"Topical" Comedy on Radio 4

[Smiler.]

Nimby said:

69 series and you don't know its name?

What is it then?

I'm sorry, I haven't a clue.

[BIRMA]

Smiler. said:

What is it then?

I'm sorry, I haven't a clue.

That's it

[Jiminycrocket]

Does Jack Dee compare it to the show he comperes?

Vocabulary of a doted simpleton on downers around here... or maybe just autocorrect?

[Steamer]

'Wheres the 'F' in comedy'.... episode 1

....F'in hell that was a hard listen! The cackling in the background didnt exactly help either.

[Eric Mc]

Yep - that one doesn't work.

[hidetheelephants]

It was rather hard work. I don't know whether it's the editing or lack thereof but having a panel with that many raucous attention-seekers wouldn't happen on the News Quiz without a handbagging from the compere, it ended up being a bit of a mess.

[Steamer]

hidetheelephants said:

It was rather hard work. I don't know whether it's the editing or lack thereof but having a panel with that many raucous attention-seekers wouldn't happen on the News Quiz without a handbagging from the compere, it ended up being a bit of a mess.

Toksvig certainly wouldn't have stood for it... and that would have been another box ticked on the diversity check sheet too.

[hidetheelephants]

The current series of Ed Reardon is hitting the spot rather well, today's particularly so.

[RizzoTheRat]

Very disappointed that the Friday Night Comedy Podcast has been Dead Ringers for a fair while, I've listened to bits of several episodes and just don't find it funny, probably because I have no idea who half the people they're trying to impersonate are. Looking forward to the return of The News Quiz or The Now Show.

I've been working my way though the back catalogue of John Finemore's Souvenir Programme instead, very funny.

[Europa1]

RizzoTheRat said:

Very disappointed that the Friday Night Comedy Podcast has been Dead Ringers for a fair while, I've listened to bits of several episodes and just don't find it funny, probably because I have no idea who half the people they're trying to impersonate are. Looking forward to the return of The News Quiz or The Now Show.

I've been working my way though the back catalogue of John Finemore's Souvenir Programme instead, very funny.

Horses for courses - I've enjoyed Dead Ringers, whereas I am cooling towards the News Quiz, largely on the basis that it now seems obligatory to have Jeremy Hardy on it and feed him a question that gives him a platform for a political rant. When he's on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, he is much better, as there is no politics. I used to enjoy the Now Show, but to me it now seems a bit smug, a bit full of itself, as though the participants can't believe how bitingly satirical and witty they are being, and how lucky the audience is to be able to share in it.

Of the recent/current schedule, the Monday evening slot is great as "Clue" comes to an end to be replaced by Just A Minute. I'm quite enjoying Joe Lycett's Thursday evening slot.Jake Yapp's Media Circus is a bit hit and miss, and Josh Howie's Losing It is pretty dire. Recently Daliso Chaponda's Citizen of Nowhere was good.

[Johnnytheboy]

Europa1 said:

...and Josh Howie's Losing It is pretty dire...

God help me I'd punch him until my hand hurt if I met his character in real life.

[RizzoTheRat]

I wish they'd do I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Just A Minute as podcasts, I rarely catch them on the radio and while I can get to them on iPlayer it's a lot easier to just automatically download them.

[Mr MXT]

Johnnytheboy said:

Europa1 said:

...and Josh Howie's Losing It is pretty dire...

God help me I'd punch him until my hand hurt if I met his character in real life.

I'm really enjoying it! The one with "the letter" was great!

[Johnnytheboy]

Mr MXT said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Europa1 said:

...and Josh Howie's Losing It is pretty dire...

God help me I'd punch him until my hand hurt if I met his character in real life.

I'm really enjoying it! The one with "the letter" was great!

Is that when he went for an ante-natal scan? That's the one I heard.

I was driving along shouting "of do fk off, you whiny, needy, little st" at the radio.

I guess that's the joke and I've no doubt he was in character - or I certainly hope so - but no, not my sense of humour at all.

[nonsequitur]

A minute to go before the new series of ' Just a Minute'.

[AppleJuice]

Just 100 minutes to go before Just a Minute

[colonel c]

RizzoTheRat said:

I wish they'd do I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Just A Minute as podcasts, I rarely catch them on the radio and while I can get to them on iPlayer it's a lot easier to just automatically download them.

I think you can download programs from the iPlayer raido app.

[surveyor]

Dead ringers is back. Plenty of material too..

Worth catching up on..

[MC Bodge]

surveyor said:

Dead ringers is back. Plenty of material too..

Worth catching up on..

Yes, it was a good one.

[eldar]

surveyor said:

Dead ringers is back. Plenty of material too..

Worth catching up on..

Indeed. The Now Show really should be killed off, it is desperately dated, predictable and unfunny. Just listen to the Mary Whitehouse Experience form 1999 and hear the same jokes with slightly different names.