Banter (radio show) explained

Show Name:Banter
Format:Comedy panel game
Runtime:30 mins
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Home Station:BBC Radio 4
Presenter:Andrew Collins
Creator:Tim Barber
First Aired:August 2005
Last Aired:May 2008
Num Series:3
Num Episodes:18

Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom, 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.

The series was devised by Tim Barber and is produced for Radio 4 by Avalon. A pilot for a television version under the name of "Rule Of 3" was recorded in October 2011 with Rebecca Front as host and team captains Russell Howard and Chris Addison.

Guests

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

Pilot - Lucy Porter, Russell Howard, Will Smith.

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Notes and references