The Guns Of Adam Riches
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2012 - 2014
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Comedy from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches. He showcases his various characters. Stars Adam Riches, Cariad Lloyd and Jim Johnson.
Press clippings
BBC Sounds launch opens up Radio 4 comedy archive
BBC Radio Player has been replaced with BBC Sounds. The website and app will offer over 80,000 hours of content, including the chance to re-listen to many comedy shows made by Radio 4.
British Comedy Guide, 30th October 2018Both The Guns of Adam Riches and The Trap are in their infancy, and as yet are patchy offerings. The former, featuring the 2011 Edinburgh comedy award winner making his BBC Radio 4 debut, was a one-off, but I imagine a series is planned.
On a positive note, when Riches was in stand-up mode or improvising, his chaotic style of humour was infectious. Forming a band from unsuspecting members of the audience, who then had to provide incidental music between sketches, had hilarious consequences. However, while there was some potential in the scripted sections, a lot of the writing was disappointing and, in the case of skits about Sean Bean and Daniel Day-Lewis, somewhat dated.
Lisa Martland, The Stage, 12th July 2012