

Ken Cheng scoops radio comedy award
And Please Use Other Door named best sketch show
Ken Cheng has won a BBC Audio Drama Award for his stand-up show Chinese Comedian.
The Radio 4 programme, produced by fellow comedian Rajiv Karia, was named best long-form scripted comedy a the ceremony last night.
In apparent reference to last week’s Oscars, Cheng tweeted: ‘It's been a good week for east asians winning awards’.
And Radio 4 comedy chief Julia McKenzie said she was ‘so thrilled’ for his success.`
Whoop! So thrilled for @kenchengcomedy who has just won the award for best long form comedy at the #bbcaudiodramaawards @BBCRadio4 pic.twitter.com/gY9mVuw5uA
— Julia McKenzie (@JuliaAMcKenzie) March 19, 2023
Winning the award for best sketch comedy was Please Use Other Door, a series from writers new to radio based around overheard conversations take place over the course of the day.
It was created by Bill Dare, the producer behind fellow Radio 4 comedies Dead Ringers and The Now Shopw.
Judges said: ‘With original premises unfolding in genuinely surprising ways, our winner offered fresh twists and imaginative jokes within the format of a traditional sketch half-hour.
‘That these inventive ideas come from writers new to radio only makes their achievement all the more impressive.’
Congrats to @Bill_Dare and the many writers and cast behind Please Use Other Door who won Best Sketch Show tonight at the #bbcaudiodramaawards @BBCRadio4 pic.twitter.com/vPCe8OXdFG
— Julia McKenzie (@JuliaAMcKenzie) March 19, 2023
The lengthy list of writers on the winning episode is: Kat Butterfield, Dan Audritt, Sophie Dickson, Laura Major, Rob Darke, Alex Nash, Sam South, Ed Amsden, Tom Coles, Cody Dahler, Toby Williams, Ed Tew, Anna Goodman, Imogen Andrews, Matt Harrison, Carwyn Blayney, Natasha Dhanraj, Alice Etches, Nathalie Antonia, Chris Ryman, Simon Alcock, Leigh Douglas, Chazz Redhead, Paul F Taylor, Jo Wiggins, Cameron Loxdale, Lewis Cook, Owen Petty, Tom Oxenham, Rebecca Heitlinger and Bill Dare.
A full list of winners is available here.
Published: 20 Mar 2023

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