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A cheeky round-up of a week's worth of BBC radio that never happened.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes from across the networks - and put them back together the wrong way round.

Featuring:

Scott Mills

Gordon Brown

Steve Wright

John Humphreys

The brain-child of writer, comic and broadcaster, Jon Holmes.

Producer: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.

A week of radio that never happened. Programmes rewound and mangled.

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This is the show that prises the back off your radio and fiddles around with the BBC programmes inside.

Then it puts it all back together - the wrong way round.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes get meddling with:

The Proms

JK and Joel

Any Answers

The Archers.

The brain-child of writer, comic and broadcaster Jon Holmes.

Producer: Bill Dare and Jon Holmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes take a satirical look at the previous week's radio.

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The show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles around with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes take liberties with:

Laurie Taylor

BBC Radio 1Xtra

Melvyn Bragg

The brain-child of writer, comic and broadcaster Jon Holmes.

Producer: Bill Dare and Jon Holmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.

A week of radio that never happened. With Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.

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A cheeky round-up of a week's worth of BBC radio that never happened.

Rewinding and mangling real programmes from across the networks.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes take liberties with:

Steve Wright

Woman's Hour

Eddie Mair

The brain-child of writer, comic and broadcaster Jon Holmes.

Producer: Bill Dare and Jon Holmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.

A week of radio that never happened. With Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.

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An Archers convention, a live pitbull on BBC Radio 4's Today programme and a Popmaster crisis for Radio 2.

This is the show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.

Starring:

Jon Holmes.

Alice Arnold

Written by Jon Holmes. Carl Carter, Sam Bryant, Bill Dare, Luke Roberts, Jason Hazeley amd, Joel Morris.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

An Archers convention, a live pitbull on the Today programme and a Popmaster crisis.

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Time runs away in preparations for the switch-on of the BBC Collider - and the Greenwich time signal pips are still running rogue.

The show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles around with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.

Starring:

Jon Holmes

Alice Arnold

Written by Jon Holmes, Sam Bryant, Bill Dare, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris and Luke Roberts

Producers: Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

Time runs away in preparations for the switch-on of the BBC Collider.

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Radio 4's new drama 'Peston', 'Thought for the Day' for Satanists and why is Jeremy Vine so charming in person but so tetchy on Radio 2?

The show that look backs in amplitude at rearranged and downright fictional snippets from BBC radio.

Starring:

Jon Holmes

Alice Arnold

Written by Jon Holmes, Bill Dare, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.

Additional costumes by Luke Roberts and Adam Buxton.

Special make-up affects: Gareth Gwynn

Voices: James Bachman, Jill Cardo, David Mara, Kim Wall and Catherine Shepherd.

Producers: Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.

More radio ridicule from Jon Holmes, including Thought for the Day... for Satanists.

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Martin Jarvis reads from a Haynes manual - and it's time to oversee the winter hibernation of Steve Wright in the Blue Peter garden.

More damage from the previous seven days of BBC radio output.

Like Radio 4's Feedback but with less virulence, Listen Against rearranges the reality of BBC radio - until it's too confused to cry.

Starring:

Jon Holmes

Alice Arnold

Written by Jon Holmes, Carl Carter, Matt Charlton, Bill Dare, Sam Bryant Gareth Gywnn, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley.

Additional material: James Bachman, David Mara, Kim Wall and Catherine Shepherd.

Producers: Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.

Martin Jarvis reads from a Haynes manual, plus more wireless weirdness.

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A week of radio and TV that never happened in the show that works its way through it all, like a critical tapeworm going through a giant media dog.

* Jeremy Paxman finally breaks and goes rogue

* Today gets remade as a US sitcom

* Listeners thoughts on the Food Programme giving recipes for cooking a Flump and spit roasting a Clanger

Presenters:

Alice Arnold

Jon Holmes

With special guests Jenni Murray, Richard Bacon and John Humphrys.

Featuring:

James Bachman

Stephen Critchlow

Sarah Hadland

David Schnieder

Written by Jon Holmes, Matthew Charlton, Sam Bryant, Lyndsay Fenner, James Kettle, Joel Morris, Jason Hazely and Gareth Gwynn.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Jeremy Paxman goes rogue, and Today gets remade as a US sitcom.

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* Ecological and broadcast catastrophe strikes as BBC 3 leaks in to other channels.

