Lloyd Woolf

Sketch shows rarely justify the sum of their parts, but there is sometimes an exception. Adapted from the Radio 4 show, the cowards in question are comedians Tim Key, Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski and Lloyd Woolf and their act works because the sketches are a blend of the subtle, imaginative and absurd. Scenarios include an excruciatingly dark Russian-roulette dinner-party game.

Simon Horsford, The Telegraph, 20th January 2009

Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf's delightful sketch show returns to Radio 4 for a second series.

Theirs is a performance that likes to keep it real - instead of larger-than-life characters, they bring out the comedy in the everyday. Not that their screations are average Joes: in one sketch Mr Sneeze comes to blows with the other Mr Men, while in another, Harrison Ford desperately kowtows to a casting director.

It's about left-field observations rather than catchphrases, and makes for a refreshing, rib-tickling change.

Claire Webb, Radio Times, 13th November 2008

Sketch shows are, by definition, hit and miss affairs, and it's unlikely that this will be any exception. However, the heritage of this comedy troupe, back for a second radio series, bodes well.

Scott Matthewman, The Stage, 7th November 2008