Sci Fi comedy on Radio 4 before Quanderhorn (probably Nebulous)

[tombow]

in summer 2015 I listened to a sci fi comedy programme on lunchtimes on Radio 4, but I forgot the name. Google suggests it might be Nebulous, but that programme’s wiki page says it was only repeated on 4-extra, and I didn’t have a digital radio then. I’m going to listen to some Nebulous eps to see if I recognise it, but I can’t seem to find other possibilities for what it could have been. It was about a team jumping around time and universes.

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[Rudolph]

Could it be the Hugh Bonneville sitcom Married? He plays a bachelor who wakes up in a different dimension where he’s married with children. The last couple of series involves all sorts of dimension jumping shenanigans.

[tombow]

It was definitely about a team of some kind – I remember something about them seeing dinosaurs attack Big Ben, or maybe they escape from dinosaur times to Big Ben. Thanks I’ll check married.

[Flap Jack]

Are you totally sure you’re not thinking of Quanderhorn itself? The first episode literally opens with a monster scaling Big Ben.

[tombow]

In that case I probably am getting mixed up with QHorn, but I remember QHorn reminding me of this other show. Which was definitely on weekday lunchtimes around summer 2015 as I remember listening to it on the train to work that year. I think it must have been Nebulous tbh.

[Rudolph]

If it involved lines like “I shall not clown, I shall not clown!” and “unlike you, Professor, I no longer have the luxury of…”, then it probably is Nebulous you’re thinking of.

[Frank Smeghammer]

[Ridley]

Are you not having Series VIII flashbacks? That has a dinosaur, professor and team of some kind.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

Could be Jurassic Park

[Future Producer of Series IX – aaaaany day now]

Either time Doctor Who had dinosaurs? Ace called him Professor so it kind of counts.

[Rudolph]

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