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What? Seriously??. Image shows left to right: Isy Suttie, Dara O Briain. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions
What? Seriously??

What? Seriously??

  • Radio chat show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2025
  • 8 episodes (1 series)

A quirky history comic podcast presented by Isy Suttie and Dara Ó Briain.

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What? Seriously??. Image shows left to right: Isy Suttie, Dara O Briain. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

Key details

Genre
Chat Show
Broadcast
2025
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
8 (1 series)
Stars
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie
Producers
Laura Grimshaw and Jon Holmes
Company

What? Seriously?? is a new podcast which combines comedy with quirky history, hosted by Dara Ó Briain and Isy Suttie, who will unravel an extraordinary real-life tale each week with the help of a celebrity guest.

Dara and Isy unearth stories that are definitely true, but also kind of unbelievable at the same time - the sort of stories that make you go "What? Seriously??" when you hear them, but you resolve to tell them in the pub the first chance you get. The twist is that Dara and Isy have absolutely no idea how these strange-but-true tales will unfold and we'll all be trying to figure it out together - or Dara and Isy will just go off on funny flights of fancy that are tangentially related to the story. They will be drip-fed the nuggets of narrative by a special guest expert who might just know something about the subject.

Catch-up

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 4th January 2025 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Next repeats
  1. Episode 3: Friday at 10pm on Radio 4 Extra
  2. Episode 4: Friday 31st January at 10pm on Radio 4 Extra
All previous repeats
  • Friday 17th January 2025 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2
  • Friday 10th January 2025 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 1

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