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- 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.
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Series 2, Episode 1 - Crime
Hosts Ali Official and Athena Kugblenu return for series 2 of the sketch show written by public submissions. This week they are joined by Davina Bentley, Ed Jones and Lorna Rose Treen, for a show where all sketches, voicenotes and one-liners are about crime. Expect a never-ending heist crew, a pair of divorced pathologists and a grizzled detective who only has one thing on his mind.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 19th May 2023
- 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 |
| Mo Gascoigne | Voicenote |
| Sam Day | Voicenote |
| Christopher Kerr | Voicenote |
| Stuart Lilford | Voicenote |
| Caroline Madds | Voicenote |
| Ali Panting | Voicenote |
| Davina Bentley | Ensemble Actor |
| Ed Jones | Ensemble Actor |
| Lorna Rose Treen | Ensemble Actor |
| Rachel E Thorn | Writer |
| Alex Garrick-Wright | Writer |
| Lorna Rose Treen | Writer |
| Cody Dahler | Writer |
| Martin Hastie | Writer |
| Sean Fee | Writer |
| Peter Tellouche | Writer |
| Tom Worsley | Writer |
| Mo Gascoigne | Writer |
| Iain Christie | Writer |
| Karl Beecher | Writer |
| Owen Pullar | Writer |
| Charlie Billingham | Writer |
| Henry Wharley | Writer |
| James Boughen | Writer |
| Kate Dehnert | Writer |
| Anna Goodman | Writer |
| Joseph Greenaway | Writer |
| Ralph Jones | Writer |
| Lorelei Mathias | Writer |
| Alice O'Brien | Writer |
| Hughie Shepherd-Cross | Writer |
| Sam Day | Writer |
| Christopher Kerr | Writer |
| Stuart Lilford | Writer |
| Caroline Madds | Writer |
| Ali Panting | Writer |
| Jade Gebbie | Script Editor |
| Ken Cheng | Script Editor |
| Rajiv Karia | Producer |
| Caroline Barlow | Assistant Producer |
| Sean Kerwin | Sound Designer |