Banter (radio show)

Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK, starring Andrew Collins and Richard Herring. The pilot and the first 2 series were broadcast from August 2005 to November 2006, and a third series was broadcast in April and May 2008. There have been 19 half-hour episodes so far. The programme normally takes the form of invited guests naming their "top threes" in a given category.

Banter was devised by Tim Barber, Director of Leeds based Marketing Agency PCD and is produced for Radio 4 by Avalon.

Apart from Collins and Herring, the other guests for each episode were:

Pilot - Lucy Porter, Russell Howard, Will Smith.

Series 1

• Episode 1 - Will Smith, Russell Howard, Jenny Eclair
• Episode 2 - Will Smith, Simon Day, Lynn Ferguson
• Episode 3 - Russell Howard, Arthur Smith, Natalie Haynes
• Episode 4 - Russell Howard, Sue Perkins, Chris Addison
• Episode 5 - Will Smith, Lynn Ferguson, Dave Gorman
• Episode 6 - Will Smith, Russell Howard, Jenny Éclair

Series 2

• Episode 1 - Russell Howard, Lucy Porter, Arthur Smith
• Episode 2 - Rob Deering, Lynn Ferguson, Russell Howard
• Episode 3 - Barry Cryer, Sue Perkins, Will Smith
• Episode 4 - Russell Howard, Lee Mack, Julia Morris
• Episode 5 - Chris Addison, Natalie Haynes, Will Smith
• Episode 6 - Russell Howard, Will Smith, Lynn Ferguson

Pilot for a TV version is being recorded on 1st October 2011 with team captains -Russell Howard and Chris Addison. if successful the BBC hopefully will commission a series.

Series 3

• Episode 1 - Dave Gorman, Russell Howard, Dillie Keane
• Episode 2 - Jenny Eclair, Russell Howard, Arthur Smith
• Episode 3 - Natalie Haynes, Russell Howard, Will Smith
• Episode 4 - Miranda Hart, Russell Howard, Will Smith
• Episode 5 - Chris Addison, Jenny Eclair, Will Smith
• Episode 6 - Lynn Ferguson, Tim Vine, Will Smith

Notes and references

• Lavalie, John. "Banter" EpGuides, 29 Jul 2005
• Herring, Richard. September News

External links

• BBC Radio 4 Page