The Divine Comedy has been played on NTS in shows including Sarah Bennetto's Mixtape, featured first on 17 August 2019. Songs played include Songs Of Love, Our Mutual Friend and Time To Pretend.

The Divine Comedy is a baroque pop band now based in Dublin, Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon.

Neil Hannon, Originally from Derry, has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success though. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop…