COMPETITION

Here's your chance to win three new BBC Comedy audiobooks (Just a Classic Minute - Volume 5, Concrete Cow - The Complete First Series and The Navy Lark - Series 4 - Volume 2), courtesy of BBC Audiobooks!

BBC COMEDY

JUST A CLASSIC MINUTE - VOLUME 5

Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton introduce four classic archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game.

Just as uproariously funny – and terrifically popular – today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1967, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation.

Its mix of irreverent fun and ferocious competition has always attracted stellar names from the world of comedy and theatre, all of whom pit their wits – and their wit – against regular players including Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Clement Freud and Peter Jones. Guests include Paul Merton, Barry Cryer, Libby Purves, Miles Kington and Maureen Lipman.

Each episode is preceded by extracts from a fascinating conversation between Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton, in which they good-humouredly reflect upon the enormous appeal of the game, the various techniques for playing it, the numerous guest players who have take part over the years, and their favourite moments in these particular instalments.

CONCRETE COW - THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES

Robert Webb and Olivia Colman co-star in the first series of the BBC Radio 4 sketch show.

Welcome to the surreal, silly and ingenious comedy sketch show that features one half of Mitchell & Webb and Olivia Colman from Peep Show, with Sally Hawkins, Steven Kynman and Chris Pavlo.

Highlights include Narnia being vandalised by two kids from Peckham, Mr Punch’s parole board, Thomas Hardy’s agent, temping for NASA, Batman’s schedule and the theft of Hitler’s jewels.

There’s also the real reason why Columbus sailed round the world, email problems in Ancient Rome and Lesser Known Novels (The First of the Mohicans), plus a taste of Radio 4’s popular (and wonderfully dull) anecdote show, Give Me Strength...

THE NAVY LARK - SERIES FOUR - VOLUME 2

Contains eleven episodes of The Navy Lark Series Four, the majority previously unreleased.

• Plus Calling the Antarctic – an Overseas Service Broadcast from December 1962

• Classic BBC radio comedy starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee, Stephen Murray, Ronnie Barker and Tenniel Evans

• 6 CDs in individual sleeves

• Sixteen-page booklet contains a detailed history of the programme’s development, cast biographies, an episode guide and Radio Times clippings.

BBC Audiobooks are available from all good bookshops, online at www.bbcshop.com or by BBC Audiobooks direct mail on 0800 136 919. Also available to purchase as download from digital retailers such as http://www.Spokennetwork.co.uk, Audioville.co.uk, 7Digital.com, Tunetribe.com and Audible.co.uk.

To enter the competition click on the following link to send an email, with the answer to this relatively easy question, to competitions@zetaminor.com.

Note that only emails with the subject line...

ZM Competition - BBC Comedy July 2008

will be eligible!

The usual competition rules apply. 

This competition closes on the 20th of July 2008.