A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Game

One Person Found This Helpful: Series 2 plus a Christmas Special

Frank Skinner hosts the second series and a Christmas special of the show based on online reviews as he and his all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad & the baffling 
 
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to work out just what they were reviewing – and maybe contribute a few reviews of their own... and more... So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as “Very steep and too high”, this show salutes you! 
 
In episode one, Frank & the team find out what you think about googling, goggling, groping, gropping and the correct way to punch yourself in the face. With guests Laura Smyth, Sunil Patel, Simon Evans and Kyrah Gray 
 
In episode two, we discover what you, the public, said about about ball pits and the KGB, and find out who hasn’t been to the dentist for forty years. With guests Angela Barnes, Finlay Christie, Catherine Bohart and Rajiv Karia 
 
In the third episode, Frank & the team discuss the best place to put a forget-me-not and the worst place to put a floof. With guests Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Simon Evans, Daliso Chaponda and Ania Magliano 
 
In episode four, Frank & the team discover how to poke an egg, sleep with a fish and fill a hamper with paté. With guests Ian Smith, Lou Sanders, Chloe Petts and Marcus Brigstocke 
 
In the fifth episode, Frank & the team find out what happens when Abba take a shower, when All Saints sell a T-shirt, and when you hear Russell Crowe sing. With guests Sara Barron, Pierre Novellie, Simon Evans and Harriet Kemsley 
 
And in the final episode of the series, Frank & his guests – Marjolein Robertson, Phil Wang, Dee Allum and Simon Evans - discover the latest views on the Epic of Gilgamesh and which part of the tiger not to eat. 
 
In the 2024 Christmas Special, Frank asks the teams which traditional panto features an animatronic dinosaur, the worst present they’ve ever received, and whether the one-star write-up “bit claggy, made me feel sick” is a review of some stuffing or Love Actually 
 
 
Production credits 
Hosted by Frank Skinner 
Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simon Evans with the producer David Tyler 
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche 
 
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 25 Dec 2024 (Xmas Special), 3 March - 7 April 2025 (series 2) 
 
(C)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

One Person Found This Helpful

Frank Skinner hosts the series where a celebrity panel delve into the bizarre world of online shopping 
 
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. One Person Found This Helpful is the panel game that invites an all-star line-up to celebrate the good, the bad and the baffling. 
 
Over the course of six episodes, the celebrity guests are presented with a selection of hilarious reviews and tasked with working out what exactly is being described. Maybe they'll even have a go at writing their own reviews along the way... So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as ‘Very steep and too high’, this show salutes you! 
 
In the first episode of the series, Frank and the team find out what you think about mead, Poirot and a stinky brontosaurus. With guests Simon Evans, Jessica Fostekew, Amy Gledhill and Ahir Shah. 
 
In Episode Two, we discover what you, the public, said about a dodgy snow globe and a risky waffle. Frank is joined by guests Desiree Burch, Simon Evans, Kerry Godliman and Andrew Maxwell. 
 
In the third episode, Frank and the team hear what you said about a sparkly tower, the M1 and some hot lava. The guests are Sara Barron, Marcus Brigstocke, Pierre Novellie and Laura Smyth. 
 
In Episode Four, we get your views on lemons, sharks and a very painful ladder. Frank is joined by guests Catherine Bohart, Daliso Chaponda, Shaparak Khorsandi and Ian Smith. 
 
In the fifth episode, Frank and the team find out what you thought about a scenic fishfinger and a wobbly cupcake. With guests Scott Bennett, Jo Caulfield, Simon Evans and Esther Manito. 
 
And finally in Episode Six, we discover what the world had to say about sharp carpets and a keg with a difference. Frank is joined by guests Simon Evans, Ania Magliano, Sunil Patel and Kiri Pritchard-McLean. 
 
Production credits 
Hosted by Frank Skinner 
Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simons Evans with David Tyler 
Produced by David Tyler 
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer and Peter Tellouche 
 
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 
www.pozzitive.co.uk 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 19 February - 25 March 2024 (Series 1) 
 
© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy and Economics Show

Simon Evans Goes to Market: The Complete Series 1-5

How do you make economics funny? How do you put the comedy in commodity? Simon Evans has the answer

All five series of Simon Evans’ BBC Radio 4 show explaining economics through comedy 
 
How do you make money funny? How do you put the comedy in commodity? In this BBC radio show, Simon Evans sets himself the challenge of making economics entertaining through comedic lectures, with the help of special guests including investment gurus, financial journalists and economists. 
 
In Series 1 and 2, he examines the chequered social and economic histories of eight important commodities: land, gold, oil, grain, alcohol, tobacco, coffee and sugar. By looking at these fundamental products, Simon brings us to a closer understanding of how global economic forces have a far-reaching and often surprising impact on our lives. 
 
Series 3 sees him exploring four of the stages that mark our journey through life – youth, marriage, birth and death – and how economics is part of every one of those stages, whether we like it or not. In Series 4, Simon looks at the concept of the ‘free lunch’ and shines a light on new ways of making money in the 21st Century, from social media and multinationals that appear to be operating tax-free to philanthropy and the cost of health. 
 
Finally, in Series 5, he points his jokenomics lens at the competing theories of Macro Economics and the ‘Big Beards’ who devised them – Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes – and reflects on how they shape our world today, and how they can help us out of our current economic predicament. 
 
