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  • John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 5

  • The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
  • By: John Finnemore
  • Narrated by: John Finnemore
  • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (451 ratings)
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By: John Finnemore
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Summary

John Finnemore's Double Acts Series 1 is the winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and the Comedy.co.uk awards for Best Radio Sketch Show!

The complete fifth series of BBC Radio 4's award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme has won a host of awards, including the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Award for 'Best Scripted Comedy with Live Audience'. Written by and starring John Finnemore, this fifth series of the hit show returns with more witty wordplay and laugh-out-loud sketches.

These six episodes include an unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman, a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas, a new approach to the News; and, well, since you asked him for a tale of espionage....

In addition, the voices in John's head push him to the tipping point, we look back at a career in accounting, hear of an over-rated experience and, we're sorry to say, Patsy Straightwoman returns with an interview sketch.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme also features Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. Duration: 3 hours.

©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Critic reviews

"One of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time." ( The Guardian)

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Love it !

Best series of john finnemore's souvenir
Programme i have heard love it to bits
😀thanks for making my happier john

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Very disappointing

Being as much of a John Finnemore fan as I am, it really saddens me that this series was such a let down compared with the first four series, which had previously helped me through a very difficult time. The word play was there, but it was forced. The 'human condition' commentary & satire was there, but it was so glaringly obvious from the beginning of most sketches where they were headed that it rendered the whole thing mostly pointless. Many sketches ran *painfully* long, and reached new, and irriating levels of 'meta'. John's performance itself was still excellent, he's still hilarious regardless of the script, but some of the others seemed bored. One for dedicated fans only, I think.

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Fantastic Cast

Great cast and writing. These audiobooks make my world a slightly better place. Never stop

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Regrettably weak compared to his other series

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I thoroughly enjoyed I think the middle of this series, 3,4,1 or 2 but this is very lacklustre, eliciting barely a laugh, sadly. Seems very repetitive if you have heard the above mentioned and not recommended - go for the middle series, a couple of which are excellent and original by the best of classical British standards.

Has John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 5 put you off other books in this genre?

No

How could the performance have been better?

The sketches were weak and often rather silly

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Very few funny bits.

Any additional comments?

Middle Finnermore Series were excellent.

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John finamore is the BEST :D

Great fantastic amazing funny hilarious lovely I already said fantastic There I write 15 words

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Excellent

A magnificent performance from the cast and some incredible writing make this some of the best radio comedy available. It makes the gloomiest day that little bit brighter.

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Sheer brilliance

Beautifully observed, witty and hilarious. This inventive series of sketches combines humanity with a keen sense of the absurd.

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just brilliant!

I had no idea what to expect when I purchased this ,but it has had me laughing out loud ,just so funny,. the only negatives are it needs to be 10 times longer lol and I wish I'd descovered it ages ago.

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SO FUNNY

JF is an absolute master of audio sketch comedy. If you like this - try Cabin Pressure...completely genius.

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amazing show.

havnt laughed so hard for a long time, best show since bleak expectations.
would recomend to anyone.

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