John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 8 cover art

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 8

The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 8

By: John Finnemore
Narrated by: John Finnemore, full cast, Carrie Quinlan, Lawry Lewin, Simon Kane, Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

John Finnemore presents the eighth series of his multi-award-winning Souvenir Programme

‘The best sketch show in years, on television or radio’ Radio Times

John Finnemore, creator and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore’s Double Acts, is back with Series 8 of his highly acclaimed radio sketch show, winner of the Academy Silver Award, a Broadcasting Press Guild award and two BBC Audio Drama awards.

In these six episodes, John cooks a particularly good lasagne, Noah gets some bad news about the ark, we hear a legendary swansong, and there’s some helpful guidance on the etiquette of ‘Thank Yous’ – as well as a look into the devastating consequences of World Peace. Plus, there’s some merry names, some handy mnemonics, an epiphany and a show that will make you feel like a princess – whether you want it to or not. And, well… since you ask him whether he believes in ghosts…

Hailed by The Daily Telegraph as ‘funny enough to make even the surliest cat laugh’, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme also features his regular ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.

©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Literature & Fiction Funny

Listeners also enjoyed...

 John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 9 cover art
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 5 cover art
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: Series 7 cover art
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 2 cover art
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The Complete Series 1 cover art
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme cover art
John Finnemore's Double Acts cover art
John Finnemore's Double Acts: Series 2 cover art
Cabin Pressure cover art
Cabin Pressure, The Complete Series 1 cover art
Cabin Pressure: Molokai (Christmas Special 2010) cover art
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 1) cover art
That Mitchell and Webb Sound: The Complete Series 1-5 cover art
Old Harry’s Game cover art
Tough Crowd cover art
Reluctant Persuaders: The Complete Series 1-4 cover art
All stars
Most relevant
The jokes;) were good and I really liked listening to ……….…… the jokes and the sketches were good

The jokes ;)

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
John Finnemore is so talented. I’ve listened to this dozens of times but it still makes me laugh. Impossible to sleep if this is on at night because of laughing so much.

Unsurpassably brilliant.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
John and his crew really pull off an excellently designed story, 10/10 would definitely tell you, family and friends to listen.

Absolutely Awesome

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
So cleverly written and well performed! A real treat, looking forward to another series to download.

Amazing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I've had 2 weeks off and binged every series of his Souvenir Programme. Every episode in every series has had me laughing.

One of the funniest shows that Radio 4 has produced.

More fantastic storytelling from John.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews