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Act Your Age. Image of Simon Mayo. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Act Your Age

Act Your Age

Radio 4 panel show that pits the comic generations against each other. Simon Mayo hosts, with captains Roy Walker, Lucy Porter and Jon Richardson

Genre:
Panel Show
Broadcast:
2008  (BBC Radio 4)
Episodes:
6 (1 series)
Starring:
Simon Mayo, Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter, Roy Walker
Writers:
Ashley Blaker, Bill Matthews, Ged Parsons, Stephen Carlin, John-Luke Roberts, Lee Stuart Evans, Lucy Clarke, Will Ing
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Act Your Age was a radio panel show which 'tried to determine which age of comedy was the greatest'.

Each edition featured Simon Mayo giving out a series of different comedy games and challenges to the three teams. There was the 'Up-And-Comers', lead by Jon Richardson, the 'Current Crop' captained by Lucy Porter, and the 'Old Guard' who had Roy Walker at the helm.

Our Review: We were really not very impressed at all by this panel comedy... it featured annoying buzzers, awkward pauses, confusing games and lame jokes. In fact, believe it or not, things got so desperate in episode one that the Dr Who Knock-Knock joke (yes, that one) was wheeled out!

It didn't get any better as the series progressed, with the panellists still cheekily recycling other people's jokes in a desperate attempt to try and get the audience to laugh at something in the show.

Summary: A complete failure which doesn't deserve to return.