The show initially broadcast Saturday afternoons during the third hour of "Definitely Not the Opera" starting in 2003. Early in 2004 it was given a slot of its own late Saturday mornings for a short series of nine shows, and in 2005 returned as a recurring comedy show broadcast as part of "DNTO". The show returned for another series in the summer of 2008, airing Friday nights and Saturday mornings. On December 31, 2008, "An Irrelevant New Year's" brought in the new year on Radio One with a full hour of sketches that didn't make it to air in the previous summer.