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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.
BBC Radio Scotland orders satirical sketch show Noising Up
Wednesday 3rd August 2022
BBC Radio Scotland has ordered satirical sketch show Noising Up, starring stand-up Stephen Buchanan and Scot Squad's Karen Bartke and Manjot Sumal, with an open submission policy for aspirant writers.
Environmental comedy Carbon Lifeforms coming to Radio 4
Monday 27th June 2022
Radio 4 is to pilot Carbon Lifeforms, a comedy format focused on climate change hosted by comedian Jon Long and scientist Tara Shine.
Alison Steadman & Nigel Planer star in Radio 4 sex and farming sitcom
Thursday 23rd June 2022
Radio 4 has ordered Mucking In, the latest sitcom from Sue Limb starring Alison Steadman, Nigel Planer and Morwenna Banks. The station has also ordered further series of Miles Jupp's Party's Over and Angus Deayton's Alone.
Robin Ince lands Radio 4 stand-up show
Monday 13th June 2022
Robin Ince has recorded a two-part Radio 4 special, Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel. He is also publishing Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain, about his obsessive love of books.