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0120070201

A fast-paced new sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions. It brings you deluded bloggers, home broadcasting, interactive soaps, celebrity kidnaps and e-mail scams.

Stars Ben Willbond, Ingrid Oliver, Dominic Coleman, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and Julie Mayhew.

A fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

0120070208

A fast-paced new sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions. It brings you deluded bloggers, home broadcasting, interactive soaps, celebrity kidnaps and e-mail scams.

Stars Ben Willbond, Ingrid Oliver, Dominic Coleman, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and Julie Mayhew.

A fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

0120070215

A fast-paced new sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions. It brings you deluded bloggers, home broadcasting, interactive soaps, celebrity kidnaps and e-mail scams.

Stars Ben Willbond, Ingrid Oliver, Dominic Coleman, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and Julie Mayhew.

A fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

0120070222

A fast-paced new sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions. It brings you deluded bloggers, home broadcasting, interactive soaps, celebrity kidnaps and e-mail scams.

Stars Ben Willbond, Ingrid Oliver, Dominic Coleman, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and Julie Mayhew.

A fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

0120070301A fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

010820070308A fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

020120070920Fast-paced sketch show about modern communications, media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

020220070927Fast-paced sketch show about communications, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

020320071004Fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

020420071011Fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

020520071018Fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

020620071025Fast-paced sketch show about communications, the media and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

030120090108

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleman
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew.

Writers::

Rebecca Hobbs, Christina Martin, James McDougall, Kate Chedgey, Michael Balazo, John Dorney, Daniel Harlos, John-Luke Roberts, Matt Honeyball, James Sherwood, Mike Ryan and Michael Rees.

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

030220090115

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleman
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew.

Writers:

Matthew Morton, Andy Flood, Eddie Robson, Christopher Stanners, Madeleine Brettingham, Stephen Carlin, Damian Nicolaou, Mike Ryan, Matt Hurst, Samatha Kellow, Sean Grant, Stuart Beale and Thomas Gladstone.

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

030320090122

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleen
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew

Writers:

Matthew Morton, Sarah Morgan, John-Luke Roberts, Mike Ryan, Jason Arnopp, Christina Martin, James MacDougall, Michael Balazo, Robin Bailes, Christopher Davies, James Sherwood, Marc Whiteley, Christopher Youles and John Dorney.

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First heard on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.

Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

030420090129

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleen
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew

Writers:

Bruce Shakespeare, Andrew Jones, Mike Ryan, Matt Honeyball, Nick Wood, Tim Connery, James Sherwood, Frog Stone, Samuel Schafer, Kerris Kent, Peter Brooksbank, Madeleine Brettingham, Christopher Neilan and Gavin Whenman,

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First heard on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

030520090205

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleen
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew

Writers:

Mike Ryan, Joel Morris, Peter Brooksbank, John Dorney, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, James Kettle, Robbie Dale, Madeleine Brettingham, Michael Balazo, Terry Adlam, Ciaran Murtagh, Stuart Cooper, Griff Phillips, Phil Jacobs, Kate Chedgey, Tyrone O'Donoghue, Marc Whiteley and, Dale Shaw.

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First heard on BBC Radio 4 in JFebruary 2009.

Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

030620090212

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleen
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew

Writers:

Gerry Hayes, Russell Thompson, Mike Ryan, Madeleine Brettingham, Tim Keen, Annie Burchell, Lydia Parker, Maureen Oakeley, John Dorney, Christina Martin, James McDougall, Tom Meltzer, Paul Ariss, John Ironmonger, Marc Whiteley and Jeff Nolan.

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First heard on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

040120100722

The sketch show about modern communication kicks off a fourth series. Described as "brilliant" and "first-rate" by the Telegraph, it takes aim at such idiocies of modern life as TV talent show formats, disclaimers at the end of emails, and using good reviews of a previous series as a way of enticing listeners.

Recorded in front of a studio audience, the show features a cast whose credits spread from Radio 4 afternoon plays, via award-winning fringe theatre, to Star Wars: Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Ben Willbond.

The show had an open-door policy, meaning that anyone could send the show sketches. Some 1500 were sent in this way, with every single one being read by a script-editor or producer - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast. In addition, a small number of the new writers who got material broadcast this way in series three were given one-to-one script-editing notes and feedback from the production team as part of BBC Radio Comedy's commitment to discovering and developing new writing talent.

The scripts were edited by award-winning writers James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. James' writing will be familiar to Radio 4 audiences from the his sketch show Concrete Cow to his sitcoms Think The Unthinkable and Hut 33. He also co-writes, with Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones. Jason and Joel have written sketches for Mitchell & Webb on both TV and Radio, The Armstrong & Miller Show, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and are the best-selling authors of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

040220100729

The sketch show about modern communication continues its fourth series, delving into areas such as cinema etiquette, school reunions, and doctors' advice.

Recorded in front of a studio audience, the cast is Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Ben Willbond, whose collective Radio 4 credits include Ed Reardon's Week, The Maltby Collection, and Electric Ink.

