John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2011 - 2024
- 55 episodes (9 series)
Radio 4 sketch show written by and starring John Finnemore. Also features Simon Kane, Carrie Quinlan, Lawry Lewin and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
- 2023 Special repeated Thursday at 2:15pm on Radio 4
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 4
Featuring a sketch that couldn't catch a cold in Coventry and a train passenger who really doesn't overthink thing.
Sketches
Word to the Wise ('His penny whistle is not worth fourpence')
Talking to Strangers I - Tall
Tattoo
Sports Day (Sodom and Gomorrah)
Talking to Strangers II - Famous
Papal Conclave (Jamelia)
Mocking Christianity
Talking To Strangers III - Beautiful
Since You Ask Me - Deaduncle Hall (Throwing doughnuts to the wolves)
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 28th January 2016
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| John Finnemore | Various |
| Simon Kane | Ensemble Actor |
| Carrie Quinlan | Ensemble Actor |
| Lawry Lewin | Ensemble Actor |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | Ensemble Actor |
| John Finnemore | Writer |
| Ed Morrish | Producer |
Press
Series 5, Episode 4 production notes
The crackle of the fire and ticking of a clock, to indicate the location of a gentlemen's club - very much where a chap would have this sort of a word with another chap - were added afterwards, because they'd have been distracting in the room.
Ed Morrish, 29th January 2016