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Last missing Navy Lark episode recovered
Wednesday 18th January 2023
The last completely missing episode of long-running radio sitcom The Navy Lark has been recovered. However, other editions still only survive in inferior and cut forms.
Room 101 to return to Radio 4 as part of 2023 comedy offerings
Monday 16th January 2023
Radio 4 has announced a raft of comedy commissions, including the return of Room 101 to the airwaves with Paul Merton as host. Stars involved in other new shows include Jonathan Pie, Maisie Adam, Chris McCausland and Jordan Gray.
BBC Audio Awards 2023 nominees
Thursday 22nd December 2022
The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023 has been revealed. DMs Are Open, Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out, Please Use Other Door, SeanceCast, The Skewer and Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! are amongst the nominees.
Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests
Thursday 8th December 2022
Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.
Conversations From A Long Marriage to return for two more series
Tuesday 18th October 2022
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam will return for Series 4 and Series 5 of Conversations From A Long Marriage, the Radio 4 comedy created by Jan Etherington.
Bill Bailey's imaginary friend sitcom Hennikay given BBC series
Wednesday 12th October 2022
Radio 4 has ordered four more episodes of Hennikay, the sitcom starring Bill Bailey as a man reunited with his imaginary childhood friend.
Lost 1955 Hancock's Half Hour episode recovered
Thursday 29th September 2022
A lost episode from the first radio series of Hancock's Half Hour has been discovered and will be broadcast on Radio 4 in October.
Reggie Perrin returning to the BBC
Tuesday 20th September 2022
Radio 4 is to air a two-part adaptation of David Nobbs's 1975 novel The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, with David Haig in the title role.
Geoff Norcott to focus on democracy for new Radio 4 show
Friday 2nd September 2022
Geoff Norcott is heading back to Radio 4 with a new special about voting and democracy.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean's Radio 4 show Best Medicine gets series order
Wednesday 10th August 2022
Best Medicine, a Radio 4 comedy format hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean which focuses on medical science, is to return for 10 new episodes.