Radio 4鈥檚 Merriest Moments of the Year
It's been a funny old year, hasn't it? Well if we take the secondary definition of "funny" – "difficult to explain or understand; strange or curious" – it certainly has. Between the hours of 6.30pm and 7, and quite often besides, Radio has enjoyed plenty of laugh out loud moments, so here are some favourite funnies of 2016.
Tim Vine brought his unique brand of silliness to the station, taking every opportunity to cram in a silly pun...
15 jokes in 97 seconds from Tim Vine
Everything from pixies and priests to Wembley Stadium.
Katherine Ryan rocked up to Just A Minute and spoke for an uninterrupted minute on her very first turn...
Katherine Ryan's stunning Just A Minute debut
The Canadian comedian speaks for a full minute on her very first turn on Just A Minute!
John Finnemore got annoyed about the simple things...
Dear restaurants - John Finnemore has one request
He just wants his food ON A PLATE
Matt Lucas appeared on The Museum of Curiosity and told the story behind perhaps his greatest comic creation...
Matt Lucas reveals the real Vicky Pollard
Comedian Matt Lucas on the inspiration behind Little Britain character Vicky Pollard.
Jeremy Hardy tackled the big stories of the year, as Miles Jupp proved an exemplary host of The News Quiz...
When owls attack
Jeremy Hardy tackles a question about an unexpected act of violence.
But Mark Watson found panel shows a bit of a nightmare...
Mark Watson's Mock the Week nightmare
The comedian talks about his dreams.
The Now Show remained bang up to date, covering an important story about the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (in their 1916 special)...
Punt and Dennis explain the start of World War One
The Now Show hosts explain what really happened to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Andrew Maxwell spotted the populist tide early in the year as he took on the extremism of internet discussion...
Fearmongering, and other mongerings
Andrew Maxwell takes on the internet's extremes.
Tez Ilyas revealed the humour in the Muslim integration debate...
A tongue-in-cheek look at integration...
Comedian Tez Ilyas discusses integration and supermarkets...
While Mae Martin brought her own perspective to 21st Century sex and sexuality..
"50 shades of gay"
Mae Martin explains how our sexuality is all on a spectrum.
In Edinburgh, Jethro Bradley was the 成人论坛 Radio New Comedy Award winner as the competition arrived on Radio 4...
Jethro Bradley
Watch Jethro Bradley's full set from the 成人论坛 Radio New Comedy Award final 2016.
Frankie Boyle got rather animated about sacked England football manager Sam Allardyce...
Frankie Boyle on Sam Allardyce
Frankie lets rip into corruption in English football.
Dead Ringers was broadcast the day the referendum result came in and they already knew all of Boris' future plans...
Dead Ringers: Boris has a plan
'David Dimbleby' learns that 'Boris Johnson' has a cunning plan.
While on the day of the US election result, our resident yank 鈥� Rich Hall 鈥� tried his best to see the funny side...
Rich Hall breaks down the US presidential election
The American comedian reaches some conclusions about the US election.
Once Trump's transition got underway, 成人论坛 Comedy found itself the unlikely recipient of some high level leaked audio...
The Trump-Obama tapes
成人论坛 Comedy has obtained exclusive audio from Barack Obama's first meeting Donald Trump.
As politics seemed to encroach on all aspects of comedy, the original alternative comic Alexei Sayle avoided it all by opening an imaginary sandwich bar...
Alexei Sayle on sandwiches and history
The Liverpudlian comedian explains what foods can tell us about our history.
Meanwhile Mark Steel made his escape to Gibraltar, where he failed to ingratiate himself with the locals...
Mark Steel gets booed in Gibraltar
Mark Steel offends the audience as he opens a show in the British overseas territory.
At the end of the year Victoria Coren Mitchell talked to women about cars, and discovered more than she may have bargained for about Dawn French...
Dawn French on snogging in her first car
The comedy star tells Victoria Coren Mitchell all about her youthful exploits.
