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Jest a Minute: The Complete Series 1 and 2 Plus Specials: A BBC Radio Comedy Panel Game

Stand-up star Rhod Gilbert hosts the panel show about the serious business of comedy The hilarious comic lovechild of A Question of Sport and QI, Jest a Minute is a light-hearted, lively show that quizzes leading comedians on their knowledge of comedy. Host Rhod Gilbert accepts no backchat and gives short shrift to cheek as he recklessly awards points based on how quick, agile and witty he considers the panellists to be. In a series of fast-paced, chaotic rounds, they are tasked with answering quickfire questions on comedy history, sitcom titles, catchphrases and classic comedy films. There’s also a chance for some audience participation, as the teams pick a volunteer from the audience in a bid to find out who can tell the funniest joke, and a final buzzer round, in which Rhod reads out the start of a well-known gag (such as ‘What’s brown and sticky?’) and the contestants buzz in with their finest, funniest and most original punchlines. Among the A-list talent taking part in these two series are Justin Moorhouse, Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Jarred Christmas, Jeremy Hardy, Tom Allen, Alun Cochrane, Sarah Millican, Lucy Porter, Milton Jones and Jon Richardson. Also included are three special episodes, recorded at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival and Green Man Festival in 2015 and 2016, featuring Elis James, Cariad Lloyd, Ed Gamble, Greg Davies, Holly Walsh, Rob Deering, Chris Corcoran, Paul Foot and Kiri Pritchard-McLean. Production credits Presented by Rhod Gilbert Produced by Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn Series 1 featuring: Justin Moorhouse, Chris Corcoran, Jarred Christmas, Jeremy Hardy, Rob Deering, Tom Allen, Roger Monkhouse, Kirsten O'Brien, Alun Cochrane, Tom Wrigglesworth, Sarah Millican, Jeff Green, Greg Davies, Lucy Porter Series 2 featuring: Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Rob Deering, Tom Craine. Markus Birdman, Steve Williams, Milton Jones, Lucy Porter, Elis James, Jon Richardson, Greg Davies, Eggsy, Paul Tonkinson, Tom Wrigglesworth Jest a Minute in Machynlleth 2015 featuring: Elis James, Cariad Lloyd and Ed Gamble Jest A Minute at Green Man Festival featuring: Greg Davies, Holly Walsh, Rob Deering and Chris Corcoran Jest A Minute in Machynlleth 2016 featuring: Paul Foot, Rob Deering, Ed Gamble and Kiri Pritchard-McLean First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 25 August-29 September 2006 (Series 1), 10 December 2006-13 January 2007 (Series 2), 2 May 2015 (Jest a Minute at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2015), 22 August 2015 (Jest A Minute at Green Man Festival), 30 April 2016 (Jest a Minute at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2016) © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Rhod Gilbert (Author), Alun Cochrane, Ed Gamble, Greg Davies, Jeremy Hardy, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter, Milton Jones, Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Tom Allen, Various (Narrator)

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The Guessing Game: The Complete Series 1 and 2: A BBC Radio Comedy Quiz Show

Clive Anderson hosts the comedy panel game that fancies itself as an intelligent quiz Ostensibly a quickfire quiz, The Guessing Game is really a show that pushes facts aside in favour of flights of fancy and rewards the funniest, luckiest and most bizarre guesses. The premise is simple: host Clive Anderson fires off a series of difficult and implausible questions, and awards points to the panellists for their outlandish answers. What's the difference between Justin Bieber and a banana? Who invented the cat hole? Why would humans lose a war with chickens? These posers, and many others, are tackled by some of Britain's best and brightest celebrities, among them Rory Bremner, Phill Jupitus, Christopher Brookmyre, Jo Caulfield, Josh Widdicombe, Lucy Porter and Cariad Lloyd. Series 1 is a complete free-for-all, but in Series 2, Alex Horne and Susan Calman step in as team captains to try and impose some order on the chaos. Included here are all 12 episodes of the witty, whimsical and wildly speculative show - so sit back and enjoy six fun-filled hours of silly questions and even sillier answers. Production credits Presented by Clive Anderson Written by Michael Beck House band: The Gus and Fin Four Produced by Margaret Anne Docherty Series 1 featuring: Rory Bremner, Toma Allen, Alex Horne, Phill Jupitus, Zoe Lyons, Christopher Brookmyre, Susan Calman, Alun Cochrane, Emily Dean, Imran Yusuf, Des Clarke, Keith Farnan, Jo Caulfield, Josh Widdicombe, Raymond Mearns, Phil Nichol, Paul Pirie and Rob Rouse Series 2 featuring: Alex Horne, Susan Calman, Aisling Bea, Lloyd Langford, Phil Nichol, Joel Dommett, Hal Cruttenden, Keith Farnan, Des Clarke, Maeve Higgins, Lucy Porter, Rob Rouse, Matthew Crosby and Cariad Lloyd First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 4 April-9 May 2012 (Series 1), 1 May-5 June 2013 (Series 2) © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Clive Anderson (Author), Alex Horne, Alun Cochrane, Clive Anderson, Joel Dommett, Josh Widdicombe, Lucy Porter, Rory Bremner, Susan Calman, Tom Allen, Various, Zoe Lyons (Narrator)

