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Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Radio 4's Women Talking About Cars signs up top guests

Monday 17th October 2016

Women Talking About Cars, a new Radio 4 comedy chat show series hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, has signed up Dawn French, Olivia Colman, Sarah Millican and Germaine Greer as guests.

Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Radio 4 to make Women Talking About Cars

Thursday 6th October 2016

Radio 4 is working on a new comedy format called Women Talking About Cars. In the first episode Victoria Coren Mitchell will interview Dawn French.

Don't Make Me Laugh. David Baddiel. Copyright: So Radio / Fierce Tears

Radio 4 axes David Baddiel's Don't Make Me Laugh

Wednesday 5th October 2016

Radio 4 has axed Don't Make Me Laugh, the Radio 4 panel show created by David Baddiel. The programme was recently reprimanded for jokes about the Queen.

Colin Murray

Colin Murray returns to Fighting Talk

Tuesday 13th September 2016

Colin Murray has been named as the new host of Fighting Talk. He returns to the radio panel show after three years away.

Radio 4

Radio 4 announces 18 new comedy shows

Friday 26th August 2016

Radio 4 has announced a raft of new shows, including series from Matt Berry, Sara Pascoe, Richard Herring, Sam Bain, Andy Hamilton and Fred MacAulay.

Jake Yapp. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

Jake Yapp gets Radio 4 show

Friday 19th August 2016

Jake Yapp has been given his own Radio 4 show, a pilot entitled Jake Yapp Saves All Of Humanity In 28 Minutes.

BBC New Comedy Award. Jethro Bradley. Copyright: BBC

Jethro Bradley wins BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2016

Sunday 14th August 2016

Stand-up comedian Jethro Bradley has won the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2016.

Fighting Talk. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Georgie Ainslie. Copyright: World's End Productions

Fighting Talk hosts step down

Tuesday 9th August 2016

Josh Widdicombe and Georgie Ainslie are stepping down as the hosts of Radio 5 Live's panel show Fighting Talk.

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live. Image shows from L to R: Marvin the Paranoid Android (Stephen Moore), Trillian (Susan Sheridan), Zaphod Beeblebrox (Mark Wing-Davey), Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern)

Radio 4 orders new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series

Thursday 26th May 2016

Radio 4 has commissioned a new sixth series of classic sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It'll be principally based around the book And Another Thing.

Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, John Finnemore

David Mitchell and John Finnemore to star in Radio 4 sitcom

Sunday 22nd May 2016

David Mitchell and John Finnemore are to star in Time Spanner, a time travel sitcom for Radio 4.

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