The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2007 - 2008
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney join together for an improvised sketch show for Radio 4. Stars Jim Sweeney and Josie Lawrence.
- Series 1, Episode 4 repeated Wednesday at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1
Further details
Scene 1: Getting ready to - go on holiday
Scene 2: Something that your dad did - camel wrestling
Scene 3: Something that you save up for - a penguin
Scene 4: A type of weather - overcast
Scene 5: Why are they late - caught in a Portaloo!
Scene 6: A dance - with shoelaces tied together
Scene 7: A fear or phobia - laxatives
Scene 8: The last time we met was - during electrolysis
Notes
After the success of the first series, the show moved from a late night slot to a primetime slot.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 29th January 2008
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Press
The only drawback to this second series of improvised comedy recorded in front of an audience is the same as the drawback to the first - you can't see Josie Lawrence. One supposes that there will be those similarly bereft at not having the full-on Jim Sweeney experience either.
That quibble aside, improv fans can tune in confident that the quality remains extremely high as the two riff off suggestions from the audience, adopting a variety of outrageous accents and doing their best to make the other corpse. Cheap entertainment at its finest - and no musical segments, either. Bonus.
Chris Campling, The Times, 29th January 2008