Page 94, the Private Eye podcast.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Page 94.

My name is Andrew Hunter Murray and an a special welcome

because it's the super exciting Christmassy end of year.

Private Eye live at the National Theatre show.

Recorded live here at the National Theatre.

It is a brilliant whistle-stop tour of the year's news.

All expressed in the pages of the Private Eye annual,

available Olga Bookshops, and it's about to begin.

So without further ado, over to the magazine's editor, Ian Hizlok.

APPLAUSE

Good evening. Thank you very, very much indeed.

I can't tell you how pleased we are to be back here

at the National doing this show again,

which we haven't done since 2019,

due to some problems that many of you will have appreciated.

No, we couldn't do it because of Covid,

and eventually now we can do it,

because everything's back to normal and the country's running fine.

APPLAUSE

It's been an extraordinary year,

and Private Eye has covered it in the pages of the magazine,

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