Dead Ringers - 22nd December

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Topical satire, featuring all the people you’d least like to have Christmas dinner with.

There are debut appearances from Baroness Mone, Katherine Jenkins and the new Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa.

Sunak and King Charles give their end of year speeches, and there is a surprise guest on Naked Attraction.

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Rachel E Thorn, Joe Topping, Alex Bertullis-Fernandes and Chris Donovan.

Performed by Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey.

Produced and created by Bill Dare

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

An EcoAudio certified production

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. said, ring up. Dead Ringers!
0:55.0	us!
0:56.0	You're listening to you today with Nick Robinson and Martha Carney as is the
1:06.6	season of joy merriment and festive fun we on today are devoting most of the
1:11.3	program to the subjects of death assisted dying and palliative care.
1:17.0	The headlines.
1:18.0	Britain is in the grip of pre-Christmas travel chaos.
1:22.0	Some truly horrendous car crashes have happened already.
1:25.2	Three on the M1, two on the M25 and a really massive one on Sunday with Laura Coonsburg.
1:30.8	Yes, Michelle Moan and her husband gave Coonsburg an exclusive interview.
1:37.8	You came away unimpressed, didn't you, Laura?
1:40.3	Oh, indeed, Nick, their story had more holes in it than the dodgy PPE gowns they flogged to the NHS.
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