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 4
Sketches include an airborne traffic reporter with issues; adverts for a sofa shop sale that must end soon... or at least one day; an awkward pie shop customer; and a lawyer reading out a less-than-eloquent statement from their celebrity client on the steps outside a court.
Further details
Apology (Bruce Shakespeare)
Condescending Review (Andrew Jones)
Eye In The Sky 1 (Mike Ryan)
Sofa Sale 1 (Matt Honeyball)
Police Interview Tape (Nick Wood)
Mobile Conversation (Tim Connery)
Eye In The Sky 2 (Mike Ryan)
Pie Shop Stats Man (James Sherwood)
Death's Door (Huw Davies)
Celebrity Statement (Frog Stone)
Art (Samuel Schafer)
The Spy Who Phoned Me (Kerris Kent)
Media Hysteria (Peter Brooksbank)
Don't Say Black (Madeleine Brettingham)
Eye In The Sky 3 (Mike Ryan)
Train Announcer's Hug (Christopher Nielan)
Sofa Sale 2 (Matt Honeyball)
Boris (Gavin Whenman)
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 29th 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 |
| Peter Brooksbank | Writer |
| Madeleine Brettingham | Writer |
| Matt Honeyball | Writer |
| Frog Stone | Writer |
| James Sherwood | Writer |
| James Cary | Script Editor |
| Jason Hazeley | Script Editor |
| Joel Morris | Script Editor |
| Bruce Shakespeare | Writer |
| Andrew Jones | Writer |
| Nick Wood | Writer |
| Tim Connery | Writer |
| Huw Davies | Writer |
| Samuel Schafer | Writer |
| Kerris Kent | Writer |
| Christopher Nielan | Writer |
| Gavin Whenman | Writer |
| Ed Morrish | Producer |