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Brighty’s holiday in Bath is interrupted by Babs insisting he make amends to his sister, Flan, after he ended her engagement with the entrepreneurial industrialist Mr Poach. Unfortunately the plan to fix the wrong of meddling in his sister’s life, involves more meddling in his sister's life. Meanwhile Churley has to contend with making ‘arrangements’ for an unexpected boxing match.
Lord Christian Brighty used to be the most notorious rake of the Regency. But after a hazing ritual for a new chambermaid led to a self-inflicted cannonball injury, Brighty, compelled by the chambermaid in question - the uneducated but forthright Babigail – resolves to mend his ways. Accompanying him in his quest are Babs (elevated beyond her station to a chambermaid-cum-adviser role), and his butler, Mr Churlington (although Churley would actually prefer everything to stay exactly as it used to be).
Written by Amy Greaves & Christian Brighty
Cast:Lord Christian Brighty ….. Christian BrightyBabs ….. Jessica KnappettChurlington ….. Colin McFarlaneLady Flan Brighty ….. Jodie MitchellLavinia – a boxing trainer ….. Chiara GoldsmithMr Poach – an industrialist ….. David ReedAmelia – a lady at the spa ….. Amy GreavesPierce Egan – a boxing commentator – Jason ForbesBob Gregson – a boxing pundit – Joz Norris
Script Editor ….. David ReedSound & Recording ….. Sonica StudiosPhotographer ….. Will HearleProducer ….. Ben Walker
A DLT Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4
Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves’ viral sketches based on Bridgerton, Poldark and Jane Austen have catapulted them to viral stardom, securing Christian’s place as the internet’s answer to Mr Darcy and amassing 250 million views across TikTok and Instagram (@brightybuoy). Amy and Christian both have a deep love for the work of Jane Austen, traditional regency romance (not smut), and historical romance set in the regency (smut). The first series of The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty was nominated for Best Radio Show at the Chortle Awards 2025, and listed in The i's Best Radio Comedies Ever.
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Frank Skinner and guests Dee Allum, Pierre Novellie, Zoe Lyons and Hasan Al-Habib discuss the tactics of Genghis Khan, the ethics of mousetraps and the morals of forgetting to wear trousers. Also, Swedish sheep wagons.
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to work out just what they were reviewing – and maybe contribute a few reviews of their own. So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as “Very steep and too high”, this show salutes you!
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche
Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simon Evans with the producer David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
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Ian Smith is back on his quest for calm. In this episode, Ian is going through one of the most stressful life experiences... moving house. Is he middle class now? How can he keep in touch with his friends? And just how much damage can an entire chickpea cause? Let’s find out together in Ian Smith is Stressed.
Written and performed by Ian SmithAdditional Material from Mike Shephard and Rhiannon ShawFeaturing Stuart LawsAssistant Producer - Em HumbleProduction Manager - Laura ShawProduced by Benjamin SuttonA Daddy’s SuperYacht Production for BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual journey like no other… just with more chaos, queueing, and a missing pair of sandals.
Blending storytelling, stand-up and documentary, comedian Ali Shahalom (aka Ali Official) takes us on a deeply personal comic journey through one of the most important acts of worship in Islam: Hajj. What begins as a sacred pilgrimage becomes a test of patience, endurance, and broadband speed.
From battling the notoriously stressful Nusuk booking system (“depression you pay for”) to convincing his entire family to commit to the trip, Ali charts every step of the journey with warmth, honesty and razor-sharp humour. There are frozen bank accounts, passport panics, and a £40,000 leap of faith - and that's all before he’s even left the UK.
Written and performed by Ali ShahalomScript editor - Laura MajorSound design - Andy GoddardProducer - Victoria Lloyd
A Mighty Bunny Production for BBC Radio 4
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Streeting wants in and Starmer styles it out. The multi-award-winning satire is back as Jon Holmes mashes up the news with pop-culture to create a current affairs satirical comedy concept album.
Producer: Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
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A year ago, Emer Maguire had it all. Now she’s sleeping on the floor of her brother’s student flat in a shady part of Belfast – no girlfriend, no home, no hope. Where did it all go wrong? How did she end up all alone, broken hearted and with only an assistance dog called Dougal for company? Is she the Patron Saint of Bad Luck?
