of comedy’s fastest rising stars, including Alasdair Beckett-King and Celya AB, to look at the news and ask ‘Why?’, ‘How come?’ And ‘Why though?’
Sep 01, 2023•29 min
The first of our satirical specials this summer. The Newsmakers is an interview show where host Rachel Parris will deliver her views on the week's news and then talk to the people at the centre of those stories, from journalists to MPs to yacht-attacking orcas - all of whom are fictional, and played by comedians. Presented by Rachel Parris Guests: Rosie Holt Sam Pamphilion Michael Spicer Bilal Zafar Nim Odedra Additional material: Gareth Gwynn & Robin Morgan Recorded and edited by David Thom...
Aug 25, 2023•29 min
The series finale featuring many talented voices.
Aug 18, 2023•28 min
The penultimate episode of the current series.
Aug 11, 2023•28 min
What did Humza Yousaf and King Charles really say to each other when they met in Edinburgh? What is Sir Kier Starmer’s secret plan for after the election, and who first coined the word Aardvark? Answers to these questions and so much more. This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Joe Topping, Sophie Dickson, Sarah Campbell, Peter Tellouche, and Toussaint Douglass. Produced and created by Bill Dare Product...
Aug 04, 2023•28 min
Hear brand-new satire on the Friday Night Comedy podcast from BBC Radio 4 with six Summer Specials. Including Rachel Parris, Dom Joly, Catherine Bohart, Rhys James, Ria Lina and Andrew Hunter Murray. If you're in the UK you can listen to latest episode first on BBC Sounds before anywhere else.
Jul 31, 2023•47 sec
The series continues with this week's impressionists.
Jul 28, 2023•28 min
featuring the voices of Jon Culshaw, Duncan Wisbey, Jess Robinson, Jason Forbes and Jan Ravens.
Jul 21, 2023•27 min
Dead Ringers is back for a brand new series! Featuring the voices of Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson, Duncan Wisbey and Jan Ravens.
Jul 14, 2023•27 min
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
Jul 07, 2023•28 min
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
Jun 30, 2023•28 min
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
Jun 23, 2023•28 min
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
Jun 16, 2023•28 min
Topical quiz show, taking its questions and finding its laughs from the week's news.
Jun 09, 2023•28 min
Topical comedy quiz show, where Andy Zaltzman & a crack panel dive into this week's news.
Jun 02, 2023•28 min
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week’s news.
May 26, 2023•28 min
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
May 19, 2023•28 min
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
May 12, 2023•29 min
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
May 05, 2023•28 min
Ready for a new series of The News Quiz?
Apr 29, 2023•22 sec
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
Apr 28, 2023•29 min
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
Apr 21, 2023•29 min
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
Apr 14, 2023•28 min
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
Apr 07, 2023•29 min
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Simon Evans, Felicity Ward, Samira Ahmed and Alasdair Beckett-King. This week, we’ll be finding out what’s up with Matt Hancock’s WhatsApps, who wins with the Windsor Framework, and who King Charles had round for tea. Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Zoë Tomalin, Rhiannon Shaw and Jade Gebbie. Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Sound Editor: Marc Will...
Mar 31, 2023•29 min
Andy is joined by Ian Smith, Holly Walsh, Andy Parsons and from The Spectator, Kate Andrews. This week the panel discuss the war in Ukraine one year on, Keir Starmer's missions, and the editing of Dahl. Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Catherine Brinkworth, Jade Gebbie, and Will Hall. Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Mar 24, 2023•29 min
