DMs Are Open

Comedy of the Week

BBC

Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The secret of the bees, an unusual secret Santa and the secret to a happy marriage all feature in this week’s show, written by the next generation of comedy writers.

DMs Are Open is back for a brand new series. Stevie Martin is your host and she’s brought together an incredible cast of comedy legends: Al Roberts, Charlotte Ritchie, Sunil Patel and Emily Lloyd-Saini.

Written by the public. This week it was written by:

Steve Blair Jo Bunting Caitriona Dowden Aruhan Galieva Ben Pope Vicky Richards Christina Riggs Pete Tellouche

Script Edited by Cameron Loxdale and Mike Shephard.

Producer: Georgia Keating Assistant Producer: Katie Baum Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls Recorded by David Thomas Sound Design by Charlie Brandon-King

Recorded at Up The Creek.

A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4. An EcoAudio certified production.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Did you know that you can listen to many of your favorite podcasts first on BBC Sounds?
0:06.9	Like Friday Night Comedy, where you can hear the latest episode seven days earlier,
0:11.0	and a week is an extremely long time in politics.
0:14.4	Good things come to those who don't wait.
0:17.4	Listen to your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds.
0:22.8	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:28.0	This is DMs are open, the open-door sketch show that anyone can submit to, showcasing the next generation of comedy writers.
0:35.2	I'm Stevie Martin, not that one, and I'm joined by our incredible cast,
0:39.4	Al Roberts, Charlotte Richie, Emily Lloyd-Samey and Sonnyl Patel. This episode's theme is Secret,
0:45.7	where we reveal the secret to happiness. Wait, what?
0:52.9	Okay, everybody, gather round.
0:54.6	It's time for Secret Santa.
0:56.2	Oh, Jenny, why don't you go first?
0:59.2	Okay.
1:00.5	Oh, God.
1:02.3	Oh, it's a mug with my face printed on it.
1:05.1	Dave, is that you?
1:06.2	I'll never tell.
1:07.3	Oh, God.
1:08.0	Okay, Dave, why don't you go next?
1:09.6	Yeah, go on, Dave.
1:10.5	I wonder if David will get a lovely free massage.
	...

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