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Chris Addison: A BBC Radio Comedy Collection: The Ape That Got Lucky & Civilization

Award-winning comedian Chris Addison explores the funny side of human evolution and Western civilisation in two BBC Radio 4 spoof lecture series Chris Addison – the thinking idiot's pretend anthropologist – takes us on a comic journey through the vast and rich subject of human history in these eight hilarious comedy lectures. Aided by Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern), Dan Tetsell and Jo Enright, who put their considerable talents to use in sketches illustrating the lectures, he examines how Homo sapiens became Top Species, charts the rise and fall of the Western world and looks at what’s next for the future of mankind. In the Sony Gold Award-winning show The Ape that Got Lucky, he muses on the topics of Language and Communication, Social Development, Science and Progress and Man or Monkey. He asks why it’s fortunate the original human language developed in Africa rather than England; tells the real story of why our brains are so big; considers how many things, including penicillin and the light bulb, have been discovered by accident and reflects that a lot of the characteristics we imagine to be uniquely human are really just animal ones. The follow-up series Civilization sees Chris explaining why Western civilisation is on its last legs, and pondering how we can build ourselves a new one. Over four themed episodes – Controlling the Universe, Cities and Laws, A Working Society and A Sense of Identity – he investigates the ways we’ve tried to influence our physical environment; the flaws in our urban democratic system; the rocky road we’ve travelled over the past 5,500 years and how ‘culture’ gives civilisation a sense of identity. And most importantly, he reveals why he chose to spell ‘civilisation’ with a Z… Cast and credits Starring Chris Addison, with Geoffrey McGivern, Jo Enright and Dan Tetsell Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper Produced by Simon Nicholls First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 4-25 August 2005 (The Ape That Got Lucky), 5-26 April 2006 (Civilization) © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Chris Addison (Author), Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Jo Enright (Narrator)

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We’ve Been Here Before: The Complete Series 1 and 2: The BBC Radio Comedy Panel Show

Clive Anderson and guests poke fun at the past in this panel show with a yesteryear twist Originally broadcast on Radio 4 in 2003-4, We’ve Been Here Before is the topical, satirical, historical panel game that aims to show beyond all doubt that there’s nothing new in the news. Hosted by award-winning comedian, broadcaster and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Clive Anderson, it takes a wry, witty look at long-gone days through a present-day lens, as the panellists battle it out to discover who’s got the best memory for detail when it comes to raking up the past. Gyles Brandreth, Jimmy Carr, Chris Addison, Mark Steel, Natalie Haynes, Richard Herring, Robin Ince and Steve Punt are among the stellar guests striving to identify news clips from years gone by, and to spot the parallels with contemporary events. From reality TV, BBC-bashing and striking unions to celebrity American presidential hopefuls, European referendums and Prime Ministers under pressure, they find that the stories they sift through sound strangely familiar. Still funny and relevant over 20 years after it first aired, this entertaining series is the ultimate proof that what goes around comes around. It’s a blast from the past with a modern perspective – and any similarity to current events is entirely the idea... Production credits Presented by Clive Anderson Reader: Lewis MacLeod Produced by Adam Bromley (Series 1) and Ed Morrish (Series 2) Series 1 featuring: Gyles Brandreth, Jimmy Carr, John O'Farrell, David Quantick, Jon Holmes, Simon Brett, Lewis Shaffer, Steve Punt, Robin Ince, Maureen Lipman, Simon Brett Series 2 featuring: Gyles Brandreth, John O'Farrell, Arthur Smith, Arabella Weir, Natalie Haynes, Richard Herring, Mark Steel, David Quantick, Chris Addison, Nick Revell, Helen Atkinson-Wood First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 1-29 August 2003 (Series 1), 11 June-2 July 2004 (Series 2) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Clive Anderson (Author), Arthur Smith, Chris Addison, Clive Anderson, David Quantick, Gyles Brandreth, Jimmy Carr, John O'farrell, Lewis Macleod, Maureen Lipman, Natalie Haynes, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Simon Brett, Steve Punt, Various (Narrator)

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The Show What You Wrote: A BBC Radio 4 Sketch Comedy