* Edward Stourton and Gaby Roslin tunnel to the centre of the earth for Children in Need,

* Previewing the new musical charting the dramatic lives of the Dimblebys: 'News Brothers'.

Another week's worth of radio and TV that never happened. It's a bit like the BBC iPlayer, only with two eyes instead of one. And it's got ears.

Presenters:

Alice Arnold

Jon Holmes

With special guests Marcel Theroux and Julia Hartley-Brewer.

Featuring:

James Bachman

Stephen Critchlow

Sarah Hadland

David Schnieder

Written by Jon Holmes, Sam Bryant, John Luke-Roberts, Gareth Gwynn, Jason Hazely, Joel Morris, Bill Dare and Jon Hunter.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes.

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Michael Burke becomes trapped in the Moral Maze, and Any Answers gets a game show makeover.

Another week's worth of radio and TV that never happened.

Presenters:

Alice Arnold

Jon Holmes

Featuring:

James Bachman

Stephen Critchlow

Sarah Hadland

David Schnieder

David Mara.

Written by Jon Holmes, Sam Bryant, John Luke-Roberts, Gareth Gwynn, Jason Hazely, Joel Morris, Bill Dare, Carl Carter and Jon Hunter.

Producers: Sam Bryant & Jon Holmes.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Michael Burke becomes trapped in the Moral Maze and Any Answers gets a game show makeover.

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A disaster on the island from Desert Island Discs, and BBC presenters go commercial.

Another week's worth of radio and TV that never happened.

Presenters:

Alice Arnold

Jon Holmes

Featuring:

James Bachman

Stephen Critchlow

Sarah Hadland

David Mara.

Written by Jon Holmes, Sam Bryant, Gareth Gwynn, Carl Carter, James Kettle, Jason Hazely, Joel Morris, Matt Berry, Jonathan Harvey, Jon Luke Roberts, Jon Hunter and Matt Charlton.

Producers: Sam Bryant & Jon Holmes

Made by the BBC on behalf of the BBC for the BBC and first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes. From September 2010.

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More mash-ups of current and archive programmes from a week's worth of broadcasting - 'beautifully crafted, scalpel sharp' (Gillian Reynolds)

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes return with the comedy that takes the back off your radio and TV, fiddles round with the shows and puts them all back, the wrong way round.

Starring:

Jon Holmes.

With:

James Bachman

Sarah Hadland

Kim Wall

Like 'the mischievous offspring of Points of View and The Day Today' (Observer) fictional letters and emails complain about half-fictional programmes.

Fictional guests and real life presenters (including in this series: Melvyn Bragg, Jeremy Vine and Vanessa Feltz) argue with each other in 'a gem of a satirical swoop at radio and television.' (Guardian).

Written by Jon Holmes, Gareth Gwynn, John Hunter, James Kettle, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, John Luke Roberts and Rachel Wheeley.

Producers: Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting...that never happened.

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A week of radio that never happened.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes

Written and created by Jon Holmes.

~Listen Against is the comedy that takes the back off your radio and television, fiddles round with the programmes inside and then puts them all back the wrong way round.

With:

Kevin Eldon

Justin Edwards

Sarah Hadland

James Bachman

Kim Wall

David Mara

Written by Jon Holmes, Gareth Gwynn, John Hunter, James Kettle, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, Matt Chorlton, John Luke Roberts and Rachel Wheeley.

Producer: Sam Bryant.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting... that never happened.

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Another week of radio that never happened.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes for you to enjoy the wrong way round.

Written and created by Jon Holmes

With:

Kevin Eldon

Justin Edwards

Sarah Hadland

James Bachman

Kim Wall

David Mara

Written by Jon Holmes, Gareth Gwynn, John Hunter, James Kettle, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, John Luke Roberts, Rachel Wheeley and Alice Arnold.

Producer: Sam Bryant.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting...that never happened.

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Another week of radio that never happened.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes for you to enjoy the wrong way round.

Written and created by Jon Holmes

With:

Justin Edwards

Sarah Hadland

Kim Wall

David Mara

Written by Jon Holmes, Gareth Gwynn, John Hunter, James Kettle, Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, John Luke Roberts and Rachel Wheeley.

Producers: Jon Holmes and Sam Bryant.

A BBC production for the BBC on behalf of the BBC.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

A week of radio that never happened with Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.