Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Genre |
Comedy |
Running time |
30 minutes |
Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
Language(s) |
English |
Home station |
BBC Radio 4 |
Written by |
Alexei Sayle |
Produced by |
Joe Nunnery |
Original release |
22 November 2016 |
No. of series |
4 |
No. of episodes |
16 |
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar is a stand up and storytelling BBC Radio 4 show hosted and written by Alexei Sayle.
The show features Alexei delivering "a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his imaginary sandwich bar". It has garnered critical acclaim, winning a BBC Audio Drama award in 2020.
The first episode aired in 2016, with 4 series having aired as of 2023. A 5th series is in the works.
A tie-in book was released in 2017.
Episodes
Series 1
Ep |
Title |
Original air date
|
1 |
Pretending and Sandwiches |
15 November 2016
|
2 |
Political Beliefs |
22 November 2016
|
3 |
Careerism |
29 November 2016
|
4 |
History and the Role of the Entertainer |
6 December 2016
|
Series 2
Ep |
Title |
Original air date
|
1 |
Britain's Place in the World |
9 November 2017
|
2 |
Political Beliefs |
16 November 2017
|
3 |
Careerism |
23 November 2017
|
4 |
History and the Role of the Entertainer |
30 November 2017
|
Series 3
Ep |
Title |
Original air date
|
1 |
Corbyn and the Left |
12 September 2019
|
2 |
Santa Claused Faced Old... |
19 September 2019
|
3 |
Rage and Resentment |
26 September 2019
|
4 |
Kings of Comedy |
3 October 2019
|
Series 4
Ep |
Title |
Original air date
|
1 |
A Monopoly of Violence |
20 October 2022
|
2 |
The Revolving Door |
27 October 2022
|
3 |
The Way We Live Now |
3 November 2022
|
4 |
Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. |
10 November 2022
|