The Sunday Format

The Sunday Format is a British satirical radio comedy programme, parodying British Sunday newspapers, and in particular their lifestyle and celebrity supplements. The programme consists of a series of short sketches that dramatise the articles in the eponymous newspaper, with the cast assuming the characters of the journalists or columnists. Sketches are broken up, and often use backing music which also stops and starts along with the reading of the column as the notional reader's eye wanders across the page when an article loses their interest. Articles typically hover just above fractional interest also include exotically unrelatable, earnestly spun-out mundanities and wordplay to effectively mock the prolix poorly edited writing style of such publications.