Programme Index

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 30^th Dec 2016, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 11^th Jan 2017, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Come join the Cabarexit! Cabaret meets Brexit - can we turn the EU referendum into a sexy, sassy, sensationalised, sublime sounding musical? Yes we can. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Jess Robinson
Producer:: Katie Tyrrell
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

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Brand

15 Minute Musical: Xmas 2016

Series

15 Minute Musical

Xmas 2017

Dud Brothers

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 26^th Dec 2017, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 26^th Dec 2017, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

A Blood Brothers-inspired separated-at-birth story featuring two unlikely musical MP heroes. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Pippa Evans
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Richie Webb
Producer:: Richard Morris
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

Genres

Brand

15 Minute Musical: Xmas 2017

Series

15 Minute Musical

Xmas 2017

The Legend of Holy Superior Mother Theresa May and the Magic Money Tree

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th Dec 2017, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 25^th Dec 2017, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

A singsong romp through Ireland's musical heritage featuring the against-all-odds rise to fame of the UK's formerly least-known political party. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Pippa Evans
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Richie Webb
Producer:: Richard Morris
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

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Brand

15 Minute Musical: Xmas 2017

Series

15 Minute Musical

Xmas 2016

Lady and the Trump

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 29^th Dec 2016, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 4^th Jan 2017, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The US elections are given a much-needed Disney-style fairy tale makeover. The most-loved songs for the least-loved candidates. With Richie Webb, Dave Lamb and Jess Robinson. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Jess Robinson
Producer:: Katie Tyrrell
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

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Brand

15 Minute Musical: Xmas 2016

Series

15 Minute Musical

Series 8

Episode 1: It's a One-Hit-Wonderful Life

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 24^th Dec 2013, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 30^th Dec 2014, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Simon Cowell contemplates ending his career, until his guardian angel Susan Boyle appears and shows him what the world without Cowell would be like - It's a Wonderful Life. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Pippa Evans
Producer:: Katie Tyrrell
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

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Brand

Series

15 Minute Musical

Series 8

Episode 3: The Last Days of Farage

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 26^th Dec 2013, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 2^nd Jan 2015, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Nigel Farage goes to Europe via Question Time with a Britpop soundtrack. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Jess Robinson
Actor:: Pippa Evans
Producer:: Katie Tyrrell
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

Genres

Brand

Series

15 Minute Musical

Series 8

Episode 5: Half a Sixth Form

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 30^th Dec 2013, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 30^th Dec 2013, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

David Cameron is headmaster, but for how long? Michael Gove arrives and has a licence to teach. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Jess Robinson
Producer:: Katie Tyrrell
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

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Brand

Series

15 Minute Musical

Series 8

Episode 6: Ra Ra It's Putin

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 31^st Dec 2013, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 31^st Dec 2013, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

For disco fans - an outrageously camp look at Russia's most macho and greatest love machine - Vladimir Putin. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Jess Robinson
Producer:: Katie Tyrrell
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick
Writer:: Richie Webb

Genres

Brand

Series

15 Minute Musical

Xmas 2015

Seven Bribes

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 28^th Dec 2015, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 1^st Jan 2016, 12:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Sepp Blatter has not had the easiest of years. As he faces allegations of corruption, Richie Webb and cast look at what might have gone down. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Pippa Evans
Writer:: Richie Webb
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick

Genres

Brand

15 Minute Musical: Xmas 2015

Series

15 Minute Musical

Xmas 2015

Jeremy Corbyn Superstar!

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 31^st Dec 2015, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 31^st Dec 2015, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

It has been a funny 12 months for Jeremy Corbyn, he has gone from backbench obscurity to leader of the opposition and now to top it all off someone has written a musical about him. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Richie Webb
Actor:: Dave Lamb
Actor:: Pippa Evans
Writer:: Richie Webb
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: David Quantick

Genres

Brand

15 Minute Musical: Xmas 2015

Series

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 19^th Jun 2011, 18:00 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 19^th Jun 2011, 18:00 on BBC One Yorkshire

