Look Away Now is a BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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 sports-based comedy series presented by Garry Richardson

Garry Richardson

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 (the Today programme's sports reporter). The programme takes the form of a sports news programme and mocks many aspects of such programmes. The cast also includes Laurence Howarth

Laurence Howarth

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, Katherine Jakeways

Katherine Jakeways

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, Dave Lamb

Dave Lamb

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, Richie Webb

Richie Webb

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 and Mark Evans

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. Most of the show is composed of "interviews" with important sporting figures and satire based on sporting news. There is also a sport related song performed by Richie Webb. Other regular sketches include a panel of ex-professional footballers watching various non sport related programmes on TV monitors and the "Rant-line" which is supposedly open to the public to complain about sport but in fact is mainly filled with messages from people interviewed on the programme.

there have been four series; one each in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The first two series consisted of six episodes whilst the third series ran for a shorter period with only three episodes. There was also a 2007 Christmas special.

The third series differed to the previous with the usual panel of ex-professional footballers being replaced with a team of former cricketers commenting on live events such as a barbecue

Barbecue

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 and wedding

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. Also, every episode featured an "interview" with Kevin Pietersen

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The fourth series started on 10 June 2010; consisting of three episodes with the focus strongly orientated towards the World Cup

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Series 1

Episode	Original Airdate	On the TV Monitors
1	12 April 2007	Films Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
2	19 April 2007	Films Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
3	26 April 2007	Films Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
4	3 May 2007	Cartoons Cartoon A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
5	10 May 2007	Quiz Shows Quiz Show Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s...
6	17 May 2007	Sitcoms

Episode	Original Airdate
Christmas special	1 Jan 2008

Series 2

Episode	Original Airdate	On the TV Monitors
1	2 April 2008	Detective Shows
2	9 April 2008	Science Fiction Shows
3	16 April 2008	The Bible Bible The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
4	23 April 2008	Fairy Tales Fairy tale A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
5	30 April 2008	The Plays of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
6	7 May 2008	Popular Music

Series 3

Episode	Original Airdate	Live Event
1	1st July 2009	Wedding
2	8 July 2009	Barbecue
3	15 July 2009	Child's birthday party

Series 4

Episode	Original Airdate	On the TV Monitors
1	10 June 2010	Radio 4 Shows on iPlayer
2	17 June 2010	Wars
3	24 June 2010	Panelists' Lives