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Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies. Andrew Maxwell. Copyright: BBC

Andrew Maxwell to present global radio stand-up show

Wednesday 14th May 2014

Andrew Maxwell is to present an ambitious new radio pilot in which stand-ups from around the world perform via a phone line.

The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World wins at Radio Academy Awards 2014

Monday 12th May 2014

Impressions-based sketch show The Secret World has won the Gold award for comedy at the 2014 Radio Academy Awards. John Finnemore took the Silver prize.

David Mitchell

David Mitchell to star in Frankie Boyle's Radio 4 sitcom

Monday 12th May 2014

David Mitchell will take the lead role in Blocked, a Radio 4 sitcom about a writer that has been co-created by Frankie Boyle.

David Baddiel

Radio 4 give greenlight to David Baddiel anti-laughter show

Tuesday 29th April 2014

Radio 4 has ordered a series of Don't Make Me Laugh, a comedy format created by David Baddiel in which comedians must avoid making the audience laugh.

Mixed Doubles. Sean Finegan

Sketch groups for Radio 4's Sketchorama Series 3 revealed

Tuesday 29th April 2014

Sketch groups including Mixed Doubles, Four Screws Loose, Birthday Girls, Casual Violence and Beasts will take part in Series 3 of Radio 4's Sketchorama.

Damn The Torpedoes. Copyright: Kirrin Productions

British Forces Broadcasting Service launches sketch show

Sunday 13th April 2014

BFBS Radio, the station set up to broadcast to British armed forces around the world, is launching a new sketch show called Damn The Torpedoes!.

Here Be Dragons. Image shows from L to R: Lloyd Langford, Gareth Gwynn, Cariad Lloyd, Sian Harries, Nadia Kamil, Benjamin Partridge, Elis James. Copyright: John Stanley Productions

Sony Radio Awards 2014 comedy nominations

Wednesday 2nd April 2014

The Sony Radio Academy Award nominees include Bridget Christie, John Finnemore, David Quantick, Here Be Dragons and The Secret World.

Lenny Henry

Lenny Henry to film TV sitcom pilot

Friday 14th March 2014

Lenny Henry is set to star in his first TV sitcom since the 1990s hit Chef!. The BBC are working on transferring his radio comedy Rudy's Rare Records to television.

Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr), Sidney James (Sid James). Copyright: BBC

BBC to recreate missing Hancock's Half Hour radio episodes

Friday 14th March 2014

BBC Radio 4 is working on The Missing Hancocks, a series in which five lost episodes of Hancock's Half Hour are to be recreated.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2014. Image shows from L to R: Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Zaphod Beeblebrox (Mark Wing-Davey), Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern). Copyright: Perfectly Normal Productions

New Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio recording

Thursday 6th March 2014

The original cast of Douglas Adams's comic sci-fi radio sitcom The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy are to reunite for a new recording.

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