Stephen Fry presents the best sketches from the historical comedy series. King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, and Helen of Troy reveals her complicated love life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Stephen Fry
Actor:: Mathew Baynton
Actor:: Jim Howick
Actor:: Martha Howe-Douglas
Actor:: Laurence Rickard
Actor:: Ben Willbond
Actor:: Simon Farnaby
Actor:: Sarah Hadland
Actor:: Lawry Lewin
Actor:: Katy Wix
Producer:: Caroline Norris
Producer:: Giles Pilbrow
Director:: Dominic Brigstocke
Director:: Steve Connelly
Director:: Chloe Thomas
Writer:: Mathew Baynton
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Jon Holmes
Writer:: Greg Jenner
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Steve Punt
Writer:: Laurence Rickard
Writer:: Ben Ward

Genres

Series

Horrible Histories

Specials

Staggering Storytellers

First broadcast: Mon 11^th Jul 2016, 17:00 on CBBC ChannelLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Mar 2024, 13:20 on CBBC HD

Available for 8 months

A special episode of the historical sketch show, taking a look at some of literature's greatest works and history's wackiest writers. Show more

Contributors

Main Cast Memmber:: Tom Stourton
Main Cast Member:: Richard Atwill
Main Cast Member:: Richard David-Caine
Main Cast Member:: Jalaal Hartley
Main Cast Member:: Jessica Ransom
Main Cast Member:: Thom Tuck
Main Cast Member:: Gemma Whelan
Additional Cast Member:: Mel Giedroyc
Additional Cast Member:: Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Additional Cast Member:: Louise Ford
Additional Cast Member:: Dominique Moore
Additional Cast Member:: Natalie Walter
Additional Cast Member:: Jon Culshaw
Puppeteer:: John Eccleston
Director:: Steve Connelly
Producer:: Lisa Mitchell
Series Producer:: Tom Miller
Executive Producer:: Simon Welton
Executive Producer:: Richard Bradley
Writer:: Ben Ward
Writer:: Ben Partridge
Writer:: Gerard Foster
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Danny Peak
Writer:: Lucy Clarke

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Brand

Horrible Histories: Specials

Series

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 26^th Jun 2011, 18:05 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 26^th Jun 2011, 18:05 on BBC One Yorkshire

Stephen Fry links the very best sketches from Series 1 and 2 of the award-winning comedy show. In this episode, a rich Georgian swaps lives with a peasant in Historical Wife Swap. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Stephen Fry
Actor:: Mathew Baynton
Actor:: Jim Howick
Actor:: Martha Howe-Douglas
Actor:: Laurence Rickard
Actor:: Ben Willbond
Actor:: Simon Farnaby
Actor:: Sarah Hadland
Actor:: Lawry Lewin
Actor:: Alice Lowe
Actor:: Katy Wix
Producer:: Caroline Norris
Producer:: Giles Pilbrow
Director:: Dominic Brigstocke
Director:: Steve Connelly
Director:: Chloe Thomas
Writer:: Mathew Baynton
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Steve Punt
Writer:: Laurence Rickard
Writer:: Colin Swash
Writer:: Ben Ward
Writer:: Ben Willbond

Genres

Series

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 3^rd Jul 2011, 18:00 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 3^rd Jul 2011, 18:00 on BBC One Yorkshire

Stephen Fry links the best sketches from the award-winning comedy show. George IV receives some good news, and a WWII evacuee encounters the horrors of the countryside. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Stephen Fry
Actor:: Mathew Baynton
Actor:: Jim Howick
Actor:: Martha Howe-Douglas
Actor:: Laurence Rickard
Actor:: Ben Willbond
Actor:: Simon Farnaby
Actor:: Alice Lowe
Actor:: Giles Terera
Producer:: Caroline Norris
Producer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Jon Holmes
Writer:: Greg Jenner
Writer:: Simon Littlefield
Director:: Dominic Brigstocke
Director:: Steve Connelly
Director:: Chloe Thomas
Writer:: Caroline Norris
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Laurence Rickard
Writer:: Colin Swash
Writer:: Joe Tucker
Writer:: Raphael Warner

Genres

Series

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2011, 17:35 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2011, 17:35 on BBC One Yorkshire