The hilarious BBC Radio comedy show where every sketch has been written by the public The complete series of the ground-breaking comedy series, which called for submissions from members of the public. With over 12,000 sketches sent in from 1,500 different people, The Show What You Wrote spans such diverse comedy topics as Crime & Thriller, Kitchen Sink, Body & Soul, and 'Geography', and features sketches about heaven's unexpectedly strict dress code, the Shopping Forecast, the grammar police, and some very literal highwaymen. Starring John Thomson (The Fast Show, Cold Feet), Jason Manford (8 Out of 10 Cats, QI), and Janice Connolly (Phoenix Nights, Coronation Street) and enjoying special appearances from Gyles Brandreth, Chris Addison, Shobna Gulati, Ben Crompton and Rob Rouse, among others, this brilliant sketch series will never let you look at rock-climbing, night-clubbing, or post-apocalypse dating the same way again... Cast John Thomson Helen Moon Gavin Webster Fiona Clarke Janice Connolly Jason Manford Gyles Brandreth Chris Addison Ben Crompton Darren Kuppan Rob Rouse Shobna Gulati Chris Jack First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: 27 June - 18 July 2013 (Series 1) 14 August - 4 September 2014 (Series 2) 8 December - 29 December 2015 (Series 3) Production credits Script Editing by Jon Hunter Produced by Carl Cooper, Alexandra Smith, Ed Morrish and Paul Sheehan Written by Greg Jennings, Jack Bernhardt, Elise Bramich, Peter Brush, Alex Buchanan, Simon Carter, Andy Flood, Robert Frimston, Edward Rowett, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, Peter Jump, Adam Perrott, Melissa Phillips, Eddie Robson, Paul Solomons, Jimmy Weeks, Jess Bunch, Ash Williamson, James Boughen, Dominic Burgess, John Dennett, Richard Felber, Andy Fell, Stephen Holford, Caspian James, Nathan King, Nick Hall, Matt Oakley, John-Luke Roberts, Adam Lebovits, Alex Clissold-Jones, James Allnutt , David Simpson, Andrew Spence, Callum Scott, Charlie Mizon, Dave McKeon, Eleanor Green, Graham Kilvington, Kev Core, Matthew Smith, Michael DeFroand, Phil Collinge, Rob Hayes, Sam Gore, Simon Copley, Oliver Taylor, Simon Ounsworth, Tom Neenan, Chris Allen, Steve Bugeja, Alex Collier, Andy Fury, Jez Gee, Lucy Guy, Mike Haskins, Katherine Knowles, Maeve Larkin, Sarah Page, Tom Austin, Liam Beirne, James Bugg, Ash Caton, Josh Cluderay, Stu Cooper, Rob Gilroy, Emma Payne, Andrew Stephenson, Mike Whalley, Bridget Burgoyne, Will Cooper, Owen Cooper, Max Davis, Stuart Doherty, Gil Gilmore, Sam Hudson, Carl Jones, Rob Marshall, Sean Fee, Helen Green, Joe Hodgson, Daniel Hooper, David McIver, Matthew Radway, Owen Seddon, Emlyn Williams, Pete Barrett, Martin Alcock, Joshua Bolland-Burrell, Matthew Carr, David Catstrey, Tom Crowley, Jason Jillings, Lucias Malcolm, Harry Roth, Ben Behrens, Dave Bibby, Keith Carter, Lou Conran, Dan Hobson, Jon Bridle, Scott Kingsnorth, Steve Nelson, Christopher Stanners, Claire Wetton, Mark Cowling, Jay Droch, Neil Hickey, Tony Hickson, Dan Kiss, Roxy Muldoon, David Salisbury, Cassie Atkinson, Tim Craig, Sarah Glenister, Jack Hall, Dai Hill, Rose Johnson, Sean Lindsay, Derek Martin, Darshan Singh, Rob Smyth, Owen Archlimb, Stefan Arif, Matt Harvey, Andrew Jones, Rob Keeley, Oliver Ley, Ciaran Murtagh, Lev Parikian and Chris Tindall ©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Various (Author), Chris Addison, Fiona Clarke, Gavin Webster, Helen Moon, Janice Connolly, Jason Manford, John Thomson, Shobna Gulati, Various (Narrator)

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4 Stands Up: A stand up comedy show hosted by Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison

