British Comedy Guide
BAMESHOW
BAMESHOW

BAMESHOW

  • Radio panel show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2020
  • 1 pilot

A panel show for Radio 4 in which all participants are from ethnic minorities. Stars Desiree Burch, Athena Kugblenu, Kemah Bob, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Ken Cheng

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BAMESHOW. Image shows from L to R: Athena Kugblenu, Desiree Burch, Kemah Bob. Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2020
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Desiree Burch, Athena Kugblenu, Kemah Bob, Amrou Al-Kadhi and Ken Cheng
Writers
Desiree Burch, Athena Kugblenu, Kemah Bob, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Ken Cheng, Jennifer Dixon, Leila Navabi, Erika Ehler and Vivian Xie
Producer
Leila Navabi
Company

"Welcome to the only BBC Radio 4 panel show featuring exclusively people of colour! But how in an age of entertainment tokenism has this been made possible? This is audio. No-one knows we're not white."

Desiree Burch hosts BAMESHOW, a new format that parodies traditional game shows that have too often overlooked comics of colour. Poking fun at tokenism, unconscious bias and just plain old racism, Desiree and the cast go bravely (and mischievously) where others fear to tread.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 1st December 2020 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
30 minutes

Recording details

  • Zoom (Virtual)

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