Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 3. What's with all the riotous goings-on?

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

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 this week, with our usual nerd sidekick, guest expert and roving comedian correspondent.

This week: What's with all the riotous goings-on?

Writer Tom Neenan explores what's been happening on the streets, Professor Anand Menon explains how this fits into the context of the rise of the far right across Europe and Zoe Lyons wonders why British fascists don't seem to scrub up quite as well as their continental equivalents...

Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Sarah Campbell, Georgie Flinn, Ellen Robertson and Pravanya Pillay.

Produced by Lyndsay Fenner & Ben Walker

Recorded and Edited by David Thomas

Production Coordinator - Beverly Tagg & Elise Bramich

A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to tell you about something else you might enjoy.
0:05.0	My name is Allison Hindle and I commission audio drama and fiction for the BBC.
0:10.0	It's a great privilege because I get to unearth stories people love.
0:13.7	You should see the books and scripts covering my floor,
0:16.5	from new talent and established writers as well as classics.
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0:42.0	Welcome to TLDR, Too Long Didn't Read. Music Radio Podcasts.
0:42.5	Welcome to TLDR, too long didn't read.
0:44.8	The news for people who've only got time to skim the headlines,
0:47.7	but have also somehow found time to watch enough gymnastics
0:50.1	that they feel qualified to shout,
0:51.4	in no way was that a 13.8?
0:54.8	I'm Catherine Beoharthen, don't worry,
0:56.4	we can nail the landing of the Museum of Comedy which is like the
1:08.8	British Museum but for laughing instead of looting. The news moves so quickly now and I wish there was another way.
1:16.7	The dream is Naga Monchetti taking me by the hand and saying walk with me we don't
1:20.4	have much time. The stock market was down, now it's up, ballet flats are back in and brat somewhere is already dead.
1:26.0	Then she strokes my face and the rest of the dream is private.
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