Comedian Emer Maguire recalls how the worst year of her life - including messy break-up, serious medical issues and not one, but two life-changing diagnoses – put her on the path to living her best life. Told with her trademark honesty and songwriting brilliance, Emer’s tale is both heartfelt and uplifting, a laugh-out-loud rollercoaster journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.
One of Northern Ireland’s most exciting comedic voices, Emer Maguire (who was dubbed by one critic as the “indie Victoria Wood”) is a double Irish IMRO award-winning presenter and four times TEDx speaker.
Written and performed by Emer MaguireProduced by Anna HindsExecutive Producer: Keith MartinSound: David Walker
A FABEL radio production for BBC Radio 4
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This week, Geoff looks at the “angry middle-aged white men” that Gary Neville identified as the source of all division within the UK. Is that fair? If so, why are they angry? And could there be both a deeper reason for their anger and also a better outlet for it?
As ever, these serious points are intercut with “manly hypotheticals”, the sort of question men ask each other to avoid talking about stuff that matters, like - if you’re drinking non-alcoholic beer, are you still obliged to buy a round?
This is episode 2 of Series 2 of Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club. To hear more from this series, search "Stand-Up Specials" on BBC Sounds.
Written and presented by Geoff Norcott
Recorded by Sean KerwinProduction manager: Dawn WilliamsExecutive producer: Caroline Raphael
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4
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This is episode 1 of the latest series of Brian & Roger, titled Carla.
There’s not much that could quell Roger’s positive mood; he’s got a plan for a very special bonding activity with his teenage son Jamie and Brian may be able to help. There’s romance on the cards too but he'll need some dating advice...
Brian & Roger are friends that met at a support group for divorced men.Both are starting again, both are finding it hard.One of them is nice.
To hear more episodes from this series, search "Brian and Roger" on BBC Sounds.
Written and performed by Harry Peacock and Dan Skinner.Produced by Joel Morris and Sally Harrison.Music by Bach, arranged by Hywel Davies.Hywel Davies (piano), Luke Belcher (bass), Tilly Tremayne (vocals).
Executive Producer: Johnny VegasA Woolyback production for BBC Radio 4
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In this episode Sue checks out a fiendish Church-eating fungus, the mad lifecycle of Marine Midges and a potential orgasm fungus.
This is episode 2 of series 5 of Nature Table - Miraculous Marine Midges and Church-Eating Fungus.
‘Sue Perkins’ Nature Table - possibly the funniest “natural science” series, ever.’ Pick of the Week, The Telegraph
Recorded at the Natural History Museum, this episode of Sue Perkins’ ARIA-winning ‘Show and Tell’ wildlife comedy features special guests: comedian Sara Pascoe, the Natural History Museum’s Queen of flies Dr. Erica McAlister and Fungarium Collections Manager at Kew Gardens, Lee Davies.
Nature Table has a simple clear goal: to positively celebrate our planet’s wonderfully wild (and funny) flora and fauna in a fun accessible way... whilst always having a giggle.
Hosted by: Sue PerkinsGuests: Sara Pascoe, Dr. Erica McAlister, Lee Davies and Elizabeth.Written by: Jon Hunter and Jenny Laville.Additional material by: Jade Gebbie.Researcher: Catherine BeazleyExecutive Producer: James RobinsonSound Editor: Jerry PealMusic by: Ben MirinProduction Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls & Caroline BarlowProducer: Simon Nicholls
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
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This episode we hear Hugh Dennis's word for decision fatigue, Katy Wix's coinage for when you find yourself stuck telling a story in public to break an awkward silence, and Jess Fostekew's word for that nuggety squashed sock you find stuck inside a duvet cover.
Ever struggled to find the right word for a feeling or sensation? Unspeakable sees comedian Phil Wang and lexicographer Susie Dent invite celebrity guests to invent new linguistic creations, to solve those all too relatable moments when we're lost for words.
This is episode four from series three of Unspeakable. To hear more from this series, search "Unspeakable" on BBC Sounds.
Hosts: Phil Wang and Susie DentGuests: Hugh Dennis, Jess Fostekew and Katy WixCreated by Joe VarleyWriters: Matt Crosby and James FarmerRecorded by Jerry PealProducer: Jon HarveyExecutive Producers: Joe Varley and Akash Lockmun
A Brown Bred production for BBC Radio 4
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It's the first every Live Comedy Day, and Live From the UK brings a special, extended episode to the Radio 4 listener.
