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Series 3
Episode 4
Sketch show with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.
14 Aug 2002,·30 mins
Series 5
Episode 5
Kenneth Horne joins the Foreign Legion and Hornerama looks at affluence.
09 Nov 1961,·30 mins
Ludwig van Beethoven
The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the influential German composer.
18 Sep 2002,·30 mins
From 22/11/1955
Celebrating the newly refurbished BBC Paris theatre and Ron's poorly in 'The Glums'.
22 Nov 1955,·30 mins
2025 Special
Another one-off return for the multi-award-winning sketch show.
25 Aug 2025,·44 mins
Son of the Burkiss Way
Chris Emmett, Fred Harris, Jo Kendall and Nigel Rees with the first radio motion picture.
06 Dec 1977,·30 mins
United Planetary Super Council news - and a new voice on the Shipping Forecast
16 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Work and Play
The sketch show written by the public with Jason Manford and Janice Connolly.
08 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Transport
The museum's model railway club hits the buffers.
31 Aug 2006,·30 mins
Series 2
S2 E6: What If This Was a Sketch Show, Though?
What if we had got the internet's funniest comedians to make a sketch show, though?
23 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Episode 6
More spicy sketches including Mr Makeaslotofmistakes.
20 Jun 2008,·30 mins
President Heaven escapes an assassin's bullet, but his problems are far from over.
18 Sep 1997,·30 mins
Series 4
The Christmas Eve Party
Hancock throws a Christmas party and finds himself in court.
21 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Christmas
It's Alex and Ben's Christmas special - in the height of summer.
03 Aug 2017,·28 mins
Series 6
4. Wild West
Americana special, with guest star Morgana Robinson.
09 Apr 2024,·28 mins
A man discovers that his real name is Ian. Sketches with Daniel Rigby and Freya Parker.
05 Mar 2019,·28 mins
10. Spiritual Enlightenment Down a Well
Celebrate spirituality, togetherness and government cover-ups in the well of wellbeing.
04 Jun 2025,·14 mins
Session Six: When We Don’t Come Back
Thank you for completing Sink treatment. You’ve done so well.
02 Dec 2020,·21 mins
More Brothers Faversham
Perceus and Lucius Faversham
The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's great twin industrialists.
26 Oct 2008,·30 mins
Series 1
4. As Cornish as Penne Pasta and Penguins.
Dawn French and Edward Rowe head up a new sketch show with a Cornish flavour.
16 May 2023,·28 mins
Rob Newman On Air
Episode Four: On Song
Rob Newman returns with a hilarious new comedy series, co-starring Claire Price.
16 Nov 2022,·28 mins
For You the War is Over
Has Sean's hobby of historical re-enactment gone too far?
26 Mar 2003,·15 mins
Damien Slash: Select All
Episode 2
Character comedian Damien Slash plugs back into the AiPlayer for more sketch comedy.
03 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Series 17
A Perforated Ulster Best Of
Da and Uncle Andy host the show that dissects the week’s news.
06 Jun 2026,·30 mins
Series 24 - Episode 4
Newsjack brings topical sketches and one liners written by you, the Great British public.
18 Mar 2021,·28 mins
The Third Pole
Martin started out as a software developer but ended up being a legendary explorer.
28 Feb 2013,·30 mins
Ben Asks...
We see out the series with a question from Chris’ son, which sends his old man spiralling.
13 Dec 2023,·14 mins
Chico’s Hall of Fame
Bazza Ferguson
Chico’s Hall of Fame salutes midfield maestro Barry Ferguson, voiced by Jonathan Watson.
04 Feb 2021,·27 mins
4. Tattoos
Stand-up comedy unpicking a complex web of 'hyperfixations', one obsession at a time.
24 Jul 2025,·28 mins
With Rhys James and Glenn Moore
Rhys James and Glenn Moore learn about the rotating Irish prime ministers and ‘notions’.
09 Sep 2023,·29 mins
