Don't Make Me Laugh
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2014 - 2016
- 11 episodes (2 series)
Radio 4 series created by David Baddiel in which guests must try to avoid making the audience laugh. Stars David Baddiel, Emily Dean and Geoffrey Whitehead.
Key details
- Genre
- Panel Show
- Broadcast
- 2014 - 2016
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 11 (2 series)
- Creator
- David Baddiel
- Stars
- David Baddiel, Emily Dean and Geoffrey Whitehead
- Producer
- Dave Cribb
- Companies
Don't Make Me Laugh is a radio panel show concept created and hosted by David Baddiel. It asks comedians to do the one thing they hate above all else - NOT get laughs.
The comedians face the challenge of going up to the mike in front of the live audience without making them laugh. If a comedian gets a laugh, he or she loses the mike, and it passes to the next guest. The longer they can go without laugh, the more points they get.
It isn't easy - in each round, they are given inherently funny topics, like 'my most embarrassing sexual experience' or 'why David Cameron's face looks like a big ham'.
Don't Make Me Laugh is a chance to hear some of the country's top comedians fight tooth and nail against their most natural instincts. "There will certainly be plenty of laughter - but only some of it deliberately."
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 17th July 2014 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 22nd April 2016 at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 1
- Thursday 21st April 2016 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 1
- Thursday 21st April 2016 at 5:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 1