The show had an open-door policy, meaning that anyone could send the show sketches. Some 1500 were sent in this way, with every single one being read by a script-editor or producer - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast. In addition, a small number of the new writers who got material broadcast this way in series three were given one-to-one script-editing notes and feedback from the production team as part of BBC Radio Comedy's commitment to discovering and developing new writing talent.

The scripts were edited by award-winning writers James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. James' writing will be familiar to Radio 4 audiences from the his sketch show Concrete Cow to his sitcoms Think The Unthinkable and Hut 33. He also co-writes, with Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones. Jason and Joel have written sketches for Mitchell & Webb on both TV and Radio, The Armstrong & Miller Show, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and are the best-selling authors of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

040320100805

More sketches from Recorded for Training Purposes, the sketch show about modern communication. So, whether it's tannoy announcements, text messages or even smoke signals, the RFTP team have a flippant skit about it.

The versatile cast of Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Colin Hoult performed the sketches in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

The show had an open-door policy, meaning that anyone could send the show sketches. Some 1500 were sent in this way, with every single one being read by a script-editor or producer - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast. In addition, a small number of the new writers who got material broadcast this way in series three were given one-to-one script-editing notes and feedback from the production team as part of BBC Radio Comedy's commitment to discovering and developing new writing talent.

The scripts were edited by award-winning writers James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. James' writing will be familiar to Radio 4 audiences from the his sketch show Concrete Cow to his sitcoms Think The Unthinkable and Hut 33. He also co-writes, with Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones. Jason and Joel have written sketches for Mitchell & Webb on both TV and Radio, The Armstrong & Miller Show, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and are the best-selling authors of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

040420100812

What do we mean by this? Exactly: modern communication can be baffling (that first sentence, for example, makes no sense). So here comes Recorded for Training Purposes to do silly sketches about how and why we communicate.

Recorded in front of a studio audience, the show features a cast whose credits run from Radio 4 afternoon plays, via award-winning fringe theatre, to Star Wars: Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Colin Hoult.

The show had an open-door policy, meaning that anyone could send the show sketches. Some 1500 were sent in this way, with every single one being read by a script-editor or producer - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast. In addition, a small number of the new writers who got material broadcast this way in series three were given one-to-one script-editing notes and feedback from the production team as part of BBC Radio Comedy's commitment to discovering and developing new writing talent.

The scripts were edited by award-winning writers James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. James' writing will be familiar to Radio 4 audiences from the his sketch show Concrete Cow to his sitcoms Think The Unthinkable and Hut 33. He also co-writes, with Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones. Jason and Joel have written sketches for Mitchell & Webb on both TV and Radio, The Armstrong & Miller Show, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and are the best-selling authors of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out.

The razor-sharp sketch show about modern communication.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

040520100819

More razor-sharp sketches about modern communication from the Recorded for Training Purposes team, recorded in front of a studio audience.

The cast collectively have countless sketch shows, sitcoms and films to their names. Google Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver or Ben Willbond, and be impressed.

The show had an open-door policy, meaning that anyone could send the show sketches. Some 1500 were sent in this way, with every single one being read by a script-editor or producer - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast. In addition, a small number of the new writers who got material broadcast this way in series three were given one-to-one script-editing notes and feedback from the production team as part of BBC Radio Comedy's commitment to discovering and developing new writing talent.

The scripts were edited by award-winning writers James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. James' writing will be familiar to Radio 4 audiences from the his sketch show Concrete Cow to his sitcoms Think The Unthinkable and Hut 33. He also co-writes, with Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones. Jason and Joel have written sketches for Mitchell & Webb on both TV and Radio, The Armstrong & Miller Show, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and are the best-selling authors of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out.

The razor-sharp sketch show about modern communication.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

040620100826

Recorded for Training Purposes, the sketch show about modern communication, ends its fourth series. Described as "brilliant" by the Telegraph, it does sketches about how and why we talk to each other, and what we have to say. (There's an especially good sketch about the music they use on gameshows.)

Recorded in front of a studio audience, the show features a cast whose credits spread from Radio 4 afternoon plays, via award-winning fringe theatre, to Star Wars: Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Ben Willbond.

The show had an open-door policy, meaning that anyone could send the show sketches. Some 1500 were sent in this way, with every single one being read by a script-editor or producer - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast. In addition, a small number of the new writers who got material broadcast this way in series three were given one-to-one script-editing notes and feedback from the production team as part of BBC Radio Comedy's commitment to discovering and developing new writing talent.

The scripts were edited by award-winning writers James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. James' writing will be familiar to Radio 4 audiences from the his sketch show Concrete Cow to his sitcoms Think The Unthinkable and Hut 33. He also co-writes, with Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones. Jason and Joel have written sketches for Mitchell & Webb on both TV and Radio, The Armstrong & Miller Show, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, and are the best-selling authors of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out.

The razor-sharp sketch show about modern communication.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions