Meet David Sedaris
Meet David Sedaris is a BBC Radio 4 radio programme featuring American humorist David Sedaris reading new and previously collected stories live before an audience. There have been 10 series, plus a Christmas special, with the first series broadcast in April 2010.
Each episode runs for 28 minutes, with some episodes including questions from the audience or diary extracts to fill time. Series 8 was recorded at Sedaris's home in Rackham, West Sussex due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Repeats have also aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Episodes cover a variety of Sedaris’s well-known essays, stories and previously unreleased material.
Episodes
Series 7 (2019)
Series 8 (2021)
Each episode in Series 8 was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. While all stories were recorded in the nook above Sedaris's home office, each episode was introduced from a different location in his house. As Sedaris explained: "Usually we make these shows for the BBC accompanied by 300 or so people at a theatre in London. Things have been unusual this year, though. So we're reduced to working from my home. We recorded all the actual stories in the little nook above my office, but Steve thought it would be nice to introduce each episode from a different room in my house. To make you feel at home in my home."| Episode | Title | Contents | Notes |
| 1 | Instalment 1 | Recipe for Disaster, Nailed, Must Everything Go? | Introduced from the living room |
| 2 | Instalment 2 | Unbuttoned | Introduced from the garden |
| 3 | Instalment 3 | Highfalutin' | Introduced from the roadside |
| 4 | Instalment 4 | Hurricane Season | Introduced from the garden shed |
| 5 | Instalment 5 | Don't Think About Sex Robots, Haven't We Met?, On Hoarding, Goldenheart | Introduced from the kitchen |
| 6 | Instalment 6 | Travels With Patsy | Introduced from the office |
Series 9 (2023)
Series 9 was recorded live at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill, London. The programme featured Sedaris reading essays and selections from his diary before an audience, continuing the format used since the show’s inception.| Episode | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | Happy Go Lucky | 19 June 2023 |
| 2 | Fresh Caught Haddock | 26 June 2023 |
| 3 | Pussytoes | 3 July 2023 |
| 4 | Eat the Rich! | 10 July 2023 |
| 5 | My Corona / A Better Place | 17 July 2023 |
| 6 | Sweet Land of Liberty | 24 July 2023 |
Series 10 (2025)
Series 10 was recorded at The Shaw Theatre in London. It marked a return to larger in-person venues, with Sedaris performing new stories and extracts to a live audience.| Episode | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | The Hem of His Garment | 1 April 2025 |
| 2 | Love on the Spectrum | 8 April 2025 |
| 3 | Goodyear | 15 April 2025 |
| 4 | Trophy Room | 22 April 2025 |
| 5 | Small Talk / Good Grief | 29 April 2025 |
| 6 | Friends / Leprechaun | 6 May 2025 |