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22.09.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Catherine Bohart: TL;DR
The fifth of our satirical specials this summer. Columns. Analysis. The Guardian's Long Read. Who has time? Catherine Bohart, that's who, and she's going beyond the headlines to give you the lowdown on one of the biggest stories of the week, alongside journalist James Ball and roving correspondent Sunil Patel. Catherine has fast become one of the most sought-after comedians in the UK and Ireland. She co-hosted the BBC Sounds Podcast and Radio 4 show You’ll Do and has appeared on multiple radio s
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15.09.
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The United Nations of News
The fourth of our satirical specials this summer. Ria Lina heads up a crack team of international comics including: Daliso Chaponda, Heidi Regan, Urooj Ashfaq and Ignacio Lopez to discuss the big stories making the news at home and around the world. You'll get an outsider's view on the news affecting you and also a peek behind the headlines from our comedians' homelands. We show them ours and then they show us theirs. The United Nations of News: proof that comedy really is universal.
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08.09.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Dom Joly Breaks the News
The third of our satirical specials this summer. In a topical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines. As Dom attempts to get to the bottom of the biggest stories of the week, he challenges experts and makes calls to the wrong people about the wrong thing, often at the wrong time. Best known for Trigger Happy TV which reinvented the hidden camera format, Dom actually has a degr
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01.09.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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What Are You Talking About?
Hosted by Rhys James (Mock The Week, The Now Show), ‘What Are You Talking About?’ investigates the major issues of the week before solving them perfectly forever. Rhys will be joined by a gaggle of comedy’s fastest rising stars, including Alasdair Beckett-King and Celya AB, to look at the news and ask ‘Why?’, ‘How come?’ And ‘Why though?’
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25.08.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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The Newsmakers with Rachel Parris
The first of our satirical specials this summer. The Newsmakers is an interview show where host Rachel Parris will deliver her views on the week's news and then talk to the people at the centre of those stories, from journalists to MPs to yacht-attacking orcas - all of whom are fictional, and played by comedians. Presented by Rachel Parris Guests: Rosie Holt Sam Pamphilion Michael Spicer Bilal Zafar Nim Odedra Additional material: Gareth Gwynn & Robin Morgan Recorded and edited by David Thomas P
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18.08.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Dead Ringers - 21st July
The series finale featuring many talented voices.
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11.08.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Dead Ringers - 14th July
The penultimate episode of the current series.
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04.08.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Dead Ringers - 7th July
What did Humza Yousaf and King Charles really say to each other when they met in Edinburgh? What is Sir Kier Starmer’s secret plan for after the election, and who first coined the word Aardvark? Answers to these questions and so much more.
This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Joe Topping, Sophie Dickson, Sarah Campbell, Peter Tellouche, and Toussaint Douglass.
Produced and created by Bill Dare
Production Co
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31.07.
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Introducing six Summer Specials
Hear brand-new satire on the Friday Night Comedy podcast from BBC Radio 4 with six Summer Specials. Including Rachel Parris, Dom Joly, Catherine Bohart, Rhys James, Ria Lina and Andrew Hunter Murray. If you're in the UK you can listen to latest episode first on BBC Sounds before anywhere else.
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28.07.
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Dead Ringers - 30th June
The series continues with this week's impressionists.