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  • 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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Genius

Wonderfully funny and inventive. Great feeling of camaraderie among the cast. He is not afraid to be erudite.

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Brilliant!

loved it on the radio in half hour slots and love it in a while series. Excellent writing as always from John and the gang.

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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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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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Just hilarious

Brilliant as always. the best author performer working in radio today. Off to try Cabin Pressure

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By far the best of Radio comedy

Everyone I have recommended this too has loved it, it is charming funny, relatable extraordinarily inventive and has a sketch for everyone from lemmas and fairytales to politics and psychotherapy! I can not stress enough how much fun this is.

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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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Incredibly satisfied with this

I have listened to all of John Finnemore's now that I have completed this one, and sometimes I would laugh so hard that I passed out, anyway, good job, keep going.

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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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awesome

here are 15 words what I have wrote in a sentence me old skip matey

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