Audiobooks by Tom Allen

Sunday Night Stand-Up: 11 comedy specials from BBC Radio 4

"A sparkling selection of one-off comedy shows from Radio 4's Sunday night Stand Up Specials season Since 2018, BBC Radio 4 has been making the nation laugh with its Stand Up Specials strand, featuring fantastic half-hour sets from a host of celebrated comedians. This wide-ranging collection brings together eleven of the very best acts, from established stars to new and emerging talent, as they 'zoom through angst from all angles' (The Guardian). Among the hot comic takes, Tom Allen's Not Very Nice explores what happens when the hilarious host of The Apprentice: You're Fired turns from sweet to naughty; Pippa Evans Grows Up finds the Now Show star asking what it means to be a grown-up; Postcards to Portsmouth sees Suzi Ruffell returning to her home town (well, just down the road) to share tales of her family; and Kiri Pritchard-McLean spotlights the life choices of millennials in Egg-sistential Crisis, asking 'why have they stopped having babies?' From Asda to Diva introduces us to Jayde Adams, who combines wit and show-stopping music to demonstrate how she went from working in a supermarket to fully-fledged prima donna; Emergency Broadcast sees Gemma Arrowsmith trapped in Broadcasting House and presenting a lockdown sketch show with Tom Crowley, Adam Courting, Hugh Dennis and Susan Harrison; Talking Shop outlines BBC New Comedy Award winner Stephen Buchanan's chequered work history and friendship with a Vietnamese refugee; and in Centrist Dad?, Alun Cochrane defends the much-maligned middle ground as he tries to find his place on the shifting political spectrum. Also included is Black Country Gentlemon, in which George Fouracres tells his story of growing up in Wolverhampton; Magnifying Class, Athena Kugblenu's examination of class identity and what it means to be upwardly mobile; and One of Many, where Stephen Bailey contemplates his numerous namesakes - all of whom are more newsworthy than him - and wonders whether you can change your life just by changing your name. Production credits Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice Written and performed by Tom Allen and featuring Gabby Best Produced by Richard Morris First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 April 2018 Pippa Evans Grows Up Written and performed by Pippa Evans Produced by Alison Vernon-Smith First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13 May 2018 Suzi Ruffell: Postcards to Portsmouth Written and performed by Suzi Ruffell, with additions from Ann Ruffell Produced by Suzy Grant First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12 May 2019 Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Egg-sistential Crisis Written and performed by Kiri Prichard-McLean Produced by Suzy Grant First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 10 January 2021 Jayde Adams: From ASDA to Diva Written and performed by Jayde Adams, with music by Richard Thomas Produced by Hayley Sterling Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 January 2021 Gemma Arrowsmith: Emergency Broadcast Written by and starring Gemma Arrowsmith, with Tom Crowley, Adam Courting, Hugh Dennis and Susan Harrison Produced by Victoria Lloyd First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 February 2021 Stephen Buchanan: Talking Shop Written and performed by Stephen Buchanan Produced by Adnan Ahmed First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 March 2021 Alun Cochrane: Centrist Dad? Written and performed by Alun Cochrane Produced by Richard Morris Production co-ordinator: Mabel Wright Sound engineer: Michael Smith First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 July 2021 George Fouracres: Black Country Gentlemon Written and performed by George Fouracres Produced by Richard Morris Production co-ordinator: Beverly Tagg First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 20 March 2022 Athena Kugblenu: Magnifying Class Written and performed by Athena Kugblenu Produced by Leila Navabi Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 April 2022 Stephen Bailey: One of Many Written and performed by Stephen Bailey Produced by Georgia Keating and Hayley Sterling Production Coordinator: Katie Baum First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 May 2022 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd."

Alun Cochrane, Athena Kugblenu, Gemma Arrowsmith, Jayde Adams, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Pippa Evans, Stephen Buchanan, Suzi Ruffell, Tom Allen (Author), Alun Cochrane, Gemma Arrowsmith, George Fouracres, Jayde Adams, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Pippa Evans, Stephen Buchanan, Suzi Ruffell, Tom Allen (Narrator)

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Tom Allen is Actually Not Very Nice: BBC Radio comedy

"All four episodes of Tom Allen's brilliant BBC Radio 4 show - plus two series of The Correspondent Award-winning comedian Tom Allen is one of Britain's best and brightest stand-ups. He's appeared on Mock the Week, The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice and Live at the Apollo, toured several sell-out solo shows, starred in his own TV pilot and even written an autobiography. He's always seemed pleasant and polite on the surface: but the truth is, he's a monster - or so he says. In Tom Allen's Actually Not Very Nice, he stages a stand-up intervention to find out what turned him from sweet to naughty, and how he can get back on the straight and narrow. With help from his friend Gabby Best, and the studio audience, Tom works out how best to navigate some tricky social situations - like sacking your personal trainer, dealing with other people's children, sitting through an entire play and being set up on a date. Can he learn how to keep a lid on his fury in the face of life's small injustices? Also included in this collection are Series 1 and 2 of The Correspondent - eight bittersweet comic monologues charting Tom's professional and domestic misadventures. From handling the frustrations of his horrible job to coping with his family at Aunt Leslie's funeral, Tom's life is just one long round of miserable mundanity. But there are welcome distractions with the discovery of a new mystery friend in the workplace, and the possibility of finding love online. And in a bonus programme from Radio 5 Live's in-depth interview show, Headliners, Tom chats to Nihal Arthanayake about growing up in '90s suburbia, coming out and his hilarious memoir No Shame - as well as revealing what he thinks of Nihal's newest dessert recipe... Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice Written by Tom Allen Featuring Gabby Best Produced by Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5-26 December 2019 The Correspondent Written by Tom Allen and Jon Hoggarth Produced by Victoria Lloyd First broadcast BBC Radio 7, 26 March-16 April 2007 (Series 1), and BBC Radio 4, 21 January-11 February 2009 (Series 2) Headliners: Tom Allen Presented by Nihal Arthanayake With Tom Allen First broadcast BBC Radio 5Live, 12 November 2020 Photo credit: Aemen Sukkar (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

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