PAUL SINHA’S PERFECT PUB QUIZ (SERIES 1-3)
Quizzer, comedian and Rose d'Or winner Paul Sinha invites his audience to tell him their favourite quiz questions, and then kindly explain why they're a bit rubbish, before offering up not only a better question, but also the fascinating stories behind the answer.
BBC Radio 4, 2022-2024.
“A show that, like a good pub quiz, is clever, noisy, and enjoyably shambolic” - The Daily Mail
“If you love armchair quizzing, chances are you’ll love this.” - The Times
“Sinha’s real talent, for batting everything the audience threw at him back with a sharp comic spin, is a rare one, to be celebrated.” - The Telegraph
SOUND HEAP WITH JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS (SERIES 1-2)
John-Luke Roberts’ “podcasts of podcasts”, featuring clips from all the best shows on the (fictional) Sound Heap Inc. podcast network this week. Features comedians such as Kevin Eldon, Deborah Frances-White, Katherine Parkinson, Athena Kugblenu, Elis James, Isy Suttie, Mark Watson, Bilal Zafar and Josie Long.
Auddy, 2021; Maximum Fun, 2024-.
“A perfect spoof” - The Guardian
“The age of peak podcast meets its match in John-Luke Roberts and his procession of hilariously titled imaginary shows” - The Guardian
”While the satire is sharply observed, there’s clear affection in Sound Heap’s audio skewering… the era of peak podcast has made the medium ripe for ridicule and this series does the job better than most” - The Financial Times
WINNER - BEST SKETCH COMEDY - BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS 2022
POV: You're listening to a brand-new sketch show that takes the comics making brilliant videos for social media and gets them to write brand new audio-only sketches, mixing them all up with rich, immersive sound design. Featuring Rachel Fairburn, Daniel Foxx, Matt Green, Rosie Holt, Emma Jones, Kelechi Okafor & Vinny Thomas.
BBC Radio 4, 2024.
Rachel Parris talks about and to the people making the news this week. Well, comedians pretending to be the people making the news this week. Featuring Rosie Holt, Nimisha Odedra, Sam Pamphilon, Michael Spicer & Bilal Zafar.
BBC Radio 4, 2023.
Dara Ó Briain’s Time Wasters, Audible
Dara Ó Briain invites some of his favourite funny people to share things they regret wasting time on, and decides who most deserves the time back. Format devised by Ali Crockatt & David Scott.
Audible, 2023.
“A jaunty slam dunk, a laugh-out-loud podcast both structured enough to feel distinct and even purposeful, while at the same time pleasingly, winningly rambling” - The Irish Times
Photo by Jamie McMillan
LEMN SISSAY IS THE ONE AND ONLY
The poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay explores the idea of uniqueness across four different areas of his life, looking at situations where he stood out, alone, and examining how that uniqueness felt. With interruptions by Henry Normal.
BBC Radio 4, 2023.
“The programme itself, written and performed by Sissay, is creative, surprising - and unique.” - The Telegraph
LIVE IN KYIV: COMEDY IN A WAR ZONE
In April 2022, two months after his country had been invaded by Russia, with the death toll standing at around 2,500 soldiers and 2,000 civilians, Ukrainian comedian Anton Tymoschenko did what any self-respecting comedian would do - he got on stage in Kyiv and told jokes about the war.
But how is it possible that when bullets start flying and bombs start dropping, people are still willing to tell jokes - and yet more people are willing laugh? As he toured Ukraine performing stand-up, Anton reflects on what he's learned about comedy while having to do his job under the most extreme possible conditions.
BBC Radio 4, 2022.
“He’s a magnetic broadcaster… This was fascinating radio.” - The Telegraph
FINALIST, BEST DOCUMENTARY - 2022/23 THIRD COAST/RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION COMPETITION
Recorded in his hometown of Melbourne, Solastalgia is the first Radio 4 stand-up special from award-winning Millennial Australian comedian Tom Ballard. It's his terrified, emotional and hilarious response to the climate crisis - what it means, how it makes us feel, what if anything we can do about it, and whether any of it is funny. He'll even tell you what Solastalgia means.
BBC Radio 4, 2022.
