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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Catherine Bohart: TL;DR

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.213.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

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 shows including The Now Show, The News Quiz, Museum of Curiosity and A Good Read. The past twelve months have seen her record her debut special for Amazon Prime Video. She has also made multiple appearances on shows such Mock The Week, Late Night Mash and The News Quiz. Catherine’s other broadcasting credits include Sky1’s A League Of Their Own, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Comedy Central UK’s Roast Battle, ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show, Dave’s Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier and BBC2’s Richard Osman’s House Of Games. She was also a regular correspondent on BBC2’s The Mash Report and has written material for BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2). Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Sarah Campbell, Emma Nagouse and Pravanya Pillay. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:07.0

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:15.0

Welcome to TLDR!

0:17.0

Too long didn't read the news for people who read the headline

0:20.0

got upset, opened a bottle of wine and fell asleep.

0:23.0

I'm Catherine Bowhart, you or me, I am you!

0:26.0

Wakey, wakey, sweet one, don't worry.

0:28.0

We've got your back, we'll fill you in.

0:32.0

This show is a place where we will delve into a big story of the week.

0:35.0

That's right, one story of the week.

0:37.0

We are not afraid of commitment here, we are going deep, not wide.

0:43.0

And with each story, I will be asking how we got here

0:45.0

and you'll leave with a greater understanding

0:47.0

than you had before in a couple of interesting things

0:49.0

to say if asked your opinion.

0:51.0

I love a story, I love gossip, I love people,

0:54.0

and I'm a curious person.

0:55.0

Yes, I said curious when I meant nosy.

0:57.0

We're not going to worry about it.

0:59.0

The problem is, I have no idea how people are keeping on top of all the news.

1:02.0

When are you all watching below deck?

1:06.0

And now I say a lot of news, is kind of boring.

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