Comedy of the Week
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Comedy of the Week
Brighten your week with the latest BBC Radio 4 comedy.
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Humanwatch
The team look at human hobbies and wonder, what is the point?
Gareth goes on a date, purely for research purposes, and roving reporter Phil is b...
Mark Steel's In Town
First stop of the new series is Oakham, nestled in the UK’s smallest county – Rutland.
Rutland has a village that's proudly twinned with Paris (...
Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz
Paul Sinha tests his audience in Leicester on their knowledge of their home county, Trivial Pursuit-style - with all the colours of questions, from ge...
Do Gooders
Ken receives some bad news that requires him to spend more time at home and Achi is forced to cover his role with unexpected, rather peculiar conseque...
Ria Lina Gets Forensic: Microneedling
Former-forensic-scientist-turned-stand-up-comedian Ria Lina examines the gap between the science we’re sold by the wellness industry and the science t...
Glenn Moore's Almanac
Comedian Glenn Moore looks in his almanac at world events and what he was doing at the time. In this episode, a deadly spy operation causes Glenn to s...
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: 2025 Special
2025's instalment of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is forty-five minutes of the funniest things John thought of in the last year, performed by J...
Icklewick FM
We return to Icklewick one year after the explosive events of Mischief Night. With Amy’s whereabouts still unknown and the rest of the team scattered,...
Room 101 with Paul Merton
Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out wh...
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala 2025
Comedy fans can catch the nominees for The Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025 in this showcase for BBC Radio 4.
Guaranteed to be packed with laughs, t...
Stuart Mitchell's Cost of Dying
This first episode takes a cheeky look at the costs of end of life care and you might be surprised to find out just how pricey it is to pop your clogs...
Oliver Callan Bins the Border
Oliver Callan hosts a panel show in which comedians from both sides of the Irish border and Britain imagine what a united Ireland would look like if i...
Crybabies Present...
Jeremy Moleskine is the biggest writer in bawdy greetings cards. So when his car veers off the road, his number one fan is on hand to nurse him back t...
The Lively Life of Lindsey Santoro
Today Lindsey is dragged to a rock climbing centre by her athletic friend Jenny which results in a life changing discovery about her over-zealous anat...
Kat Sadler's Screen Time
Industry heartthrob and nation's sweetheart Kat is on her way to an exciting product launch in a long car, with long suffering sidekick Alex Macqueen....
Ashley Blaker's Hyperfixations
"Americans have a long history of taking British things and ballsing them up. They took football and added helmets and cheerleaders; they took ice lol...
Maisie Adam: Euros Fever
Are you excited to watch England and Wales this summer?
Comedian and football obsessed Maisie Adam can’t wait for the Euros and wants to capture...
Your Mum
Janine tells us what happened when she was swapped at birth, why her brother has a bunker in Arizona and how her mum rules the roost with her ‘feminin...
Henry Normal: A Normal... Humanity
Join Henry Normal as he uses his unique blend of comedy and poetry to investigate what it truly means to be human.
How are we different from oth...
Live from the UK
Live from the UK brings you the best comedy talent from around the country, all from the comfort of your own headphones.
Stand up legend Angela...
Strong Message Here
This week, we have a very special guest, Jon Stewart! Jon joins Armando and Helen to discuss whether Trump is the political equivalent of Miles Davis,...
It's a Fair Cop
In this week’s case Alfie investigates an assault on an elderly man at a bus stop. But what could have provoked such a cowardly crime?
Join form...
Unspeakable
We hear Clive Anderson's new word for the mystery of hotel bathrooms, Sindhu Vee's term to measure cuteness, and a nail-biting finish from Ed Gamble.<...
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Tough Crowd
Have you ever considered becoming a foster carer?
Multi award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean hadn’t - until a chance radio advert change...
Michael Spicer: No Room
The standout satirist of the social media age, Michael Spicer, returns with his sketch comedy show that targets the exponential lunacy of the politics...
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life
Multi-award winning comedian and author Mark Watson continues his probably doomed, but luckily funny quest to make sense of the human experience.
The Skewer
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning mash up. This week: Charl...
Introducing: The Naked Week
The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.
Call Jonathan Pie
The first four episodes of Call Jonathan Pie series 2 are now available on BBC Sounds, subscribe to be alerted when new episodes in the series are rel...
Dan Tiernan: Going Under
Dan Tiernan doesn't just perform stand up - he attacks it. In Going Under, he debuts his unique brand of furious, unpredictable and wildly entertainin...
DMs Are Open
The secret of the bees, an unusual secret Santa and the secret to a happy marriage all feature in this week’s show, written by the next generation of...
The 13 Million Club
More than 13 million people in this country can be classed as disabled, often in ways we don’t think or talk about – sometimes in ways which even they...
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Stand-up, philosophy and memoir from the godfather of alternative comedy, Alexei Sayle.
In this episode, Alexei recalls his unorthodox upbringin...
One Person Found This Helpful
Frank & guests Laura Smyth, Sunil Patel, Simon Evans & Kyrah Gray discuss googling, goggling, groping, gropping and the correct way to punch yourself...
The Island
Fresh from his appearance on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, actor Stephen Mangan finds himself in the kind of trouble where the Bible, the Complete Wo...
ReincarNathan
Nathan Blakely was a popstar. But he was useless, died, and was reincarnated. The comedy about Nathan’s adventures in the afterlife returns for a four...
Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide to Bagging an Heiress
Comedian and Broadcaster Sunil Patel invites you to join him in his new get-rich-quick scheme by marrying an Heiress.
In this episode, Sunil mee...
P.O.V.
The internet's best comedy creators bring you a sketch show that features Colin from Portsmouth, Broken News, Sally In HR, and every Ed Sheeran song e...
Just a Minute
Sue Perkins challenges Tony Hawks, Ian Smith, Zoe Lyons and Charlotte Ritchie to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Sub...
Alison Spittle: Petty Please
Comedian Alison Spittle explores some of her longest and deepest held grudges. The kind of thing most people would be ashamed to still be thinking abo...