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From 10/01/1956
Jim gets a social conscience, and Eth's mum is feeling dubious over Ron.
10 Jan 1956,·30 mins
Series 5
Episode 7
Kenneth Horne visits his local music shop - and waltzes back to 1845 Vienna.
23 Nov 1961,·30 mins
2025 Special
Another one-off return for the multi-award-winning sketch show.
25 Aug 2025,·44 mins
Series 2
Episode 1
Stoneybridge Town Council prepares to receive the town's first ever tourist.
25 Jun 2017,·28 mins
Series 3
Hannibal
The radical comedian's humorous assessment of the talented military commander.
25 Sep 2002,·30 mins
Crime & Punishment
More sketches written by the public.
22 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Not to Be Unwrapped the Burkiss Way
Queen Victoria complains, and all is revealed in Upstairs Downstairs.
20 Dec 1977,·30 mins
Series 4
The Christmas Eve Party
Hancock throws a Christmas party and finds himself in court.
21 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Episode 5
Sketch show with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.
21 Aug 2002,·30 mins
United Planetary Super Council news - and a new voice on the Shipping Forecast
16 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Episode 6
More spicy sketches including Mr Makeaslotofmistakes.
20 Jun 2008,·30 mins
Series 6
4. Wild West
Americana special, with guest star Morgana Robinson.
09 Apr 2024,·28 mins
Christmas
It's Alex and Ben's Christmas special - in the height of summer.
03 Aug 2017,·28 mins
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 4
President Heaven escapes an assassin's bullet, but his problems are far from over.
18 Sep 1997,·30 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
A man discovers that his real name is Ian. Sketches with Daniel Rigby and Freya Parker.
05 Mar 2019,·28 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
10. Spiritual Enlightenment Down a Well
Celebrate spirituality, togetherness and government cover-ups in the well of wellbeing.
04 Jun 2025,·14 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
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
4. Tattoos
Stand-up comedy unpicking a complex web of 'hyperfixations', one obsession at a time.
24 Jul 2025,·28 mins
For You the War is Over
Has Sean's hobby of historical re-enactment gone too far?
26 Mar 2003,·15 mins
E-Host!
Last in the series. Gemma is replaced as host by an artificial intelligence, E-Host!
13 Oct 2022,·28 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
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
The Third Pole
Martin started out as a software developer but ended up being a legendary explorer.
28 Feb 2013,·30 mins
Welcome to Tech Tech Boom
A scripted comedy sketch podcast about the tech world.
11 May 2021,·2 mins
David Jason stars in David Renwick's post-apocalyptic and post-truth selection of sketches
03 Jan 2017,·30 mins
Wild and outlandish sketches from the supergroup ‘Tarot’, all linked by sound effects.
27 Oct 2021,·14 mins
