# Radio9

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***Radio9*** is a [surreal](/source/Surrealism) [comedy](/source/Comedy) [sketch](/source/Sketch_(comedy)) show set in a fictional [radio station](/source/Radio_station). Broadcast on [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) between 2003[1] and 2006, it was written by [Hils Barker](/source/Hils_Barker) and Johnny Daukes. It ran for two series with a total of nine episodes.[2] Radio9 was adapted for [TV](/source/TV) on [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three), changing its name to The Message.

The show targeted some traditional radio formats, including plays, interviews, [adverts](/source/Advertising) and [documentaries](/source/Documentary), as well as trailing programmes that are never heard, and advertising activities which are "coming soon" to Radio9, such as [Contract Bridge](/source/Contract_Bridge).

The show often used the [taglines](/source/Tagline): *"Round the clock radio... 24 hours a day"* and *"Real radio, for real people. With real radios."*

## Show segments

The show is divided into distinct segments:

- The "News Creation" segment of the show involves Radio9 creating [road accidents](/source/Road_accident), [power failures](/source/Power_failure) or "acts of civil obedience", and then reporting it live.
- In "The Big Debate", the host attempts to incite her guests to violence by relaying inflammatory and incorrect information: "Well, this is a tragedy that reasoned debate should descend so quickly to mud-slinging.... He just called you a poof, what's your response to that?"
- "The Great Pretender" is a [reality show](/source/Reality_show) in which ordinary people attempt to fool a panel of experts in tasks such as piloting an aircraft, [downhill skiing](/source/Downhill_skiing) or [heart surgery](/source/Heart_surgery). Relayed by a sports commentary team.
- The "Adverts" portion contains humorous adverts. Examples include Pro-Celebrity Bee Keeping and [NIMBY](/source/NIMBY) (*Not In My Back Yard*).
- "The Afternoon Play"
- "Sport... and Talk" features sports talk, ranging from the Board Game Olympics to premiership football, as commentated on by [Ted Hughes](/source/Ted_Hughes) and [Sylvia Plath](/source/Sylvia_Plath).
- "Chasing Rainbows" involves "Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances".
- "New Movements" shows Quentin Montreal investigating numerous topics such as the [Accidentalist](/source/Accidentalism_(art)) Art Movement.

## References

1. ["BBC Radio 4 Extra - Radio 9, Series 1, Episode 1"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0401g9p). *BBC*. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

1. ["BBC Radio 4 Extra - Radio 9 - Episode guide"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dykmk/episodes/guide). *BBC*. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

## External links

- [BBC Radio 4 Extra - Radio9](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dykmk)

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