Among his regular guests are Financial Times columnist and presenter of Radio 4’s More Or Less, Tim Harford; Timandra Harkness, author of Big Data: Does Size Matter?; and the Queen of investment know-how, editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek Merryn Somerset Webb. 
 
Produced by Tilusha Ghelani (Series 1), Claire Jones (Series 2 and 3), Richard Morris (Series 4 and 5)

Every episode of the spoof news show

The Way It Is: The Complete BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series

Set in a fictional newsroom full of hilarious personalities, this spoof series takes a satirical look at the news. 
 
This topical news spoof show, The Way It Is, ran for five series on BBC Radio 4 between 1998 and 2001. Presented by fictional newsreaders Richard Richard (Simon Evans) and Lolly Swain (Tracy-Ann Oberman/Fiona Allen), listen to a cast of hilarious characters, including the hapless on-the-spot reporter James Gravadlax, who resorts to claiming there are 'scenes of terrible devastation' wherever he happens to be; royal watcher Quentin Rumpleteazer, who is fixated on Prince William; Jackie Trent, who is always posted outside 10 Downing Street no matter where the real story is; Finnish correspondent Pauli Hikillo, who invariably replies to any question about the latest trends in Finland by shivering and saying how cold it is there; mad scientist Dr Benjamin Hardstaff, who solves all problems using his trusty Sinclair ZX81 computer; and many more.

One Person Found This Helpful: Series 4

Frank Skinner hosts series 4 of the panel game based on what we all sit down and do at least once a day – shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad & the baffling 
 
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to work out just what they were reviewing – and maybe contribute a few reviews of their own... and more... So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as “Very steep and too high”, this show salutes you! 
 
In episode one, Frank & guests Sunil Patel, Angela Barnes, Anna Thomas & Marcus Brigstocke look at shiny fish, sexy horses and where Sir Walter Raleigh should have put his potato. 
 
In episode two, Frank & guests Rajiv Karia, Scott Bennett, Bella Hull & Laura Smyth learn about fat necks, ice sculptures and the most fun you can have whilst sweating in a boiler suit. Clue - it doesn’t involve lizards! 
 
In the third episode, Frank & guests Ian Smith, Rachel Fairburn, Lucy Porter & Christopher Macarthur-Boyd chat about cats, logs, dinosaur sex and the difference between gravitational mass and inertial mass. Fun abounds! 
 
In episode four, Frank & guests Dee Allum, Pierre Novellie, Zoe Lyons & Hasan Al-Habib discuss the tactics of Genghis Khan, the ethics of mousetraps and the morals of forgetting to wear trousers. Also, trampolining 
 
Episode five, and Frank & guests Simon Evans, Ed Byrne, Jenny Eclair and Reverend Kate Bottley look in depth at ear-nibbling, in shallow at Dan Brown and discover what’s taken the Spanish 144 years to finish 
 
And in the final episode, Frank & guests Jo Caulfield, Lily Phillips, Simon Evans & John Tothill review a wide range of meatballs, perfumes, Presidential spouses and people called Heathcliff 
 
 
Production credits 
Hosted by Frank Skinner 
Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simons Evans with the producer David Tyler 
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche 
 
A Pozzitive production for the BBC 
 
(C)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Jason Hazeley

Simon Evans

David Tyler

Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner hosts series 3 of the panel game based on what we all sit down and do at least once a day – shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad & the baffling 
 
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to work out just what they were reviewing – and maybe contribute a few reviews of their own... and more... So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as “Very steep and too high”, this show salutes you! 
 
In episode one, Frank & the team discuss looking too much at cats, looking too much like dogs and what to do when your crowbar is the wrong size. With Ian Smith, Jo Caulfield, Pierre Novellie and Rachel Parris. 
 
In episode two, Frank & the team discuss the most fashionable way to wear a pizza, the most unfashionable way to wear a Tam o’Shanter and the tallest swimming trunks in the world. With Dee Allum, Marcus Brigstocke, Hasan Al-Habib and Bella Hull. 
 
In the third episode, Frank & the team discuss the usual; potatoes, limes, feathers, drainage systems of Ancient Civilizations etc etc... With Simon Evans, Harriet Kemsley, Chloe Petts and Rajiv Karia. 
 
In episode four, Frank & the team find out the right way to get frightened by lions, the wrong way to clean a delicious crevice, and what to do if your arms don’t reach the kitchen. With Ahir Shah, Louise Young, Freya Parker and Pierre Novellie. 
 
Episode five, and Frank and the team check out a hospital in Prague, a cheesesteak in New Jersey and how real men cut their nosehairs. With Simon Evans, Jo Caulfield, Kerry Godliman and Ed Byrne. 
 
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for episode six as Frank and the team don green tights and angels’ wings and jiggle suspiciously to play a Xmas-flavoured episode of the panel game. With Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Sunil Patel, Simon Evans and Ania Magliano. 
 
And in the final episode, Frank & the team discuss giant frogs, redundant tingles and being unexpectedly Danish. With Lucy Porter, Anna Thomas, Finlay Christie and Daliso Chaponda. 
 
Production credits 
Hosted by Frank Skinner 
Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simons Evans with the producer David Tyler 
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Gareth Gwynn, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche 
 
A Pozzitive production for the BBC. 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 18 Nov – 30 Dec 2025 
 
(C)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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