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.
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.
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.
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.
Monday 6th June 2022
BBC Radio Wales has ordered the sitcom Beena And Amrit from Priya Hall, co-starring Shobna Gulati. However, a television version co-starring Meera Syal is no longer going ahead.
Friday 13th May 2022
Janey Godley has recorded her first stand-up special for Radio 4, addressing offensive tweets, her ovarian cancer, suicidal thoughts and more.
Wednesday 4th May 2022
The Skewer, Cold Case Crime Cuts and Rosie Jones: Box Ticker Too were recognised at ARIAS 2022, the Radio Academy's awards.
Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Radio 4 has commissioned stand-up specials from Jen Brister and Josie Long; a medicine-based panel show fronted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean; and a train-based interview series from Alexei Sayle.
Monday 25th April 2022
Radio 4 has ordered new stand-up shows from Geoff Norcott and Mike Bubbins, as well as a panel show pilot fronted by Steph McGovern. The station is bringing back Meera Syal's chat show, disabled comedy showcase The Thirteen Million Club, and Tom Mayhew, Ken Cheng and Njambi McGrath are among those who have also been recommissioned.
Friday 8th April 2022
To tie in with a forthcoming Radio 4 series, comedian Sunil Patel has launched his own cryptocurrency.
