Genre Comedy talk show Country United Kingdom Air dates since 31 December 2003 Number of episodes 59 | Running time 30 minutes Created by David Baddiel Language English Home station BBC Radio 4 | |
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Starring David Baddiel (series 1–4)
Victoria Coren (series 5–) Similar The 99p Challenge, Lionel Nimrod's Inexplica, Kombat Opera Presents, Attention Scum, Fist of Fun | ||
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Heresy is a comedy talk show on BBC Radio 4, created and originally hosted by David Baddiel, now hosted by Victoria Coren. In the show, the presenter and a panel of guests commit "heresy" by challenging people's most deeply received opinions on a subject, in front of a studio audience.
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For example, received wisdom is that New Labour is all about spin, so the panel will try to argue that New Labour is not all about spin, and the guests have to try to make the audience change their minds.
Other assumptions challenged have included, "We should never negotiate with terrorists", "Television is dumbing down" and "We are on the brink of an environmental catastrophe".
The pilot and first series had four guests on each episode, but this has since been reduced to three.
In the fifth series, Baddiel handed over the host's chair to Coren, although he appeared on the first show as a guest, where he made jokes referring to his previous time in the chair.