Time of the Week
Comedy of the Week
BBC
3.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Chloe Slack presents an Anniversary Special celebrating 81 years of Time Of The Week alongside former host Ruth Paul (special guest Ellie White). Plus: items on Tall Sons, viral dances and we answer the question ‘Do women feel storms more than men?’
Sian Clifford stars as self-important journalist Chloe Slack in this comedy series parodying women’s current affairs and talk shows, surrounded by an ensemble cast of character comedians.
Chloe Slack - Sian Clifford Ruth Paul - Ellie White
Ensemble cast: Ada Player Alice Cockayne Aruhan Galieva Ayoade Bamgboye Caroline Elms Em Prendergast Jodie Mitchell Jonathan Oldfield Lorna Rose Treen Mofé Akàndé
Created by Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield
Writing team: Alice Cockayne Jodie Mitchell Jonathan Oldfield Lorna Rose Treen Priya Hall Will Hughes
Script Editors - Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield Photographer - Will Hearle Producer - Ben Walker
A DLT Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.2 | Music, radio, podcasts |
| 0:04.5 | And BBC Sounds |
| 0:08.7 | Football from Five Live |
| 0:10.9 | Join the Five Live sport team |
| 0:15.2 | for exclusive commentaries |
| 0:16.8 | from the Premier League, |
| 0:17.9 | FA Cup and Champions League |
| 0:19.5 | Chance to shoot! |
| 0:21.0 | And stay on top of everything football every day |
| 0:26.1 | with the Football Daily podcast. |
| 0:28.0 | I think you've got to earn the right to play the way that you want to play. |
| 0:31.5 | Football from 5 Live. |
| 0:33.7 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.6 | Women. |
| 0:37.2 | Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. Women. |
| 0:44.3 | This is time of the week. I'm your host, Chloe Slack. Happy 81st birthday. No, not to me. I have no idea how old I am. |
| 0:56.4 | Like all good women, I burnt my birth certificate when I turned 23. |
| 1:00.1 | But happy birthday to Time of the Week. |
| 1:03.6 | That's right, 81 years old. |
| 1:06.1 | Time of the week is officially the same age as the calculator, the IMF and the London Borough of Bromley. |
| 1:12.2 | We missed the 80th anniversary last year, we forgot it. |
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