Comedy of the Week - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: 2025 Special

Download John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: 2025 Special

2025's instalment of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is forty-five minutes of the funniest things John thought of in the last year, performed by John and his regular cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan, with composer Susannah Pearse at the piano and Sally Stares on the cello.

Please note that listening to these sketches about seahorses, time travel and sirens may cause side effects, unless you're listening to the placebo version of the show.

Written and performed by … John Finnemore
Ensemble … Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Ensemble … Simon Kane
Ensemble … Lawry Lewin
Ensemble … Carrie Quinlan

Original music … Susannah Pearse
Piano … Susannah Pearse
Cello … Sally Stares

Recording … Jerry Peal & Jon Calver
Editing … Rich Evans

Production Manager … Katie Baum
Executive Producer … Richard Morris

Producer … Ed Morrish

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme is a BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Published on Monday, 15th September 2025.

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