DMs Are Open
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4 Extra / BBC Radio 4
- 2022 - 2024
- 19 episodes (3 series)
A sketch show hosted by Athena Kugblenu and Ali Official that accepts submissions from the public. Also features Stevie Martin and Ali Shahalom.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
This week, DMs Are Open sees show hosts Athena Kugblenu and Ali Official dissecting the big stories alongside Akafi Ali, Abi Clarke and Stuart Laws. Tune in for sketches, one-liners and voice notes about recycling, football louts in a board meeting, and how opera singers take on video game classics.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 26th May 2022
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
Catch-up
Cast & crew
| Athena Kugblenu | Host / Presenter |
| Ali Shahalom (as Ali Official) | Host / Presenter |
| Uttom Chowdhury | Voicenote |
| Cody Dahler | Voicenote |
| Adam Grierson | Voicenote |
| Alex MJ Smith (as Alex Smith) | Voicenote |
| Jonny White | Voicenote |
| Akafi Ali | Ensemble Actor |
| Abi Clarke | Ensemble Actor |
| Stuart Laws | Ensemble Actor |
| Jade Gebbie | Writer |
| Helena Langdon | Writer |
| Phil Lickley | Writer |
| Cameron Loxdale | Writer |
| Paul Masterman | Writer |
| Will Sebag-Montefiore | Writer |
| Rebecca Bain | Writer |
| Lorna Rose Treen | Writer |
| Joseph Bates (as Joe Bates) | Writer |
| Carl Carzana | Writer |
| Cody Dahler | Writer |
| Steve Goodwin (as Steven Goodwin) | Writer |
| Stuart Gribbon | Writer |
| Martin Hastie | Writer |
| Stuart Laws | Writer |
| Martha MacDonald | Writer |
| Alex MJ Smith | Writer |
| Ian Searle | Writer |
| Uttom Chowdhury | Writer |
| Adam Grierson | Writer |
| Jonny White | Writer |
| Michael Wilde | Writer |
| Daisy Hall | Writer |
| Martin Zerfahs | Writer |
| Catherine Brinkworth | Script Editor |
| Nathan D'Arcy Roberts (as Nathan Darcy-Roberts) | Script Editor |
| Rajiv Karia | Producer |
| Sadia Azmat | Producer |
| Sean Kerwin | Sound Designer |