Three series of unrelated 'pilot' comedy shows broadcast on Radio 2 all performed in front of a live studio audience. Links are provided where a series was spawned.
:: Series 1
Originally broadcast on a Thursday evening at 10pm.
| Title | Tx. Date | Details |
| All My Life I Wanted to Be Someone - Now Who Was It? | 2.3.98 | Starring Natalie Walter, Finn Taylor, Claire Cox, Justin Salinger, Darren Boyd, Rachel Atkins and Frank McCusker. Written by Lisa Fulthorpe. |
| Mr Harris | 12.3.98 | He is a lazy, arrogant bullying games teacher, but Mr Harris is getting out... unless the parents lynch him first. Starring Chris England, with Morwenna Banks, Robert Harley, Andy Taylor, Martin Hyder, Roger Blake, Roger Sloman and Valerie Minifie. |
| The Big Town All Stars | 19.3.98 | Dentists by day, by night they were singers in the sassiest a capella band on the wedding circuit - and the future of rock 'n' roll. Starring Stephen Tompkinson, Doon Mackichan, Clive Rowe and Adrian Scarborough. Featuring Henrietta Garden, Dan Strauss, Darren Boyd and Matthew Little. |
| Life after Life | 26.3.98 | A lifer released from prison joins his only known family - a niece and her middle-class family living in North London. Starring Warren Mitchell, Kay Stonham, Simon Greenall, Avril Elgar, Josh Freedman, Mollie Freedman, Will Ing and Annie Hulley. |
| Night And Day | 2.4.98 | A management executive gives up his job when he inherits a seedy Soho nightclub. Starring James Bolan, Denise Black, Melanie Hudson and Glen Hugill. With Katy Carmichael, Lee Cornes, Karl Collins, Kenneth MacDonald, Fred Wakefield and Peter Waddington. Written by David Nicholl. |
:: Series 2
Originally broadcast on a Thursday evening at 9.30pm.
| Title | Tx. Date | Details |
| Relax | 14.1.99 | A pompous health farm manager tries to impress the new owner of the establishment. Starring Pauline Quirke, Jeffrey Holland, Nina Wadia, Sally Grace, Vivienne Martin, Margaret John, Chris Pavlo and Roger Blake. |
| The Pig's Back | 21.1.99 | Seamus and Dinny cross the water in search of fame and fortune. Starring Ed Byrne, Jason Byrne, Sally Grace, Stephen Greif, Tony Rohr and Anny Tobin. With special guest Alan Freeman. |
| Redeeming Brian | 28.1.99 | Comedy set in the Ministry of Political Correctness. Starring Tony Slattery, Mina Anwar, Sally Phillips, Penelope Solomon and Chris Pavlo. |
| Canned Heat | 11.2.99 | Mayhem erupts when Malik's mini-mart becomes a sex-free zone. Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia, Paul Sharma, Sasha Behar, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Chris Pavlo. |
| Takeaway | 18.2.99 | The story of an ordinary takeaway owner... well not quite. Starring Kate Murphy, Forbes Masson, Freddie Boardley, Jake D'Arcy, Greg Hemphill, Lewis MacLeod and Carolyn Donnyman. |
| Eat This | 25.2.99 | A behind the scenes look at a successful cookery show, `Eaton Lunch', which is presented by Alastair Eaton. Starring Chris Barrie. |
| If Symptoms Persist | 4.3.99 | Jacob, a Jewish cancer consultant, approaching middle age, with no social life and living with his manipulative mother. Starring Gareth Marks, Sheila Steafel, Doon Mackichan and Dorian Lough. With Glen Davies, Charlotte Jones, Emma Kennedy, Anthony Dunn and Kacey Ainsworth. |
:: Series 3
Originally broadcast on a Thursday evening at 9.30pm.
| Title | Tx. Date | Details |
| My Mate Gwyn | 6.1.00 | By Keiron Self and Giles New. Justin used to think his life was pretty bad until Gwyn came along and made him realise that his problems were totally insignificant. After all, it is never good news when your best friend is an elf on the run from dark forces. Starring Desmond Barrit, Darren Boyd, Mina Anwar, Anna Wing, David Mitchell and Simon Greenall. |
| Hey Hey Were The Monks | 13.1.00 | By Dan Tetsell and Danny Robins. An abbey that is running out of monks advertises for new recruits, and a young man decides to swap the dole queue for holy orders. Staring Bill Bailey, Howard Lew Lewis, Paul Brooke, Graham Crowden, Hilda Braid and Catherine Tate. |
| Stone Angels | 20.1.00 | By Chris Reddy. Vent is settled in his life. He has just proposed to Rowena - a canine impressionist - so it is probably not the best time to have fallen for flakey clubber Chantay, especially as she cannot stand him. Starring Sally Phillips, Daniel Ryan, Dave Lamb, Emma Kennedy, Melissa Lloyd and Simon Greenall. |
| Ready, Steady, Sink! | 27.1.00 | By Jeremy Pascall. The crew on the rotting ship broadcasting Radio Splash - Britain's 11th most popular pirate radio station - miserably endure each other's foul personal habits and constant lack of essential supplies, while trying to be the hippest swashbucklers on the airwaves. Starring Mark Little as Aunty. |
| Head Over Heels | 3.2.00 | Dougie and Leana are a soccer star and a supermodel. They are young, rich and famous, and they have the world at their feet - but very little up top. Starring Daniela Denby-Ashe, John Pickard, Martin Trenaman, Chris Pavlo and Stefan Escreet. |
| Jason's Mum | 10.2.00 | By Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo. Joy was an ordinary single mum until her son's band had their No 1 hit. Now she is `Jason's mum'. It is her 40th birthday, but Jason's manager insists that he should go to dinner with a video producer rather than to her party. Starring Linda Robson and Jenny Eclair. |