"Topical" Comedy on Radio 4

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PedroB

494 posts

131 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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Simes205 said:
Saw this live last year, after years of trying to get tickets.
By far the best 'regular' comedy on R4.

Remember when Chris Morris had his programs on R4....those were the days.
4Extra are in the process of re-running all of the old episodes of Blue Jam and old episodes of On The Hour start soon too.

Spiffing

1,855 posts

209 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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Riley Blue said:
Cabin Pressure is being repeated from episode one on I-Player Radio 4 smile
Thanks, I have the CDs which have got me through many a long drive but will catch up as well.
Such a fantastic series.

Liszt

4,329 posts

269 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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peterperkins said:
Now I love the "Now Show" but last night episode annoyed me due to guests SHOUTING!!!!!!

Rick Hall is good, but why did he have to wander off from the mic and start shouting, + the lady later on also shouting down it.

Very annoying grumpy
Playing 2 characters, comes from his stand up. He even commented that it was pointless on radio

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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Spiffing said:
Riley Blue said:
Cabin Pressure is being repeated from episode one on I-Player Radio 4 smile
Thanks, I have the CDs which have got me through many a long drive but will catch up as well.
Such a fantastic series.
The best one is when the pilot is trying steal the whisky.

Spiffing

1,855 posts

209 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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Johnnytheboy said:
Spiffing said:
Riley Blue said:
Cabin Pressure is being repeated from episode one on I-Player Radio 4 smile
Thanks, I have the CDs which have got me through many a long drive but will catch up as well.
Such a fantastic series.
The best one is when the pilot is trying steal the whisky.
Or the one with the piano. It's great that it appeals to all ages, my friend's kids were kept entertained listening to it and playing 'Yellow Car' for 2 hours in the car. Apparently it was the most relaxing drive my friend had experienced.

Gargamel

14,958 posts

260 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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Spiffing said:
Or the one with the piano. It's great that it appeals to all ages, my friend's kids were kept entertained listening to it and playing 'Yellow Car' for 2 hours in the car. Apparently it was the most relaxing drive my friend had experienced.
Great cast in that series, and the word games they play to pass the time are fantastic. One of my favourites.

Now Show is still the best of the current offerings.

Smiler.

11,752 posts

229 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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The Christmas Dead Ringers was really good.

There was also a funny sitcom with a few old favourites on the 11.30 slot a month back. Can't remember the name but it was about 3 couples. John Thompson (Fast Show etc) was is in pule a Scottish bloke.

The Now Show was ok last week but like everything else in the evening slot towards the latter half of last year - rather shove wasps up my arse.


By the way - anyone wanna guess what the most frequently uttered word by Jeremy Hardy is?

The Hypno-Toad

12,249 posts

204 months

Monday 12th January 2015
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Smiler. said:
By the way - anyone wanna guess what the most frequently uttered word by Jeremy Hardy is?
10.) Miners
9.) Hillsborough
8.) Poll Tax
7.) Police
6.) Bankers
5.) UKIP
4.) Cuts
3.) NHS
2.) Thatcher

& the winner is...
1.) Tory

The man has no act. He just regurgitates the same bks he was spouting back in 1990. He must have been the happiest Islington luvvie of them all when the Tories came back to power because he wouldn't have to write any new material for the next five years.

The bloke is a pathetic little left wing weasel who doesn't realise that wishing for a Marxist happy clappy wonderland isn't going to work anymore. Not of course he would have been a part of it anyway, in his comfortable little town house paid for by the licence payer, making sure his kids go to the best schools while telling the rest of us how that we must live inclusively and with understanding if we want to live a perfect life with candy floss clouds and buttercup forests.

The blokes a and I resent every penny of my licence fee that he receives.

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Johnnytheboy said:
Spiffing said:
Riley Blue said:
Cabin Pressure is being repeated from episode one on I-Player Radio 4 smile
Thanks, I have the CDs which have got me through many a long drive but will catch up as well.
Such a fantastic series.
The best one is when the pilot is trying steal the whisky.
Roger Allam's performance on Cabin Pressure is pure genius.

coppice

8,562 posts

143 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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The Hypno-Toad said:
10.) Miners
9.) Hillsborough
8.) Poll Tax
7.) Police
6.) Bankers
5.) UKIP
4.) Cuts
3.) NHS
2.) Thatcher

& the winner is...
1.) Tory

The man has no act. He just regurgitates the same bks he was spouting back in 1990. He must have been the happiest Islington luvvie of them all when the Tories came back to power because he wouldn't have to write any new material for the next five years.

The bloke is a pathetic little left wing weasel who doesn't realise that wishing for a Marxist happy clappy wonderland isn't going to work anymore. Not of course he would have been a part of it anyway, in his comfortable little town house paid for by the licence payer, making sure his kids go to the best schools while telling the rest of us how that we must live inclusively and with understanding if we want to live a perfect life with candy floss clouds and buttercup forests.

The blokes a and I resent every penny of my licence fee that he receives.
He speaks very highly of you ; and I reckon that he probably costs
you about 0.0000000001 %of your licence fee. Jeremy says if he sends you 10p that's reimbursed you for his career several times over and wonders if that will stop being quite so beastly about him ?