The BBC Radio 4 stand-up show featuring the biggest names on the comedy circuit In these series, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison introduce a line-up of the best and brightest stand-ups, inviting fresh faces and old hands onstage to display their comic talents. Each programme features three different stars – a newcomer who performs the opening act; an established comedian or double act offering up sketches, musical numbers or character pieces; and a final headline artist. There’s some top-notch comedy from the compères too, as they showcase their funniest routines. Among the comedy A-listers in these episodes are Jon Richardson, Russell Kane, Stephen K Amos, Doc Brown, Miles Jupp, Justin Moorhouse, Robin Ince, Sarah Millican, Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson), Pippa Evans (as country singer Loretta Maine), Francesca Martinez, Zoe Lyons and Tim Vine. Fast, funny and fabulous, this show is a must for fans of cutting-edge comedy and sensational stand-up. Produced by Tilusha Ghelani and Sam Michell

Bbc Radio 4 (Author), Chris Addison, Rhod Gilbert (Narrator)

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Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Doctor Who: The Twelve Doctors of Christmas, read by Sophie Aldred, Adjoa Andoh, Rachael Stirling and Chris Addison. A new collection Christmas adventures, starring twelve incarnations of the Doctor plus many of his friends and enemies. Inside this festive book of Doctor Who stories, you'll find timey-wimey mysteries, travels in the TARDIS, monster-chasing excitement and plenty of Christmas magic. Find out what happens when the Third Doctor meets Jackie Tyler, the Seventh Doctor and Ace encounter an alien at Macy's department store, and the Ninth Doctor tries to get Rose a red bicycle for Christmas. With stories by Jacqueline Rayner, Colin Brake, Richard Dungworth, Mike Tucker, Gary Russell and Scott Handcock.

Adjoa Andoh, Colin Brake, Gary Russell, Mike Tucker, Richard Dungworth, Scott Handcock (Author), Adjoa Andoh, Chris Addison, Rachael Stirling, Sophie Aldred (Narrator)

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Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals

It's 1994 and the former Yugoslavia is being torn apart. In England, a gang of good-hearted young people are about to set off in a Ford Transit van armed with several sacks of rice and a half-written play. A play which will light a beacon of peace across the Balkans and, very probably, stop the war. Andrew would love to stop the war. He has one of the most comprehensively developed personal foreign policies of anyone working on a building site in the Greater Manchester area. He feels everyone should have a foreign policy, really. What sort of person doesn't have a foreign policy? But what he'd like to do-maybe even more than stopping the war-is sleep with Penny. But does Penny like him? Or does she love Simon, his rival, an irritatingly authentic Geordie poet? Or Shannon, the fierce, inspiring American leader of the troupe? Who exactly loves who? And what's the safest way to make it out of a minefield should you accidentally wander into one? And what do you talk to a mercenary about? And is a bad thing really a bad thing if it maybe leads to a good thing? It could all take a while to work out, as the gang cross Europe and head into the war zone.

Jesse Armstrong (Author), Chris Addison (Narrator)

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Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals

Jesse Armstrong (Author), Chris Addison (Narrator)

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Chris Addison's The Ape That Got Lucky

Based on his hit Edinburgh show, The Ape That Got Lucky is Chris Addison's first series of comic lectures for BBC Radio 4, in which the thinking idiot's pretend anthropologist takes on human evolution. Mr and Mrs H. Sapiens like to think of themselves as rather special, yet we share 98% of our DNA with chimps. That's why we have so much in common with them. We both look undignified on a bouncy castle, for example. In this series, Chris takes the listener on a journey through the vast and rich subject of human development, explaining how we fluked Top Species status and asking the listener if they're a man or monkey. Accompanying him is renowned expert and noted polymath Professor Austin Herring (Geoff McGivern) and the whole thing is illustrated verbally by noted actors and renowned gadabouts Jo Enright and Dan Tetsell.

Chris Addison (Author), Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Jo Enright (Narrator)

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Chris Addison's Civilization

Based on his Perrier-nominated Edinburgh hit show of 2004, Chris Addison's Civilization is a comedy lecture series for Radio 4. It neatly follows on from Chris's first Radio 4 series, The Ape That Got Lucky. Western Civilization, like many very old things, is pretty much on its last legs. And if Western Civilization as we know it is dying sooner rather than later, we're going to have to build ourselves a new one. And how are we going to do that, then? Chris Addison's Civilization explores exactly what we need to create a new, shinier, betterer civilisation (apart from planning permission - that's obvious). Accompanying Chris on his journey is noted expert and renowned polymath Professor Austin Herring (Geoff McGivern). Dan Tetsell and Jo Enright are also on hand to illustrate the jokes, stories, wild conjecturing, half-truths and even facts that make up the lectures.

Carl Cooper, Chris Addison (Author), Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Jo Enright (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Chris Addison