Old Harry's Game

Thank heaven for Andy Hamilton's hellish comedy, back on form for its latest series. Hell - where Liberace is forced to share a pit with the Ayatollah Khomeini and where innovative bankers get extra liquidity injected into their systems via a rather nasty route - is still overcrowded. And if that isn't enough to get Satan aerated, then the arrival of man's best friend throws him completely. What the hell is going on when dogs are allowed in? While others may moan that the original idea has run out of steam, I beg to differ. The devil still has the best lines.

Andy Hamilton's glorious radio comedy returns for a new series. It may be bad luck for Hamilton's bank account that it's unlikely to transfer to TV (too expensive, too topical, too funny) but it's good news for listeners who discover tonight how many bankers are now in Hell, what to do with a dog that's suddenly turned up there and why God appears to be on a gap year. Hamilton, as ever, plays Satan, attended by lesser devils Scumspawn and Thomas (Robert Duncan and Jimmy Mulville). Annette Crosbie plays Satan's crisply academic biographer.

I've never quite warmed to Andy Hamilton's comedy about Satan and his minions, but there's no doubt it's phenomenanally popular - hence its return for another series.