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  • Brains (2009 Television)

    Series
    Important Things with Demetri Martin

    US late-night, sketch/satirical show conceived by and starring Demetri Martin. Each episode has a theme. In this sketch (c4 mins) William Shakespeare, Galileo and Benjamin Franklin try to woo a waitress in a...

  • Look Away Now [30/4/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Look Away Now
    Producer
    Ben Walker

    A 5-minute skit in the weekly sports comedy radio show ' hosted by Gary Richardson has spoof football commentators discussing the highlights of a selection of Shakespeare’s plays in a news roundup.

  • Unbelievable Truth, The [26/05/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Unbelievable Truth, The
    Producer
    John Naismith

    Radio game show hosted by comedian David Mitchell in which each panellist takes turns on presenting a short lecture on a given subject. The lecture is built on lies - opponents have to try locate the...

  • I’Ve Never Seen Star Wars [02/10/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    I’Ve Never Seen Star Wars
    Producer
    Bill Dare

    Radio entertainment show in which presenter Marcus Brigstocke cajoles guests into experiencing something very everyday for the first time. In this episode, the culturally well-endowed comedian and political...

  • Write Stuff, The [06/10/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Write Stuff, The
    Producer
    Katie Marsden; Sam Michell

    BBC Radio 4’s literary game show. This episode includes pastiches of Shakespeare’s works (excerpts from Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 and Hamlet) rewritten in the style of Raymond Chandler, who is the...

  • Solomon Howard (2007 Radio)

    Series
    Sketched
    Producer
    Sophie Black

    In this comedy sketch by actor and comedy writer Ed Weeks, theatre critic Solomon Howard reviews two Shakespearean productions: Hamlet at the National Theatre, London and The Tempest at the Putney Brothel....

  • Al Murray’s Happy Hour [26/01/2007] (2007 Television)

    aka: Pub Landlord

    Series
    Al Murray’s Happy Hour

    Chat show/comedy series. This episode includes a routine where Al Murray (in his comic guise as ‘The Pub Landlord’) imagined what things would be like if England was in Spain and had Spain’s climate....

  • Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg (2007 Radio)

    aka: Comedy-O-Rama Valentine Day’s Special

    Series
    Comedy-O-Rama Hour
    Producer
    Joe K. Bevilacqua

    Radio play by Joe K. Bevilacqua, billed as a modernisation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ranger Lorie is having a big Valentine’s "Kiss-Off" square dance to help raise money to save her...

  • Write Stuff, The [12/03/2007] (2007 Radio)

    Series
    Write Stuff, The
    Producer
    Katie Marsden

    Shakespeare figures as a subject for quizzing in BBC Radio 4’s literary game show ‘The Write Stuff’. James Walton chairs the game of literary correctness. Author of the week, and subject for questions...

  • Now Show, The [12/05/2006] (2006 Radio)

    Series
    Now Show, The

    British comedy sketch programme in which Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis satirise the week’s news in stand-up, sketches and songs. This episode’s concern with defining social groups briefly considers the...