Predicated on his Perrier-nominated Edinburgh hit show of 2004, Chris Addison’s Civilization is certainly a comedy lecture series for Radio 4. It nicely follows on from Chris’s initial Radio 4 series, The Ape That Got Lucky. Western Civilization, like many very old things, is usually pretty much on its last hip and legs. And if Western Civilization as we know it really is dying eventually, we will need to build ourselves a new one. And exactly how are we likely to do that, then? Chris Addison’s Civilization explores just what we have to create a fresh, shinier, betterer civilisation (apart from planning authorization – that’s apparent). Accompanying Chris on his journey is noted professional and renowned polymath Professor Austin Herring (Geoff McGivern). Dan Tetsell and Jo Enright are also on hand to illustrate the jokes, stories, wild conjecturing, half-truths and even facts that make up the lectures.