Summary
LISTEN Against is a returning comedy series (BBC Radio 4, Tuesday, 6.30pm) written and performed by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes. Arnold's day job is as a BBC newsreader, Holmes is an awardwinning broadcaster whose controversial on-air stunts once got him fired from Virgin radio. In radio comedy circles that's a badge of honour, of course, rather than a mark of shame.
The offence in question came long ago, in 2002, during an on-air game called Swear Word Hangman in which Holmes made a young girl spell out ***** *** **** and then repeat it three times. (You'll never work it out so stop trying. ) Virgin were fined GBP75,000 for a rule breach the Radio Authority watchdog called "totally unacceptable" and "highly offensive". Quite why Holmes hasn't been dropped into the recently vacated Russell Brand slot on Radio 2 is beyond me.See the full content of this document
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Radio Review by Barry Didcock
Instead he's on Radio Four hosting Listen Against.
It's basically Mock The Week-meets-Brasseye with ...See the full content of this document
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