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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 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Various Artists (Author), Alun Cochrane, Gemma Arrowsmith, George Fouracres, Jayde Adams, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Pippa Evans, Stephen Buchanan, Suzi Ruffell, Tom Allen, Various (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

Tom Allen (Author), Tom Allen (Narrator)

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Life: An Idiot’s Guide: The Complete Series 1-3: BBC Radio 4 stand up comedy

Stephen K Amos and the comedy circuit's best stand-ups attempt to unravel the knotty problems of life Award-winning jokesmith and self-confessed idiot Stephen K Amos teams up with some of the world's sharpest comic minds to compile a dummies' guide to being a modern human. From raising children and having a mid-life crisis, to first impressions and facing your fears, who better than a bunch of comedians to lead us through life's existential maze? In these 17 episodes, Stephen and friends take us on a journey of self-discovery through observational comedy - with help from a live studio audience, who provide their own tips, stories and experiences. They share their unique perspectives on topics including dishonesty, technology, medicine, multiculturalism, religion and austerity, as well as helping us deal with the ultimate scary subject: mortality. Featuring a wealth of superb stand-ups including Sara Pascoe, Susan Calman, Lucy Porter, Ava Vidal, James Acaster, Boothby Graffoe, Marlon Davis, Richard Herring, Nish Kumar, Shazia Mirza, Alfie Moore, Andy Zaltzman, Tom Allen and Robin Ince, this hilarious show may not show you the meaning of life, but it will make you laugh about it. Cast and credits Hosted by Stephen K Amos Additional material by Christine Rose, Hugh Sington and Stephen Grant Produced by Colin Anderson Pilot special guests: W Kamau Bell, Susan Calman, Tim FitzHigham, Josie Long and Simon Munnery Series 1 special guests: Sara Pascoe, Matt Forde, Carey Marx, David O'Doherty, Miss London, Jess Fostekew, Craig Campbell, Ava Vidal, Howard Read, Andy Wilkinson, Lucy Porter, Maeve Higgins, Tom Allen, Phil Nichol Series 2 special guests: Sarah Kendall, Gráinne Maguire, James Acaster, Michael Redmond, Holly Walsh, Boothby Graffoe, Marlon Davis, Jarlath Reagan, Lloyd Langford, Alfie Moore, Ava Vidal, Richard Herring, Fred MacAulay, Angela Barnes, Greg Proops, Paul Sinha, Andre Vincent, John Hegley Series 3 special guests: Stephen Grant, Nish Kumar, Andrew Maxwell, Susan Murray, Tom Craine Josie Long, Wil Hodgson, Gavin Webster, Shazia Mirza, Mae Martin, Travis Jay, Dan Antopolski, Suzi Ruffell, Tom Rhodes, Andy Zaltzman, Jason Cook, Brendon Burns, Robin Ince First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 23 August 2011 (Pilot), 7-28 March 2012 (Series 1), 17 January-21 February 2013 (Series 2). Series 3 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra, 12 May-16 June 2014 ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Stephen K Amos (Author), Alfie Moore, Full Cast, James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Sara Pascoe, Stephen K Amos, Susan Calman, Tom Allen (Narrator)

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The Merde Factor: (Paul West 5)

Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not toannoy the French.But recently things have been going tr¨s wrong:His apartment is so small that he has to cut his baguettes in twoto fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike. His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. And thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right.And Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him.Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankrupcy, Paul realises that hispersonal merde factor is about to hit the fan...

Stephen Clarke (Author), Tom Allen (Narrator)

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The Correspondent: Complete Series 2

The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's 'The Correspondent', four bittersweet comic monologues starring writer and comedian Tom Allen. In this series, Tom distracts himself from a looming job appraisal, and his domestic situation, with the discovery of a new mystery friend in the workplace; gets a new laptop and searches for a new boyfriend online; takes on the task of informing his late Aunt's pen friends of her death; and decides on an unplanned trip to France. This comedy series was originally broadcast on Radio 4 from 21st January 2009 - 11th February 2009.

John Hoggarth, Jon Hoggarth, Tom Allen (Author), Tom Allen (Narrator)

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The Correspondent: Complete Series 2

The complete first series of BBC Radio 4's 'The Correspondent', four bittersweet comic monologues starring writer and comedian Tom Allen. In this series, Tom starts a new job at Brooks Furniture, 'A world of furniture that makes a world of difference', where his letter writing gets him into trouble; and deals with Auntie Leslie's funeral, learning a painful lesson when he hits 'Reply All'... This comedy series was originally broadcast on Radio 4 from 26 March - 16th April 2007.

John Hoggarth, Jon Hoggarth, Tom Allen (Author), Tom Allen (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Tom Allen