Stephen Fry presents the best sketches from the award-winning comedy show. The Durham Home Guard injure themselves while learning first aid, and Admiral Nelson gets seasick. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Stephen Fry
Actor:: Mathew Baynton
Actor:: Jim Howick
Actor:: Martha Howe-Douglas
Actor:: Laurence Rickard
Actor:: Ben Willbond
Actor:: Lawry Lewin
Actor:: Alice Lowe
Actor:: Katy Wix
Producer:: Caroline Norris
Producer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Mathew Baynton
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Steve Punt
Director:: Dominic Brigstocke
Director:: Steve Connelly
Director:: Chloe Thomas
Writer:: Laurence Rickard
Writer:: George Sawyer
Writer:: Joe Tucker
Writer:: Raphael Warner
Writer:: Ben Willbond

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Series

Horrible Histories

Series 4

Episode 6

First broadcast: Fri 20^th Apr 2012, 17:00 on CBBC ChannelLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Dec 2023, 10:30 on CBBC Channel

Available for years

Historical sketch show. A confused Christopher Columbus declares he has found India, and a Georgian woman reveals her very stupid death. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Mark Gatiss
Actor:: Steve Pemberton
Actor:: Reece Shearsmith
Actor:: Mathew Baynton
Actor:: Simon Farnaby
Actor:: Martha Howe-Douglas
Actor:: Jim Howick
Actor:: Laurence Rickard
Actor:: Ben Willbond
Actor:: Lawry Lewin
Actor:: Jon Culshaw
Actor:: Jess Robinson
Participant:: John Eccleston
Director:: Steve Connelly
Director:: Dominic Brigstocke
Series Producer:: Caroline Norris
Producer:: Imogen Cooper
Executive Producer:: Melissa Hardinge
Executive Producer:: Richard Bradley
Writer:: Ali Crockatt
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Gerard Foster
Writer:: Steve Punt
Writer:: David Scott
Writer:: Laurence Rickard
Writer:: Ben Ward
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow

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Horrible Histories: Series 4

Series

Horrible Histories

Series 4

Episode 7

First broadcast: Fri 27^th Apr 2012, 17:30 on CBBC ChannelLatest broadcast: Wed 23^rd Jun 2021, 18:35 on CBBC Channel

Available for years

Historical sketch show. Emperor Napoleon plays a very unusual chess match and a Victorian inventor builds an anti-seasickness ship with one small design flaw. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Mathew Baynton
Actor:: Simon Farnaby
Actor:: Martha Howe-Douglas
Actor:: Jim Howick
Actor:: Laurence Rickard
Actor:: Ben Willbond
Actor:: Sarah Hadland
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Gerard Foster
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow
Writer:: Laurence Rickard
Writer:: Ben Ward
Series Producer:: Caroline Norris
Producer:: Imogen Cooper
Executive Producer:: Richard Bradley
Executive Producer:: Melissa Hardinge
Director:: Dominic Brigstocke
Director:: Steve Connelly

Genres

Brand

Horrible Histories: Series 4

Series

Horrible Histories

Series 7

Episode 8: Ruthless Rulers

First broadcast: Mon 4^th Sep 2017, 17:25 on CBBC ChannelLatest broadcast: Thu 13^th Jan 2022, 10:30 on CBBC HD

Available for 5 months

A look at the most ruthless rulers of all time. Hold your nose in Versailles, because Louis XIV hasn't got any loos. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Tom Stourton
Actor:: Ryan Sampson
Actor:: Richard David-Caine
Actor:: Jalaal Hartley
Actor:: Jessica Ransom
Actor:: Gemma Whelan
Actor:: Louise Ford
Actor:: James McNicholas
Actor:: Samson Kayo
Actor:: Ellie White
Actor:: Fred Sirieix
Actor:: Dan Li
Puppeteer:: John Eccleston
Actor:: Jon Culshaw
Director:: Ian Curtis
Director:: Steve Connelly
Producer:: Lisa Mitchell
Series Producer:: Tom Miller
Executive Producer:: Richard Bradley
Executive Producer:: Simon Welton
Writer:: Lucy Clarke
Writer:: Dave Cohen
Writer:: Gerard Foster
Writer:: Sarah Morgan
Writer:: Daniel Peak
Writer:: Howard Read
Writer:: Tom Stourton
Writer:: Ben Ward

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Brand

Horrible Histories: Series 7

Series

Horrible Histories

Series 7

Episode 9: Revolting Russian Revolutions