Jan Etherington
- Writer
Press clippings
Radio 4 announces a raft of new comedy series
Frank Skinner, Catherine Bohart, Randy Feltface, Christian Brighty, Lorna Rose Treen, Jim Smith, Geoff Norcott, Stuart Mitchell, Sunil Patel, Paul Merton and David Sedaris are amongst those who have got BBC Radio 4 series coming up in 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2024Radio 4 2023 comedy commissions
Radio 4 has announced a raft of comedy commissions, including the return of Room 101 to the airwaves with Paul Merton as host. Stars involved in other new shows include Jonathan Pie, Maisie Adam, Chris McCausland and Jordan Gray.
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2023BBC Audio Awards 2023 nominees
The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023 has been revealed. DMs Are Open, Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out, Please Use Other Door, SeanceCast, The Skewer and Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! are amongst the nominees.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2022Big Boys, Dead Canny and Derry Girls creators up Writers' Guild awards
Jack Rooke (Big Boys), Anna Costello (Dead Canny) and Lisa McGee (Derry Girls) are amongst the nominees for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards 2023
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2022Conversations From A Long Marriage to return for two more series
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam will return for Series 4 and Series 5 of Conversations From A Long Marriage, the Radio 4 comedy created by Jan Etherington.
British Comedy Guide, 18th October 2022Conversations From A Long Marriage to return for Series 3
Conversations From A Long Marriage, the Radio 4 comedy starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, has been commissioned for a third series.
British Comedy Guide, 18th April 2021TV comedy needs to stop being cruel
The funniest shows on TV are often the most generous - so when did 'gentle' become such a dirty word asks sitcom writer Jan Etherington?
Jan Etherington, The Telegraph, 30th March 2021How we found the funny side of Covid
Jan Etherington on how her 'dream team' helped her adapt her latest radio series to the pandemic.
Jan Etherington, The Telegraph, 27th December 2020All-male comedy ban a joke at expense of funny women
What matters most is whether you have chemistry with your fellow writers - male or female.
Jan Etherington, The Telegraph, 19th June 2019Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam to star in TV sitcom pilot
Conversations From A Long Marriage, Jan Etherington's Radio 4 comedy series starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, is to return to the airwaves, and is set to be piloted for TV too.
British Comedy Guide, 13th September 2018