Pls recommend me some gentle radio comedy

[AlbertCampion]

I'm looking for gentle radio sitcoms / comedy dramas to lull me to sleep at night. I absolutely love:
In and Out of the Kitchen
Cabin Pressure
About Henry
Conversations from a Long Marriage
All the Charles Paris adaptations with Bill Nighy
To The Manor Born

Slightly darker, but I also enjoy:
The John Moffat Hercule Poirots
Pilgrim
Love in Recovery

I quite enjoyed Clare in the Community but am generally not a fan of audience laughter in my comedy - I prefer to be immersed! I don't mind a podcast (I listen to Fortunately... occasionally) but I really prefer fiction.

Can anyone recommend anything for me to listen to, please? I have Audible as well as BBC Sounds.

I was just going to recommend the pp's "where this service will..." as I was going to try and re-listen to it this week. It's so beautifully written and has the ace Rosie Cavaliero.

Me too, 'where this service...'

Thanks for this thread, will take a look at some shows I haven't bothered with so far.

I second Hut33, Souvenir Programme, Double Science, Deep Trouble.

I also enjoy The Break - a few series currently on iPlayer. Philip Jackson, Shobna Gulati, Alison Steadman, Mark Benton and Rasmus Hardike do all the voices.

Also Reluctant Persuaders - comedy show about an advertising agency with Nigel Havers. Really funny.

Think the Unthinkable - repeated now and again on iPlayer but only 1 series available on Audible.

Giles Wemmbley Hogg - spoof travel documentaries, very funny.

@AlbertCampion Ha ha have just deleted all the things I was going to say because they were in your post - ha ha . (In and Out of the Kitchen - brilliant) but to move on

The Mighty Boosh as per @TheNestedIf I think are so much funnier on the Radio than TV

Yes to Ed Reardon's week

Hut 33
Revolting People
Old Harry's Game
Bleak Expectations

I like Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups and allso How does that make you feel?. It features the amazing voice of Roger Allum and is a very gentle comedy that gets better as you get to know the characters.

Plum House is funny, in the cabin pressure mould but perhaps more gentle. I second Mark Steele’s In Town.

Believe it! The Richard Wilson autobiography, read by him. Not actually real, which I didn't realise when I first put it on

@Ginspiration, I'm afraid I don't know if Double Acts is available anywhere at the moment. I heard them all around the time they went out. Audible? I don't have a sub there. There was a very good amateur drama version of Penguin Diplomacy available on YouTube a few months ago but I don't think it's there now. They did warn it would be limited availability, presumably for rights reasons.

Quiz nite! On BBC sounds. Four one off comedy dramas set at quizzes with Hugh Dennis.

Bbc Sounds The Men From the Ministry

Life on Egg

A couple of gently funny podcasts you might like are Fortunately (Jane Garvey and Fi Glover from woman’s hour) and Older and Wider (Jenny Eclair).

I'd forgotten about "Believe It!" that @PeterPandemic mentioned. I think I only heard the episode with David Tennant and Peter Capaldi, but that was hilarious.

The Lord Peter Wimsey books are ace. Also Stella Gibbons audiobooks (Cold Comfort Farm is my favourite).
Count Arthur Strong is gently funny too.

Incredible Women with Rebecca Front and her brother Jeremy - R4 series, I think I just listened to series 8.
How Does That Make You Feel? Therapist Frances Tomelty talking to fabulously ghastly patients played by Roger Allam and Tim Mcinerney amongst others - truly wonderful.

Oooh Wimsey is a good shout and Cold Comfort Farm is one one of my favourite books ever. I was really, really put off Count Arthur Strong by my husband showing me an episode of the TV series, which I really couldn't get into. He has said the radio series is v different though, and I do love Rory Kinnear, so I should give it a go!

Roger Allam is one of my favourite actors - could listen to his voice all day. Many happy memories of Sarah and Duck when DS was smaller.

These suggestions are so fantastic - thank you! I now have lots of subscriptions on BBC Sounds and a sizeable Audible Wish List!

@AlbertCampion I was coming on to post something very similar so thank you. Have never really done podcasts before but will shortly ha e a much longer journey to work. Where can I listen to cabin pressure please

@BasiliskStare I think In and Out of the Kitchen may be my favourite radio comedy of all time. It is my go-to when I'm feeling down. I've had to stop myself from listening for a bit because I'm worried I'm going to spoil it! I think I share too many traits with Damien Trench. 😳😂

This is an excellent thread, I adore radio 4

Oh well whilst we are here yes yes Lord Peter Wimsey & may I recommend ( probably R 4 extra or downloads ) Paul Temple and his wife Steve - quite retro but brilliant IMHO This does not make it looks as it sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pc96p/episodes/guide

Ha ha @AlbertCampion - yup I agree re In and out of the kitchen - but then I will pretty much listen to anything with Miles Jupp. If you are in a certain mood - do Give Paul Temple a go - it is amusing

All best x

@gassylady Cabin Pressure comes up on the BBC occasionally and is also available on Audible, I think. It is v, v good!

I got Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister on audible. They are absolutely hilarious and scarily current.

Beta Female, I think finished a week ago, was really good. I do hope the commission another series.

That one with the therapist and the clients she saw in a week. I think it was the 15 minute one after Womens Hour. Can't remember the name.

Also The Diary of Samuel Pepys. I imagine its on Sounds, I haven't heard it for a few years but every episode had a funny part and it was really great to just switch off and listen to.

43MrsBodger How Does That Make You Feel, that's the one! I love Roger Allum's character and his tales of his son!

Annika Stranded with Nicola Walker. Norwegian detective.