Angela Barnes is back at the comedy club where she did her first ever gig, the Brighton Komedia. She did a comedy course with comedy guru Jill Edwards, so catches up with her to chat about starting out, and grassroots comedy.
We also tour to all 4 nations of the UK, bringing you insights on a night tour of Edinburgh Zoo, useless stuff you learn in school, nans playing rugby and the dystopian world of fast food restaurants.
Throughout the show, some of the UK's best loved comedians will also pop up to tell you about their first ever gig.
In this episode, you can hear;
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd at the Monkey Barrel in EdinburghEmer Maguire at the Empire Music Hall, BelfastCarwyn Blayney at the Swansea GrandSeann Walsh at Komedia Brighton
Additional Material by Ruth Husko
Recorded by David Thomas, Sean Kerwin and Davy NeilSound design by David ThomasProduction Coordinator: Jodie CharmanExecutive Producer: Pete Strauss
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4.
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We like to think we vote with our heads. But what if we've always voted with our tribe? Top political comedian Matt Forde convenes his Focus Group in front of a live theatre audience with a razor-sharp panel — former Conservative adviser Salma Shah, ex-SNP MP and broadcaster John Nicolson, and stand-up comedian Pierre Novellie — to ask whether tribal loyalty is the secret engine of political life. From parties haemorrhaging members to rivals, to the flag-wrapped contradictions of nationalist politics, to the question of whether multicultural Britain is importing conflicts it never signed up for, this is an episode about belonging, identity - and the ridiculous places both can lead
This featured episode is The Politics of The Tribe from Series 2 of The Matt Forde Focus Group on BBC Radio 4.
Written and performed by Matt FordeAdditional writing from Karl Minns, Ruth Husko and Richard GarvinProducer: Richard GarvinCo Producer: Daisy KnightBroadcast Assistant: Ocean HolderSound Design: David ThomasEditor Chris MacleanAn Avalon production for BBC Radio 4
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53 year old Slim looks back on his first proper decade of adulthood.
Driving the buses of London in this period leads Slim to reflect on why bus drivers don't get respect. He's also a father of two at this point, and recalls some of his favourite, and least favourite dad duties, and we also hear about his first time in front of an audience.
This is the third episode from the series Slim's Guide to Life. For more episodes, search "Stand-Up Specials" on BBC Sounds.
Written and performed by SlimScript Edited by David AjaoProduction Coordinator: Caroline BarlowExecutive Producer: Pete StraussRecorded at Up The Creek comedy club by Chris Maclean.Sound design by Chris MacleanMusic by Slim
Slim's Guide to Life is produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies, and is a BBC Studios production for Radio 4.
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Cariad Lloyd, Steen Raskopoulos, Luke Manning, and Emily Lloyd-Saini embark on a new series of improv mayhem. Host Alasdair Beckett-King presides over a series of games full of emotional butchers, a three-headed movie director, and the inner monologue of a spider trapped in the bath.
"No Script. No Prep. No Clue."
To hear more episode from this series, search "Wing It" on BBC Sounds.
Presented by Alasdair Beckett-King
Devised and produced by Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: James RobinsonProduction Co-ordinator: Katie BaumAdditional material: Ruth HuskoSound Editor: Chris Maclean
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4
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Comedian Aurie Styla returns to rampage through the history of technology, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s, and various things you thought you’d forgotten.
With his interactive, wildly funny style, tonight the focus is on the role tech has played in our fitness lives: for better or worse
This episode is from the Stand-Up Specials brand on BBC Sounds.
An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4.
