Brian & Roger

Comedy of the Week

BBC

Comedy

3.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This is episode 1 of the latest series of Brian & Roger, titled Carla.

There’s not much that could quell Roger’s positive mood; he’s got a plan for a very special bonding activity with his teenage son Jamie and Brian may be able to help. There’s romance on the cards too but he'll need some dating advice...

Brian & Roger are friends that met at a support group for divorced men. Both are starting again, both are finding it hard. One of them is nice.

To hear more episodes from this series, search "Brian and Roger" on BBC Sounds.

Written and performed by Harry Peacock and Dan Skinner. Produced by Joel Morris and Sally Harrison. Music by Bach, arranged by Hywel Davies. Hywel Davies (piano), Luke Belcher (bass), Tilly Tremayne (vocals).

Executive Producer: Johnny Vegas A Woolyback production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.1	Can I just say?
0:07.6	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:10.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
0:11.7	So nice.
0:12.5	There are loads more like it on BBC Sounds.
0:14.8	Different paces, different heights, the roof is buckling.
0:17.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:20.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:21.6	Oh!
0:22.7	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:27.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:31.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:32.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:35.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.8	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:46.6	Brian and Roger are friends.
0:49.4	They met at a support group for divorced men.
0:52.2	Roger was genuinely grieving the loss of his marriage. Brian was
0:56.1	attending on the advice of his solicitor to avoid paying alimony. Both are starting again. Both are
1:03.2	finding it hard. One of them is nice. Hello Brian, it's Roger here. I hope you're okay, mate. I haven't spoken in a little while.
1:14.4	I'm okay. Just a bit of a difficult time of year, you know, anniversary of the divorce.
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