“The Australian comedian knows that boiling oceans and species extinction may not be the most obvious subject for comedy… But he makes it funny and searching in this half-hour recorded in his home town of Melbourne (so no airmiles for him).” - The Times
You can’t say anything any more - and here to prove it is Harriet Langley-Swindon, with a round of all the best bits of her weekly radio show on a national network that can’t be named for legal reasons. Absolutely Non-Censored [subs please check capitalisation and hyphen] from beginning to end, with all the rubbish edited out.
Spoof podcast hosted by Rosie Holt as Harriet Langley-Swindon, with Brendan Murphy and Eshaan Ackbar, guests including Eleanor Morton and Sooz Kempner, and interviewees like James O’Brien, Nell Frizzell and Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.
Audioboom, 2022-
“Glorious” - The Guardian
NOMINEE - THE COMEDY AWARD - UK ARIAS 2023
Triple-headed stand-up show from Mary Flanigan, Eleanor Morton and Esyllt Sears, as they walk through parts of British history that get left out of the mainstream narrative.
BBC Radio 4, 2022.
PAUL SINHA’S GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (SERIES 3)
Paul Sinha presents a third series of his show in which he tells you things you either didn’t know, or that you were wrong about. Recorded with a virtual audience. Co-produced with Somethin’ Else.
BBC Radio 4, 2021.
“Paul Sinha, the UK’s funniest fund of forgotten facts, leads us down even more fascinating byways of discovery” - The Radio Times
COMING SOON
Sound Heap Series 3•POV Series 1
Ed Morrish’s Shows
PODCASTS
Pod Save The UK•Spooky Sh!t•Rachel Fairburn: Supernatural Explorer•Transfer Gossip Daily•Teach Me A Lesson•Hidden Ireland•The Future Is Muslim•The Things About Us•Inside The Comedian•Any Stupid Questions?•Women Like Us•Tom Neenan Is Not All Men•Urnbelievable - The Ashes Podcast•The Tony Law Tapes
SKETCH
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme•Earpedia•The Show What You Wrote•The Trap•Recorded for Training Purposes•A Week With Adam Buxton•Poets' Tree•John Finnemore, Apparently•Spats•The Milk Run
STAND UP
Geoff Norcott’s Working Man’s Club•BBC New Comedy Awards 2022•Geoff Norcott: Geofferendum•Sudden Death•Geoff Norcott: Well Classy•Future Empire-fect•Paul Sinha's General Knowledge•Susan Calman: Makes Me Happy•Hugo Rifkind's Search For Power •Empire-ical Evidence•Welcome To Wherever You Are•Paul Sinha’s History Revision•A Beginner’s Guide To India•What Makes The World Laugh?• A Beginner’s Guide To Pakistan•Barry Cryer At 80•The Sinha Carta•Mark Steel’s In Town•Andrew Maxwell’s Public Enemies•Paul Sinha’s Citizenship Test•The Sinha Games•The Sinha Test•Stand Up For Comic Relief•Mark Thomas: The Manifesto•Terry Saunders on Four•Festival Atmosphere: Brighton '06•BBC New Comedy Awards•Spanking New on Seven
SITCOM
Green Wing: Resuscitated•Beta Female•A House In History•The Empire•The Temp•Bob Jones•Splott•The Missing Hancocks•Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully•Little Monster•Hamilton’s Ode-ssey•Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl•Self-Storage•Living With The Enemy
TOPICAL COMEDY & SATIRE
Live At Eleven•Newsjack•The Now Show•The Vote Now Show•The News Quiz•The Unofficial Election•We've Been Here Before•The Best of Dead Ringers
MUSIC & VARIETY
28 Acts in 28 Minutes•The Mitch Benn Music Show
PANEL SHOWS
The Ultimate Choice•Dilemma•Quote… Unquote•Parliamentary Questions
DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL/INTERVIEW
Archive On Four: Losing My Voice•The BBC New Comedy Awards 2015•The Frequency of Laughter•Chain Reaction •Britain In A Box•Serious About Comedy•Associated London Scripts
SPOKEN WORD/POETRY
Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise•BBC Ouch! Storytelling Live•Lemn Sissay’s Origin Stories•A Normal Family•Lemn Sissay’s Homecoming•Where Did It All Go Wrong?
TV
BBC Ouch! Storytelling Live•Top Ten: Jamali Maddix•The Dog Ate My Homework