Listen Against
Encyclopedia
Listen Against is a BBC Radio 4
series. Its title is a play on the name of the BBC's Listen Again service. Presented by Jon Holmes
and Alice Arnold
, it takes a surreal look at the week's radio.
Created by Jon Holmes, it is co-written by Bill Dare
, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, Carl Carter and Tony Cooke, Gareth Gwynn, Matt Charlton
, and Adam Buxton
.
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
series. Its title is a play on the name of the BBC's Listen Again service. Presented by Jon Holmes
Jon Holmes
Jon Holmes is a seven time Sony award-winning and double Bafta winning British writer, comedian and broadcaster.-Early life:...
and Alice Arnold
Alice Arnold
Alice Arnold is a British newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.After gaining a degree in politics at the University of Sussex, she trained as an actress and was a magistrate for ten years....
, it takes a surreal look at the week's radio.
Created by Jon Holmes, it is co-written by Bill Dare
Bill Dare
Bill Dare is an English producer and devisor of radio and television comedy programmes.The son of the actor and broadcaster Peter Jones, he is a graduate of the University of Manchester who subsequently became an actor, director and writer...
, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, Carl Carter and Tony Cooke, Gareth Gwynn, Matt Charlton
Matt Charlton
Matt Charlton is a comedy writer, broadcaster and performer. He has written for many things, including Listen Against and The News Quiz...
, and Adam Buxton
Adam Buxton
Adam Offord Buxton is an English comedian and actor. With Joe Cornish, he forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe. The pair presented Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music, whilst Buxton also presents his own show on 6 Music on Sundays, called Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape, currently on hiatus.-Major work:His...
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Series 1
- Episode 1 - 2007-11-14
- Episode 2 - 2007-11-21
- Episode 3 - 2007-11-28
- Episode 4 - 2007-12-05
Series 2
- Episode 1 - 2008-11-18
- Episode 2 - 2008-11-25
- Episode 3 - 2008-12-02
- Episode 4 - 2008-12-09
Series 3
- Episode 1 - 2010-09-07
- Episode 2 - 2010-09-14
- Episode 3 - 2010-09-21
- Episode 4 - 2010-09-28
Series 4
- Episode 1 - 2011-09-03
- Episode 2 - 2011-09-10
- Episode 3 - 2011-09-17
- Episode 4 - 2011-11-24
External links
- Radio 4 - Listen Against official homepage
- Radio 4 - Listen Against series 3 page at the BBC
- British Comedy Guide