Bearded Ladies was a radio programme that was originally aired on BBC Radio 4 between 2003 and 2007. There are currently 22 half-hour episodes; although the last 6, aired in 2007, do have a loose narrative structure holding the individual sketches together, it is essentially a sketch-driven comedy programme. It stars Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling, Charlotte MacDougall, and Susie Donkin.
<blockquote>"This sub-Smack the Pony all-female comedy troupe set back feminism some 30 years...The Bearded Ladies couldn't raise a laugh with a syringe full of adrenaline and those defibrillator things they use in ER. Have Radio 4 comedy commissioner Caroline Raphael's ears fallen off?" - Gareth McLean, The Guardian</blockquote>