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An audience show in which Colin explores how his bizarre family made him the man he is today. Now, as a 45 year-old dad, he wonders if it’s too late to do anything about it. Based on his hugely successful 2024 Edinburgh show, Colin weaves anecdotes and musings with all too real stories about his early life, featuring a recurring cast of characters: his perennially pessimistic mum, his not-quite-in-reality brothers and his long-suffering Dad who screams ‘why can’t we just be a normal family?’ Colin asks “is it a surprise my neurodiversity was missed?' But growing up in Nottingham we just had a simple phrase that covered everything - ‘he’s not right’. Colin paints a picture of a childhood full of secrets and lies, dominated by Mum’s terror of ending up in the local ‘madhouse’ whilst espousing paranoid conspiracies and pulling out the Ouija board on Christmas Day. Whilst inherently funny, the craziness is recounted with love and sympathy. A brilliant storyteller, Colin intercuts tales of that childhood life with stories about his own contemporary family and how one has been shaped by the other. What does he want to pass on and what does he absolutely not want to? How does he be the best dad he can when his basic understanding of the world is so scrambled? Each episode begins with Colin telling us how he’s, possibly inappropriately, reacted to something mundane that has just happened or been said to him. He’ll unpick the story across the episode tracing his reaction back to his upbringing with other themes, stories and observations along the way. Colin’s stand-up is intercut with childhood and contemporary scenes. Colin plays all his family members, neighbours, distant relatives, postmen, etc.
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Join comedian Russell Kane as he and his guests spill the beans on spiders. Consistently ranked amongst the most creepy and crawly, we ask are spiders abusive arachnids or kooky cuties?
Helping Russell decide whether spiders are evil or genius are top comedian Josh Jones and leading entomologist & England Manager for Buglife, Dr. Karim Vahed.
To hear more from this series, search "Evil Genius" on BBC Sounds.
Additional material by: Eve Delaney, Ruth Huskisson & Christina RiggsResearcher: Catherine BeazleySound Recordist: Gareth WoodDigital Editor: Jerry PealProduction Coordinator: Liz TuohyExecutive Producer: Paul SmithProducer: Simon Nicholls
Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds.
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A Match Made Inshallah is a fearless, funny show where the 44-year-old, twice-divorced stand-up comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri is looking for love and ready to date - and she wants us all to be her wingman.
Mixing stand-up, commentary, and the actual date itself, we will hear Fatiha’s deepest thoughts, hopes, dreams, and judgements as we join her every step of the way through the dating minefield.
Written and Performed by Fatiha El-GhorriProducer: Laura GrimshawExecutive Producers: Jon Holmes and Carrie Rose
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
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In this Stand-up Special Finlay Christie makes his Radio 4 debut in front of a live audience at The Brunswick in Brighton.
He provides insight into how he and his generation have grown into the adults they’re now expected to be. Using new and existing material from his critically acclaimed Edinburgh shows he’ll cover topics like; the expectations of different generations; “pensioners complaining they can’t heat their house. That sounds like a boast – You’ve got a house?!’ ...”
- the differences between the generations; “People say young people are more sensitive, but every generation is sensitive, we’re just sensitive about different stuff. We’re sensitive about pronouns, old people are sensitive about Princess Diana.”
- how his generation feel about the world; "Gen Z are very nihilistic. World’s gonna end in our lifetimes and we don’t care. One girl in Sweden cared and that made the news.”
“TikTok has made me see people who watch films as intellectuals. Ooh, you have a penchant for cinéma?? Ohohoho.”And how it now feels to be a man; “ the difference between Man and Boy - "Landlord bad…. rent boy..nice….” " “It’s a boy” - “congratulations”. “It’s a man” - “allegations.”
At 19, Finlay became one of the youngest ever winners of the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny competition, following in the footsteps of Peter Kay, Lee Mack and Sarah Millican. 3 years later, his debut Edinburgh show “OK Zoomer” was nominated for NextUp’s “Best Show” award and was released as a special in October 2023. His material, based around his experience as a Gen Z, led Chortle to describe him as “the voice of his generation.”
Producer: Julian Mayers
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Despite a complex childhood, and with her teenage years spent guiding the career of her controversial comedian mother Janey Godley whilst caring for her depressed autistic father, Ashley has just had the most surreal, dramatic, tragic… and successful year of her life.
Her dream job was always in the magical world of TV with all its escapism, justice and happy endings. But the universe has a twisted sense of humour, and just as Ashley finally gets her big break, Janey is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Yay.
In this episode, we jump inside the brilliant and unhinged autistic brain of our “adult perma-child” protagonist and attempt to unspool this tragicomedy with some hilarious digressions en route.
Produced by Julia SutherlandSound Design by Sean KerwinA Dabster production for BBC Radio 4
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