California's Burning
The Bugle
The Bugle
4.8 • 6.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2007
⏱️ 24 minutes
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The third ever episode of The Bugle! Written and presented by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver, featuring the audio cryptic crossword.
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| 0:00.0 | The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual world. |
| 0:16.4 | Welcome to issue 3 of the Bugle, the 29th of October 2007, or if you don't listen to it |
| 0:24.8 | on the first day it's available, maybe the 30th of October. |
| 0:28.6 | So welcome to the show, I'm Andy Zoltzman here in London, and in New York, hello John Oliver. |
| 0:34.3 | Hello Andy, USA, USA. |
| 0:37.6 | USA of course, currently on fire, UK, not on fire. |
| 0:41.7 | One nil to the USA. |
| 0:43.4 | Coming up on today's Bugle, fire, fire. |
| 0:47.3 | Good and bad news coming out of America this week, depending on what your interests are. |
| 0:51.0 | Good news if you're a fan of fires, bad news if you're a fan of Southern California. |
| 0:56.0 | And in sport, England win the 2007 Rugby World Cup after a steward's inquiry. |
| 1:02.7 | That is now official, we are still World Cup champions, as always some sections, as with |
| 1:07.7 | any newspaper go straight in the bin. |
| 1:09.6 | This week the business section is going in the bin with its lead story that BP has received |
| 1:13.5 | a $300 million fine for price fixing, but they have promised they will pass it on to |
| 1:19.5 | their loyal customers, so don't worry on their behalf. |
| 1:23.2 | The motoring section, I'm afraid, that's straight in the bin, including the review of |
| 1:26.7 | the new Altebelly County, the first car to be fitted with a cliff sensor to stop you |
| 1:31.2 | driving off cliffs. |
| 1:33.0 | Also has a replay screen on the roof, so you can watch back any particularly outstanding |
| 1:36.6 | pieces of parking. |
| 1:38.2 | Also in the bin is the motoring sections, how to drive like a tit guide, 24 pages, that |
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