Showing results by narrator "Steve Punt" in Arts & Entertainment

The Now Show is a much-loved stalwart of radio comedy. Featuring some of the best and brightest contemporary comedians, this award-winning show takes a satirical look at the news through a mix of stand-up, songs and sketches, as well as interview segments in which experts in their field explain the facts behind the headlines. In these three series, hosts Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guests.

Six more episodes of biting satirical wit from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis, Mitch Benn and guests, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November and December 2016. Duration: 3 hours approx.

A quiz show hosted by Steve Punt where a team of three University students take on a team of three of their professors. The show is recorded on location at a different University each week, and it pits three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in a genuinely original and fresh take on an academic quiz.

The show is recorded on location at a different university each week, and it pits three undergraduates against three of their professors in a genuinely original and fresh take on an academic quiz. The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the ‘Highbrow & Lowbrow’ round cunningly devised to test not only the students’ knowledge of current affairs, history, languages and science but also their professors’ awareness of television, sport, and quite possibly Justin Bieber....

The Now Show: Series 39: Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by guests including John Finnemore, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin to present a comedic breakdown of the news.

Seven more episodes of biting satirical wit from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis, Mitch Benn and guests, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November and December 2016. Duration: 3 hours approx.

Steve Punt returns for a fourth series as BBC Radio 4's very own gumshoe, examining little mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile. In these four episodes, he re-opens a case of murder by poisoned partridge in 1931; endeavors to find out the truth about the British inventor of a 'Death Ray'.

The second series of programmes featuring Steve Punt in his role as private investigator, examining little mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile. In these three episodes, he looks into persistent rumours that Hitler was intending to set up his command headquarters in Balham; goes on the trail of TV detector vans, investigating rumours that the vehicles are little more than a myth and turns the spotlight on mind control, entering a murky work of government intelligence, military secrecy and wild speculation.

The third series of programmes in which Steve Punt turns super-sleuth, examining little mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile.