The Way It Is
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1998 - 2002
- 52 episodes (7 series)
Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events from Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin. Also features Fiona Allen, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Phil Cornwell.
Key cast & crew credits
| Simon Evans | Richard Richard |
| Fiona Allen | Lolly Swain (Series 1) |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Actor (Series 2) |
| Laura Shavin | Lolly Swain (Series 3-7) |
| Dave Lamb | Ensemble Actor (Series 1-3 & 5-7) |
| Sanjeev Bhaskar | Ensemble Actor (Series 1) |
| Chris Pavlo | Ensemble Actor (Series 2-7) |
| Phil Cornwell | Ensemble Actor (Series 4) |
| Simon Evans | Writer |
| Anil Gupta | Producer (Series 1-3) |
| Alex Walsh-Taylor | Producer (Series 4-7) |