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Look Away Now is a BBC Radio 4 sports-based comedy series presented by Garry Richardson (the Today programme's sports reporter). The programme takes the form of a sports news programme and mocks many aspects of such programmes. The cast also includes Laurence Howarth, Katherine Jakeways, Dave Lamb, Richie Webb and Mark Evans. Most of the show is composed of "interviews" with important sporting figures and satire based on sporting news. There is also a sport related song performed by Richie Webb. Other regular sketches include a panel of ex-professional footballers watching various non sport related programmes on TV monitors and the "Rant-line" which is supposedly open to the public to complain about sport but in fact is mainly filled with messages from people interviewed on the programme.

There have been three series to date, aired in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The first two series consisted of six episodes whilst the third series ran for a shorter period with only three episodes. There was also a 2007 Christmas special.

The third series differed to the previous with the usual panel of ex-professional footballers being replaced with a team of former cricketers commenting on live events such as a barbecue and wedding. Also, every episode featured an "interview" with Kevin Pietersen.

The fourth series started on Thursday 10th June at 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM. It appears that this series will also consist of three episodes with the focus likely to be strongly orientated towards the world cup.

The title music is a sample from The Fall's "Theme from Sparta F.C.".

Episode list

Series 1

Episode	Original Airdate	On the TV Monitors
1	12 April 2007	Films
2	19 April 2007	Films
3	26 April 2007	Films
4	3 May 2007	Cartoons
5	10 May 2007	Quiz Shows
6	17 May 2007	Sitcoms

Series 2

Episode	Original Airdate	On the TV Monitors
1	2 April 2008	Detective Shows
2	9 April 2008	Science Fiction Shows
3	16 April 2008	The Bible
4	23 April 2008	Fairy Tales
5	30 April 2008	The Plays of William Shakespeare
6	7 May 2008	Popular Music

Series 3

Episode	Original Airdate	Live Event
1	1st July 2009	Wedding
2	8 July 2009	Barbecue
3	15 July 2009	Child's birthday party

Series 4

Episode	Original Airdate	On the TV Monitors
1	10th June 2010	Radio 4 Shows on iPlayer
2	17th June 2010	Wars
3	24th June 2010	TBA

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-'''''Look Away Now''''' is a [[BBC Radio 4]] sports-based comedy series presented by Garry Richardson (the [[Today programme]]'s sports reporter). The programme takes the form of a sports news program and mocks many aspects of such programs. The cast also includes [[Laurence Howarth]], [[Katherine Jakeways]], [[Dave Lamb]], [[Richie Webb]] and [[Mark Evans (comedian/writer)|Mark Evans]]. Most of the show is composed of "interviews" with important sporting figures and satire based on sporting news. There is also a sport related song performed by Richie Webb. Other regular sketches include a panel of ex-professional footballers watching various non sport related programs on TV monitors and the "Rant-line" which is supposedly open to the public to complain about sport but in fact is mainly filled with messages from people interviewed on the program.
+'''''Look Away Now''''' is a [[BBC Radio 4]] sports-based comedy series presented by Garry Richardson (the [[Today programme]]'s sports reporter). The programme takes the form of a sports news programme and mocks many aspects of such programmes. The cast also includes [[Laurence Howarth]], [[Katherine Jakeways]], [[Dave Lamb]], [[Richie Webb]] and [[Mark Evans (comedian/writer)|Mark Evans]]. Most of the show is composed of "interviews" with important sporting figures and satire based on sporting news. There is also a sport related song performed by Richie Webb. Other regular sketches include a panel of ex-professional footballers watching various non sport related programmes on TV monitors and the "Rant-line" which is supposedly open to the public to complain about sport but in fact is mainly filled with messages from people interviewed on the programme.
 There have been three series to date, aired in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The first two series consisted of six episodes whilst the third series ran for a shorter period with only three episodes. There was also a 2007 Christmas special.
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 The third series differed to the previous with the usual panel of ex-professional footballers being replaced with a team of former [[cricketers]] commenting on live events such as a [[barbecue]] and [[wedding]]. Also, every episode featured an "interview" with [[Kevin Pietersen]].
-The fourth series will start on Thursday 10th June at 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM. It appears that this series will also consist of three episodes with the focus likely to be strongly orientated towards the world cup.
+The fourth series started on Thursday 10th June at 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM. It appears that this series will also consist of three episodes with the focus likely to be strongly orientated towards the world cup.
 The title music is a sample from [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]'s "Theme from Sparta F.C.".