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Matt Forde's Sports Party. Matt Forde. Copyright: Avalon Television

Matt Forde's sport chat show picked up by talkSPORT

Monday 6th October 2014

Comedian Matt Forde's comic sports-based chat show, Sports Party, will in future be broadcast by talk radio station talkSPORT.

Trodd En Bratt Say 'Well Done You'. Image shows from L to R: Ruth Bratt, Lucy Trodd. Copyright: Lucky Giant

Trodd en Bratt get a second series on Radio 4

Tuesday 30th September 2014

Radio 4 has ordered a second series of Trodd En Bratt Say 'Well Done You', the sketch show written by and starring Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt.

Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs, Terry Pratchett. Copyright: BBC

Comedy stars to record Good Omens series on Radio 4

Friday 5th September 2014

Mark Heap and Peter Serafinowicz are amongst those involved in the new Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's classic book Good Omens.

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Tom Basden. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Mark Watson, Tim Key and Tom Basden reunite for Radio 4 series

Monday 11th August 2014

Mark Watson, Tim Key and Tom Basden are to reunite for a new Radio 4 series in which they look at the "academic and abstract subjects that affect our everyday life".

Susan Calman

Susan Calman gets Radio 4 sitcom with Hat Trick

Thursday 31st July 2014

Scottish comedian Susan Calman has been given her own Radio 4 sitcom, whilst producers Hat Trick also confirm a new radio show for Robert Newman.

Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Jan Ravens, Jon Culshaw. Copyright: BBC

Radio 4 is bringing back Dead Ringers

Tuesday 8th July 2014

Radio 4 is reviving its hit impressions show Dead Ringers after a break of 7 years. A new series starts at the end of this month.

Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Georgie Ainslie

Josh Widdicombe and Georgie Thompson to host Fighting Talk

Tuesday 1st July 2014

Josh Widdicombe and Georgie Thompson have been named as the new hosts of Fighting Talk, the popular sports-based panel show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Damn The Torpedoes. Copyright: Kirrin Productions

British Forces radio orders Damn The Torpedoes! sketch series

Thursday 19th June 2014

The military-based BFBS Radio has ordered more episodes of sketch show Damn The Torpedoes! following the success of a pilot episode broadcast in April.

Douglas Adams

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy chapters found

Friday 30th May 2014

Chapters that Douglas Adams cut from the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy novels have been found, and are to be published in a new biography.

Susan Calman

Radio 2 schedules Comedy Week

Tuesday 27th May 2014

Radio 2 has announced a week of comedy broadcasts. There's shows from Tommy Tiernan, Luisa Omielan, Lucy Beaumont, Jennifer Saunders and Susan Calman.

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