The Odd Half Hour
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2008 - 2010
- 12 episodes (3 series)
Radio sketch show looking at modern life's pains. Stars include Stephen K Amos and Justin Edwards. Also features Jason Byrne, Katherine Parkinson, Kevin Bishop, Doon Mackichan and Jessica Ransom
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1
Returning for a second series, The Odd Half Hour is the show that looks at that pains of modern life - big and small - with sketches and songs from leading comic talents. Sketches include how the recession is affecting supermarkets, the conspiracy behind celebrity gossip magazines and how Radio 4 is going to rebrand itself.
Sketches
Green Room chat: the credit crunch
Voluntary work with old racists
Marketing groceries
Depressing funeral
Pest Control for kids
Movie Trailer: Nothing
Open Mike Folk Song: Modern Banking Folk Song
Celebrity Magazine Editor has Angelina Jolie realisation
Independent Woman in Mid-30s: Train Ticket
Wikipediophiles
Re-naming Radio 4 as Melvin
After-show bath
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th August 2009
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Stephen K Amos | Various |
| Jason Byrne | Various |
| Justin Edwards | Various |
| Katherine Parkinson | Various |
| Jason Hazeley | Writer |
| Joel Morris | Writer |
| Simon Evans | Writer |
| Andrew Dawson (as The Dawson Bros) | Writer |
| Steve Dawson (as The Dawson Bros) | Writer |
| Tim Inman (as The Dawson Bros) | Writer |
| Madeleine Brettingham | Writer |
| Justin Edwards | Writer |
| Paul Jones | Writer |
| Simon Ounsworth | Writer |
| Stuart Beale | Writer |
| Alex Walsh-Taylor | Producer |