Best Scripted Comedy Podcasts

Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth. His only company on board the station are stern mission chief Minkowski, insane science officer Hilbert, and Hephaestus Station's sentient, often malfunctioning operating system Hera. He doesn't have much to do for his job other than monitoring static and intercepting the occasional decades-old radio broadcast from Earth, so he spends most of his time creating extensive audio logs about the ordinary, day-to-day happenings within the station. But the Hephaestus is an odd place, and life in extremely isolated, zero gravity conditions has a way of doing funny things to people's minds. Even the simplest of tasks can turn into a gargantuan struggle, and the most ordinary-seeming things have a way of turning into anything but that. Wolf 359 is a radio drama in the tradition of Golden Age of Radio shows. Take one part space-faring adventure, add one part character drama, and mix in one part absurdist sitcom, and you get Wolf 359.

It's Spring 2142 (a Tuesday), and Gated Galaxies has launched its 400 Oz-8000 ships, each carrying 50,000 "resting guests" to, hopefully, a new home on a shiny, brand-new planet. Except this whole "terraform and take over" idea isn't actually the plan; the real plan is far more nefarious and involves a great deal of cackling. But those aboard the ships don't know that, so off they toodle (those that make it out of Earth's atmosphere, at least), all shiny and optimistic. This is the story of one of those ships – the Oz 9 – and its tiny crew of hopeless incompetents. So far, they've been in space half an hour and several hundred people are dead. So... bright future, clearly.

The number one podcast for those involved or just interested in the production of beef animals and dairy herds. A comedy podcast by Benjamin Partridge.

It's the radio show that's great at being, well... shit. Culture My Arts is a satirical comedy fiction podcast spoofing live radio whilst taking the piss out of TV, film, music, literature, current affairs and much more. This is fake news from another dimension.@culturemyarts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & YouTube.

Best Comedy & Best Sport finalist at the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 | The funniest ride in wrestling follows the adventures of the Ginger Ninja and his manager Damo, telling tales from the turnbuckle that span an unrivalled 35-year career in the Pub Wrestling Federation. Starring Ant McGinley and Damien St John. See our new fight-based gameshow Chortle Combat LIVE in London on October 20th! As seen at Edinburgh Fringe & Leicester Comedy Festival. Book now. Enjoy ad-free listening on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A comedy about an interracial and international romance between a Filipina American gal and an Irish guy and the culture clash that happens as a result.

Surreal Humour from Sam Langley. If you like your Absurdist Comedy served piping cold by a tired, dishevelled English man then look no further.'It's really weird' says made up woman to made up man and he says 'Yes it's a bit like Tim and Eric on acid or Vic and Bob on acid or The Mighty Boosh on Acid or I think you should leave with Tim Robinson on acid'.