Heresy (radio series)
This article is about the British talk show, for other uses see heresy (disambiguation)
| Genre | Comedy talk show |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Victoria Coren David Baddiel |
| Air dates | since 2003-12-31 |
| No. of series | 8 and a pilot |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
| Opening theme | "Beers, Steers, And Queers" by The Revolting Cocks |
| Website | BBC Homepage |
Heresy is a comedy talk show on BBC Radio 4, now presented by Victoria Coren and formerly by David Baddiel. In the show, the presenter and a panel of guests commit "heresy" by challenging people's most deeply received opinions on a subject, in front of a studio audience.
For example, received wisdom is that New Labour is all about spin, so the panel will try to argue that New Labour is not all about spin, and the guests have to try to make the audience change their minds.
Other assumptions challenged have included, "We should never negotiate with terrorists", "Television is dumbing down" and "We are on the brink of an environmental catastrophe".
The pilot and first series had four guests on each episode, but this has since been reduced to three.
In the fifth series, Baddiel handed over the host's chair to Victoria Coren, although he appeared on the first show as a guest, where he made jokes referring to his previous time in the chair.
[edit] Episodes
| Episode | Air Date | Guests | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot and Series 1 - 2003-2004 | |||
| 1. Pilot | 2003-12-31 | Armando Iannucci, Peter Bradshaw, David Walliams, Victoria Coren | |
| 2. 1-1 | 2004-12-02 | Sue Perkins, Fi Glover, Simon Hoggart, Michael Bywater | |
| 3. 1-2 | 2004-12-09 | Alan Davies, David Walliams, Peter Bradshaw, Jenny Colgan | |
| 4. 1-3 | 2004-12-16 | Vicky Coren, Peter Bradshaw, Zoë Williams, Michael Bywater | |
| 5. 1-4 | 2004-12-23 | Armando Iannucci, John O'Farrell, Zoë Williams, Victoria Coren | |
| Series 2 - 2005 | |||
| 6. 2-1 | 2005-06-22 | John O'Farrell, Peter Bradshaw, Victoria Coren | |
| 7. 2-2 | 2005-06-29 | John O'Farrell, Jonathan Ross, Michael Bywater | |
| 8. 2-3 | 2005-07-06 | Peter Bradshaw, Chris Langham, Sanjeev Bhaskar | |
| 9. 2-4 | 2005-07-13 | Michael Bywater, Sue Perkins, Hugh Dennis | |
| 10. 2-5 | 2005-07-20 | Sue Perkins, Armando Iannucci, Frank Skinner | |
| 11. 2-6 | 2005-07-27 | John O'Farrell, Matt Lucas, David Walliams | |
| Series 3 - 2006 | |||
| 12. 3-1 | 2006-05-10 | Richard Herring, Sue Perkins, Peter Bradshaw | |
| 13. 3-2 | 2006-05-17 | Stewart Lee, Reginald D. Hunter, Joanna Scanlan | |
| 14. 3-3 | 2006-05-24 | Jonathan Ross, Michael Bywater, Ed Byrne | |
| 15. 3-4 | 2006-05-31 | Lee Mack, Ruby Wax, Russell Brand | |
| 16. 3-5 | 2006-06-07 | Jimmy Carr, Chris Addison, Rhys Thomas | |
| 17. 3-6 | 2006-06-14 | Frank Skinner, Lee Mack, Sean Lock | |
| Series 4 - 2007 | |||
| 18. 4-1 | 2007-05-16 | Germaine Greer, Stewart Lee, Harry Enfield | |
| 19. 4-2 | 2007-05-23 | Sue Perkins, Dr Phil Hammond, Jo Brand | |
| 20. 4-3 | 2007-05-30 | Jon Culshaw, Matt Lucas, Henning Wehn | |
| 21. 4-4 | 2007-06-06 | Vicky Coren, Peter Bradshaw, Arthur Smith | |
| 22. 4-5 | 2007-06-13 | Fay Ripley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, David Aaronovitch | |
| 23. 4-6 | 2007-06-20 | Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Michael McIntyre | |
| Series 5 - 2008 | |||
| 24. 5-1 | 2008-05-15 | David Baddiel, Richard Coles, David Mitchell | |
| 25. 5-2 | 2008-05-22 | Sue Perkins, Euan Ferguson, Richard Herring | |
| 26. 5-3 | 2008-05-29 | Peter Bradshaw, Caitlin Moran, Jo Caulfield | |
| 27. 5-4 | 2008-06-05 | Dave Gorman, Clive James, Mark Steel | |
| 28. 5-5 | 2008-06-12 | Simon Evans, Richard Coles, Andrew Collins | |
| 29. 5-6 | 2008-06-19 | David Mitchell, Michael Bywater, Arthur Smith | |
| Series 6 - 2009 | |||
| 30. 6-1 | 2009-04-07 | Rufus Hound, David Baddiel, Germaine Greer | |
| 31. 6-2 | 2009-04-14 | Mark Steel, Matthew Norman, Richard Coles | |
| 32. 6-3 | 2009-04-28 | Lucy Mangan, Arthur Smith, Frank Skinner | |
| 33. 6-4 | 2009-05-05 | Euan Ferguson, Tanya Gold, David Mitchell | |
| 34. 6-5 | 2009-05-12 | Dave Gorman, Sue Perkins, Jeremy Hardy | |
| 35. 6-6 | 2009-05-19 | David Mitchell, Euan Ferguson, Clive James | |
| Series 7 - 2010 | |||
| 36. 7-1 | 2010-05-19 | Rufus Hound, Grayson Perry, Julia Hartley-Brewer | |
| 37. 7-2 | 2010-05-26 | Marcus Brigstocke, Natalie Haynes, Rev Richard Coles. | |
| 38. 7-3 | 2010-06-02 | David Baddiel, Dave Gorman, Polly Vernon | |
| 39. 7-4 | 2010-06-09 | Richard Herring, Mark Steel, Janet Street-Porter | |
| 40. 7-5 | 2010-06-16 | Matthew Norman, David Schneider, David Mitchell | |
| 41. 7-6 | 2010-06-23 | Clive Anderson, Rufus Hound, Fern Britton | |
| Series 8 - 2011 | |||
| 42. 8-1 | 2011-11-30 | Mark Steel, Jessica Berens, Christopher Biggins | |
| 43. 8-2 | 2011-12-07 | David Baddiel, Lucy Porter, Richard Osman | |
| 44. 8-3 | 2011-12-14 | David Mitchell, Rev Richard Coles, Diane Abbott MP | |
| 45. 8-4 | 2011-12-21 | Rufus Hound, Dr Phil Hammond, Germaine Greer | |
| 46. 8-5 | 2011-12-28 | Dave Gorman, Matthew Parris, Julia Hartley-Brewer | |
| 47. 8-6 | 2012-01-04 | Sue Perkins, Cerys Matthews, Maureen Lipman | |
