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In August 2002, three young, largely unknown, comedians took their show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and promptly won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award.

This is their series on BBC Radio 4. Written and performed by Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards, and James Rawlings, the series is produced by Will Saunders.

Episode List

1×01 – A lifestyle presentation sketch show
1×02 – The team ponder how to revamp tea to make it more dangerous and exciting
1×03 – The team tackle an unusual case of sexual harassment
1×04 – The team wonder why so many men went to ‘mow a meadow’
2×01 – Chesney ends a hostile takeover using marriage
2×02 – A complaint about a wonky pram turns serious.
2×03 – When warding off dark lords, salad is acceptable
2×04 – Taking register at stunt school, and Tarzan learns the alphabet
2×05 – The Adventure-Bakers make a time-strudel and travel through history
2×06 – Crossword challenges and dinner with the devil
3×01 – Chesney fixes the alphabet, which has a leaky ‘e’
3×02 – Chesney throws a festive party for his colleagues
3×03 – Chesney brings his daughter to work. Or does he
3×04 – The boys of St Battery’s get their own back on the school bully
3×05 – Chesney is having a crisis of confidence
3×06 – Unisex barbers and wrong telephone numbers
4×01 – The lighthouse tour and the old-fashioned parents
4×02 – Comedy from Justin ‘Lofty’ Edwards, Neil ‘Professor’ Edmond and James ‘Shortstop’ Rawling
4×03 – Galileo is too busy to party with the Pope
4×04 – A ‘ladies man’ sings about his suspect personal hygiene
4×05 – Two travellers stumble upon a very unusual pub quiz
4×06 – Inoculation against old age leads to unusual results