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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Dead Ringers - 15th December

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.213.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Topical comedy as everyone's favourite impressions show returns... with a festive twist.

This episode features the Rwanda migrant crisis, Tory factionalism, Sir Kier Starmer’s latest policy and troubling times for The Wombles.

This week's impressionists are Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey.

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Peter Tellouche, , Sophie Dickson, Rachel E Thorn and Jo Topping.

Sound Design for the series by Rich Evans

Produced and created by Bill Dare.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and maybe it's when I had a hand in.

0:04.0

I'm Tammy Walker and I produce podcasts with a BBC.

0:07.4

My role is to give new and diverse creators a voice with the opportunity to build a career.

0:12.1

That's the thing I love about Podcast.

0:14.0

You start with just a good idea.

0:16.0

But then you have the space to see where it goes.

0:18.0

And doing that at the BBC means we can really run with the best stories

0:21.0

while developing the most unique audio talent.

0:24.0

So if you like what you hear, why not check out the huge range of

0:27.2

podcast we've got on BBC Sounds.

0:30.3

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:34.0

Welcome to the repair shop.

0:38.0

You don't cry about real things in your life, but watching an old man receive a repainted teapot makes you sob.

0:49.0

What's wrong with you? Get a grip!

0:52.0

Let's see how J-Blades is getting... What's wrong with you? Get a grip?

0:57.0

Let's see how Jay Blades is getting on with today's first visitor. Okay, nice one. Watch, okay, so what you brought in Presier then?

1:00.0

Actually, it's this damn mobile phone.

1:04.0

I teach you what, I really want to get it fixed so I can prove I have nothing bloody dodgy to hide but it's hopeless

1:15.5

we'll never get those 5,000 messages back oh well you tried your best

1:19.8

thanks bye.

1:21.8

Hang on hang on hang on hang, hang on, hang on, hang on.

1:24.4

Usually we only deal with antiques.

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