Jeremy also asks - should your licence fee only be spent on people you like ?

Spiffing

1,855 posts

209 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Halmyre said:
Roger Allam's performance on Cabin Pressure is pure genius.
Yep, people get hysterical about Benedict Cucumberpatch but Roger steals the show. Perfect comic timing. John Finnemore is a superb writer, his blog on the last episodes is a great insight into his thoughts on the characters http://johnfinnemore.blogspot.co.uk/

Smiler.

11,752 posts

229 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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The Hypno-Toad said:
Smiler. said:
By the way - anyone wanna guess what the most frequently uttered word by Jeremy Hardy is?
10.) Miners
9.) Hillsborough
8.) Poll Tax
7.) Police
6.) Bankers
5.) UKIP
4.) Cuts
3.) NHS
2.) Thatcher

& the winner is...
1.) Tory

The man has no act. He just regurgitates the same bks he was spouting back in 1990. He must have been the happiest Islington luvvie of them all when the Tories came back to power because he wouldn't have to write any new material for the next five years.

The bloke is a pathetic little left wing weasel who doesn't realise that wishing for a Marxist happy clappy wonderland isn't going to work anymore. Not of course he would have been a part of it anyway, in his comfortable little town house paid for by the licence payer, making sure his kids go to the best schools while telling the rest of us how that we must live inclusively and with understanding if we want to live a perfect life with candy floss clouds and buttercup forests.

The blokes a and I resent every penny of my licence fee that he receives.
Actually 2. is Daffodil.

No, wait, that's Bender.

Hardy has mutated into the audible equivalent of the trots. Just when you think it's safe, he starts speaking & the pit of your stomach groans.

Now Allam on the other hand is a joy to listen to. I'd pay to hear him read a bus timetable.

Bengt Axel

134 posts

148 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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The Hypno-Toad said:
The man has no act. He just regurgitates the same bks he was spouting back in 1990. He must have been the happiest Islington luvvie of them all when the Tories came back to power because he wouldn't have to write any new material for the next five years.

The bloke is a pathetic little left wing weasel who doesn't realise that wishing for a Marxist happy clappy wonderland isn't going to work anymore. Not of course he would have been a part of it anyway, in his comfortable little town house paid for by the licence payer, making sure his kids go to the best schools while telling the rest of us how that we must live inclusively and with understanding if we want to live a perfect life with candy floss clouds and buttercup forests.

The blokes a and I resent every penny of my licence fee that he receives.
Thanks for posting that Hypno-Toad, it saved me the bother

Zigster

1,636 posts

143 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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To be fair to the News Quiz (which I listen to most weeks via Podcast) they are pretty scathing of Labour as well these days. Milliband comes in for a lot of flak.

rehab71

3,362 posts

189 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Bengt Axel said:
The Hypno-Toad said:
The man has no act. He just regurgitates the same bks he was spouting back in 1990. He must have been the happiest Islington luvvie of them all when the Tories came back to power because he wouldn't have to write any new material for the next five years.

The bloke is a pathetic little left wing weasel who doesn't realise that wishing for a Marxist happy clappy wonderland isn't going to work anymore. Not of course he would have been a part of it anyway, in his comfortable little town house paid for by the licence payer, making sure his kids go to the best schools while telling the rest of us how that we must live inclusively and with understanding if we want to live a perfect life with candy floss clouds and buttercup forests.

The blokes a and I resent every penny of my licence fee that he receives.
Thanks for posting that Hypno-Toad, it saved me the bother
Agreed! He's an utter cretin, I fking hate the !

rehab71

3,362 posts

189 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Another thing. Sandi Toksvig, I like her however, you're gay and Danish we get it, she must mention both EVERY time she broadcasts anything on a TV or radio.

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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I like Jeremy Hardy. And Jeremy Clarkson. So there.

DeuxCentCinq

14,180 posts

181 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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rehab71 said:
Another thing. Sandi Toksvig, I like her however, you're gay and Danish we get it, she must mention both EVERY time she broadcasts anything on a TV or radio.
She's gay?

You'll be telling me Shappi Khorsandi is from Iran next.

AdeTuono

7,240 posts

226 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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DeuxCentCinq said:
rehab71 said:
Another thing. Sandi Toksvig, I like her however, you're gay and Danish we get it, she must mention both EVERY time she broadcasts anything on a TV or radio.
She's gay?

You'll be telling me Shappi Khorsandi is from Iran next.
And Sarah Millican likes cake.

Smiler.

11,752 posts

229 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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AdeTuono said:
DeuxCentCinq said:
rehab71 said:
Another thing. Sandi Toksvig, I like her however, you're gay and Danish we get it, she must mention both EVERY time she broadcasts anything on a TV or radio.
She's gay?

You'll be telling me Shappi Khorsandi is from Iran next.
And Sarah Millican likes cake.
She was on DID the other week. Apart from the fact it was dire, how long would she last? Works of Shakespeare my arse.