The transmission dates have been confirmed for comedian Mae Martin's new radio series.

Mae Martin’s Guide To 21st Century Addiction will air on Radio 4 on November 1 and 8 at 11.30am. 

In the series, which expands on her latest Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated stage show Dope, she explores how we as a society think about addiction, and on a personal level tries to understand who she is, now she is no longer addicted to anything.

The programmes follow Mae chronologically through a lifetime of obsessive behaviour and addiction.

Episode one asks what makes a habit an addiction? As a young child, Mae may not have been addicted yet, but she was certainly obsessed. She's never just liked things, she's always loved them. Mae is finally drawing connections between her obsessive, all-consuming patterns of behaviour, and examining why they might occur.

Written by and starring Mae Martin, with guests Dr Gabor Mate and Carolyn Taylor.

Martin is also currently working on a TV sitcom pilot loosely based on her life.