Bigipedia - Radio 4 Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Creator
Stars
Nick Doody, Ewan Bailey, Sam Battersea, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Neil Edmond, Pippa Evans, Lewis Macleod, Martha Howe-Douglas and Jess Robinson
Writers
Nick Doody, Matt Kirshen, Sarah Morgan and Carey Marx
Director
Producer
Company
Bigipedia is an all-round 360-degree information knowledge article-based conglomerate portal. This Radio 4 show takes a plunge into its world: mocking online communications, internet drivel, pop-ups, PC disasters, online mash ups, mobiles, search boxes, automated reply systems and other aspects of contemporary life online.
Inspired by Wikipedia, Bigipedia is Radio 4's The Sunday Format for the online age. It features multiple-overlapping voices to create information "pages", service announcements, discussion forums and endless bloody upgrade notices.
Described as "a malevolent mix between Google, Microsoft and Wikipedia taking over Radio 4 for half an hour," Bigipedia is now fully updated and corrected for version 2.0.
As of 2012, a script has been commissioned to test the idea of transferring the show to TV. The project is titled OMFG!
Additional details
Tagline
Welcome to Bigipedia - written by you, for you, for free, for money, for us.
Production
Studio
Website links
- Bigipedia Online
The real online Bigipedia, in all its glory. - Pozzitive.co.uk
Details about the show from the production company that makes the series. - @Bigipedia
- YouTube
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Thursday 23rd July 2009 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
- Tuesday 22nd September 2015 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 4
- Tuesday 15th September 2015 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 3
- Tuesday 8th September 2015 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 2, Episode 2