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Series 4
Episode 4
Memory issues and is Mary really Mary? Manchester sketch show.
22 Jun 2004,·30 mins
Death by Mau Mau
There's a bug going round Spent. With Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss.
13 Nov 1997,·30 mins
Series 5
Episode 14
Stiff upper lip war movies and Hornerama on winter.
11 Jan 1962,·30 mins
From 14/12/1980
Les Dawson pays tribute to the Rochdale Universal Films version of Fu Manchu.
14 Dec 1980,·30 mins
Series 3
Napoleon Bonaparte
Humorous assessment of the life and career of the battling French emperor.
23 Oct 2002,·30 mins
Series 2
The series finale with Stoneybridge Town Council, Little Girl and Frank Hovis.
16 Jul 2017,·28 mins
2025 Special
Another one-off return for the multi-award-winning sketch show.
25 Aug 2025,·44 mins
The Last Burkiss Way
General Custer tackles his last stand with a battle of one-liners.
07 Feb 1978,·30 mins
Austin Dernoid
Spoofing David Coleman and radio continuity.
24 Nov 1984,·30 mins
5. The Salad
A plate full of success
04 Nov 2026,·14 mins
Series 1
Episode 2
BBC Radio 1’s Top 100 Dogs. Armando Iannucci's anarchic humour.
03 Apr 1993,·30 mins
Ben Asks...
We see out the series with a question from Chris’ son, which sends his old man spiralling.
13 Dec 2023,·14 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
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
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
Session Six: When We Don’t Come Back
Thank you for completing Sink treatment. You’ve done so well.
02 Dec 2020,·21 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
10. Spiritual Enlightenment Down a Well
Celebrate spirituality, togetherness and government cover-ups in the well of wellbeing.
04 Jun 2025,·14 mins
E-Host!
Last in the series. Gemma is replaced as host by an artificial intelligence, E-Host!
13 Oct 2022,·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
Damien Slash: Select All
Character comedian Damien Slash plugs back into the AiPlayer for more sketch comedy.
03 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Nigel Farage
Kayvan Novak imagines Nigel Farage's voicemail as he flies off to America.
15 Feb 2017,·13 mins
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 2: Episode 6
Catherine and Katherine are surviving, and a man writes a song for his dirty housemates
19 Aug 2022,·17 mins
6. Paul Sinha and Sean Choolburra
Paul Sinha has a Christmas epiphany, and Sean Choolburra talks about aboriginal comedy.
11 Feb 2023,·29 mins
4. Tattoos
Stand-up comedy unpicking a complex web of 'hyperfixations', one obsession at a time.
24 Jul 2025,·28 mins
David Jason stars in David Renwick's post-apocalyptic and post-truth selection of sketches
03 Jan 2017,·30 mins
Chico’s Hall of Fame
Bazza Ferguson
Chico’s Hall of Fame salutes midfield maestro Barry Ferguson, voiced by Jonathan Watson.
04 Feb 2021,·27 mins
