There are times when we all despair of the kind of cock that Radio 4 puts out under the banner of 'comedy'*. Dear audience mine, the current 1830 slot on a Wednesday blows all that despair out of the water. Series two of Look Away Now was trailed as a comedy sports quiz, and thus made me worry for the wellbeing of my teatime ears, but it's possibly the most fun I've had in any thirty-minute slot over the past week. Actually, it's an awesome sketch show, with highlights including commentators reporting on the action in this week's crime dramas, Fabio Acapella (the unaccompanied singing tribute act) and the secret identities of Britain's all-conquering cyclists. This is, to be frank, pitch-perfect stuff, and, despite its sport-based subject matter, doesn't need any kind of in-depth sports knowledge to have you rolling about. I understand it'll be on again tomorrow night at 11, and there's a podcast for the next seven days, too.
For all those hoping for some more unleavened hatred of all things broadcasty, I must apologise. You'll just have to wait till I've watched tonight's Apprentice and finished this in-depth discussion of M*A*S*H I've got going on.
* - Feel free to put forward your own nominations for the award of 'worst radio 4 comedy' in the comments box and I may just force myself to listen to them and present some kind of vitriolic hate-prize to the worst.
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