Marcus Brigstocke is returning to BBC Radio 4 with a new series of The Brig Society, mixing stand-up, sketches and an attempt to improve the world.

Each week, Brigstocke is in charge of a big thing - the Foreign Office, football, Facebook - and attempts to make it run smoothly. He starts out by thinking "Well, it can't be that difficult, surely?" and ends up with "Oh - it's utterly difficult and I've made a complete fist of it." 

Brigstocke has become a Radio 4 regular in recent years. He has been on The Now Show, in The Museum of Everything and sent up gap year fools in Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off.

The new series of The Brig Society is being recorded in London in May, June & July. If you would like to apply for free tickets to be in the audience here are the details:

Date: Saturday 16 May 
Venue: The Shaw Theatre, London
Doors open: 7.15pm 

Dates: Saturday 13 June and Sunday 5 July
Venue: RADA Studios, London
Doors open: 7.15pm 

Apply for tickets at bbc.co.uk/tickets.