Spats (radio series)

"Spats" is a British radio comedy sketch series broadcast on digital radio station BBC 7. The series is written and presented by John-Luke Roberts (credited as Luke Roberts in the first series), with additional material written by Nadia Kamil. Kamil also stars in the show, along side Stephen Critchlow and Clare Wille. The series first started as a pilot, first broadcast on 11 December, 2006.cite web|last=Wolf|first=Ian|url=http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/radio/spats/episodes/|title=Spats: Episode Guide|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=2008-08-04]

Each episode of "Spats" looks at two sides of some kind of argument. Examples include "Religion v Atheism (and Other Religions)", "Love v Something Better" and "The Living vs The Dead". Each episode then presents a series of sketches, consisting of what Roberts himself describes as "perfectly adequate sketch comedy" concerning the themes. At the end of each episode, one of the sides is declared by Roberts the winner.

Episodes

Including the pilot, there have been nine episodes broadcast, with a third series commissioned. The third series see the winning themes from the second series facing the winners from the first and the pilot. The second series was recorded in front of a studio audience, whereas the first series and pilot were not. Also, the second series has episodes which last 30 minutes, whereas the pilot and first series episodes were 15 minutes.

Episodes

External links

* [http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/radio/spats/ British Comedy Guide]