Chain Reaction

Original version

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Discussion & Talk

Comedy

Series in which public figures choose others to interview

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 LW

Chain Reaction: Series 12: Joe Lycett Interviews Katherine Ryan

Joe Lycett Interviews Katherine Ryan

Series 12

BBC Radio 4 - Chain Reaction, Series 12, Joe Lycett Interviews Katherine RyanSearch BBC

Joe Lycett asks some questions of Canadian stand-up star Katherine Ryan.

Comedian and TV host Joe Lycett chats to Canadian stand-up star Katherine Ryan in the talk tag show. From February 2017.

After being interrogated last week by Sara Cox, Joe Lycett turns interviewer and invites his chosen guest Katherine Ryan into the Chain Reaction hotseat.

Chain Reaction is the talk show with a twist where one week's interviewee becomes the next week's interviewer. John Cleese was first in the hot seat back in 1991 and since then, a procession of big names from the world of comedy and entertainment including Jennifer Saunders, Jarvis Cocker and Eddie Izzard have helped continue the chain.

Joe Lycett is a stand-up comedian who some know as "the parking fine man" from 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown while others celebrate him for any number of acclaimed live tours and festival shows that have delighted the British comedy viewing public in recent years.

Joe's chosen guest is Katherine Ryan, the Canadian stand-up star and presenter who is perhaps best known for her live stand-up work - 'Glam Role Model' and 'Kathbum' - as well as appearances on BBC2's Episodes and Taskmaster on Dave. Katherine fields questions on subjects as varied as being compared to Joan Rivers and the secret of happiness, all via a mini-detour to address her hatred of bread.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios Production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017

Photo credit: Matt Stronge.

Chain Reaction: Series 12

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Chat show in which one week's interviewee becomes the following week's interviewer

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Chain Reaction

Series 12

Joe Lycett Interviews Katherine Ryan

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra