Recorded For Training Purposes
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2007 - 2010
- 27 episodes (4 series)
A fast-paced sketch show about modern communication. Much of the material comes from new writers. Stars Ben Willbond, Ingrid Oliver, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew and more.
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 2
Sketch List, With Writer Credits
1: Sudoku (Andy Flood)
2: Fatuous Survey (Eddie Robson)
3: My First Call Centre (Christopher Stanners)
4: iPlayer #1 (Matthew Morton)
5: James Pink #1 (Madeleine Brettingham)
6: Phone-In Budget (Stephen Carlin)
7: iPlayer #2 (Matthew Morton)
8: Holby Career (Matthew Morton)
9: 5 Second Theatre (Damian Nicolaou)
10: Celebrity Stalking (Mike Ryan)
11: Parents' IT Hotline (Matt Hurst)
12: iPlayer #3 (Matthew Morton)
13: Childrens' Support Hotline (Sam Kellow)
14: Nasty Names (Matthew Morton)
15: Next of Kin (Sean Grant)
16: Fake Signing (Stuart Beale)
17: James Pink #2 (Madeleine Brettingham)
18: iPlayer #4 (Matthew Morton)
19: Dirty Phone Sex (Thomas Gladstone)
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 15th January 2009
- Time
- 11pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Ben Willbond | Various |
| Ingrid Oliver | Various |
| Dominic Coleman | Various |
| Lewis Macleod | Various |
| Julie Mayhew | Various |
| Rachel Atkins | Various |
| Michael Ryan | Writer |
| Matthew Morton | Writer |
| Madeleine Brettingham | Writer |
| James Cary | Script Editor |
| Jason Hazeley | Script Editor |
| Joel Morris | Script Editor |
| Andy Flood | Writer |
| Eddie Robson | Writer |
| Christopher Stanners | Writer |
| Stephen Carlin | Writer |
| Damian Nicolaou | Writer |
| Matt Hurst | Writer |
| Sam Kellow | Writer |
| Sean Grant | Writer |
| Thomas Gladstone | Writer |
| Stuart Beale | Writer |
| Ed Morrish | Producer |
Press
Ah, the iPlayer. People who don't have computers are driven mad by its very mention. But so, according to Recorded for Training Purposes, a brilliant radio comedy series on Radio 4 late on Thursday nights, are many others. It's like saying "your programme's in the oven," they said, and why, when you can record TV and there are so many repeats anyway, was there all this iPlayer stuff all the time, "What do you want, an alarm call or something?" They also made fun of phone-ins, fatuous surveys which get onto the news, the ridiculous search for mad metaphors to popularise broadcast science. I knew I liked this show when they started with this week's National Sudoku Numbers. It's bold to make fun of the BBC when you're on it, but very welcome.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 19th January 2009