{"id":1508,"date":"2025-09-10T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/couchtripper.com\/blog\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:05:59","slug":"charlie-brooker-so-wrong-its-right-eng-radio-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/couchtripper.com\/blog\/?p=1508","title":{"rendered":"Radio comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n\t\t\tSpoof radio call in show. Very funny.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tVic Reeves talking gibbering nonsense, from his house. You beauty.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tMatt Berry plays a twisted regression therapist in this dark surreal comedy. Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tSimon Munnery as\u00a0The Urban Warrior clambers on to his soapbox to impart more undeniable\u00a0truths\u00a0to a nation crying out for direction and guidance.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tThe adventures and misadventures of 18th-century dandy Richard \u2018Beau\u2019 NashIn the fashionable spa town of Bath, one man is the arbiter of taste and the\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tMichael Williams stars in all three series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom based on Frank Dickens\u2019 famous comic strip character.Bristow is a middle-aged,\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tComedy panel show focusing on history.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tCharlie Brooker - So Wrong It\u2019s Right. A comedy panel show.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tAlexei Sayle\u2019s short stories dramatised for the radio, starring some of the UK\u2019s foremost comic actors and introduced and narrated by the author.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBridget Christie\u2019s Radio 4 series about being mortal. It really is that simple.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tPanel show in which three distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary museum\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tPolitical satire about five young adults who want to change the world but have no idea how, and little idea why.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show written by\u00a0James Cary, Adam Bromley et al (12 episodes).\u00a0Series 1, broadcast in 2002, starred Robert Webb, Sally Hawkins,\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tParsons & Naylor\u2019s Pull Out Sections\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tBBC Radio 2 satirical comedy show starring Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor with Richie Webb and a string of female special guests broadcast in 70 episodes from\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\t12 episodes, each beginning with a Star Trek spoof, broadcast in 1987 & 1989, written by\u00a0Terry Ravenscroft and\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tSketch show broadcast in 17 episodes from 2012 to 2019,\u00a0performed by\u00a0Sara Pascoe, Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker,\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tSketch show broadcast from 2004 to 2006 in 18 episodes written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins & Dan Tetsell.\u00a0It is set in\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tSitcom set in a sleepy English village where an alien invasion somehow becomes bogged down in local politics. Broadcast in 11 episodes from 2012 to\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tSitcom broadcast in 18 episodes from 2002 to 2007, starring Graeme Garden & Barry Cryer as the eponymous Scotsmen, with Alison Steadman &\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tThree radio comedy sketch shows: In Other Words\u2026The Bodgers, broadcast in four episodes in 1985; Bodgers, Banks & Sparkes, broadcast in six episodes in\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tScience fiction spoof by Graham Duff broadcast in 18 episodes from 2005 to 2008, set on a post-apocalypse Earth where Professor Nebulous (Mark\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBBC Radio comedy series broadcast in 2008 in 8 episodes created by The Penny Dreadfuls (Humphrey Ker, David Reed & Thom Tuck),\u00a0spoofing the square-jawed\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show broadcast in 6 episodes in 1988,\u00a0written by Paul Merton and John Irwin, and starring\u00a0Paul Merton, John Irwin, Tony Hawks,\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBBC Radio Wales comedy series broadcast in 12 episodes from 2014 to 2016, written by and starring the fascinating John Sparkes, featuring the rambling\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show written by and starring Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings featuring an eclectic mix of songs, puns and sketches,\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tThis BBC radio comedy show was broadcast in two series, of 6 episodes each, plus a Christmas special and a New Year special, from 2005 to 2007. A manic mixture\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tBBC Radio 4 sketch comedy show written by and starring Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches with live music and improvisation involving whoever happened\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tThe Harpoon was a BBC Radio 4 series broadcast between 1991 and 1994, written by Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham in the form of an affectionate spoof of the\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\t\t\tComedy sketch radio show presented by award-winning comedy duo The Pin (Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen), broadcast in twelve episodes on BBC Radio 4 from 2015 to\u2026\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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