Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 2. A Very Kemi Christmas and a Lammy New Year

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Dead Ringers team are back to train their festive firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.

This week: Scrooge is visited by the ghost of a Money Saving Expert, and The Grinch more than meets his match.

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

The episode was written by: Nev Fountain and Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Tom Coles, Sarah Campbell, Sophie Dickson, Peter Tellouche, Jon Holmes, Rachel E Thorn, JoJo Maberly and Cooper, Mawhinny & Sweryt

Created by Bill Dare Producer: Jon Holmes Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Ellis, our podcast is over 500 episodes old.
0:10.0	But what have we learnt?
0:11.0	Ellis James and John Robbins.
0:13.0	I've learnt that when you're doing live radio, if somebody texts in in block capitals, it's very really a good sign.
0:18.0	We've had a confused text and it says, I want to listen to this rubbish.
0:22.0	I learned that if you lose to lose Sanders in a board game
0:24.9	and don't mention her on the show,
0:26.3	you are going to get an unexpected call.
0:28.4	Oh, dear, oh dear.
0:31.1	Ellis James and John Robbins, 500 not out.
0:34.1	Lovely stuff.
0:35.5	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:38.4	It's Christmas, and it's the Grinch is time to shine.
0:42.9	I'll make a miserable Christmas very much mine.
0:46.8	Our Prince ever stocking.
0:48.9	It's drinket.
0:50.0	It's treating.
0:51.0	I'll cancel all cheer from my cold, joyless seat.
0:56.9	The cringe is depressing, wretched and vicious, determined to ruin everyone's Christmas.
1:03.2	But wait, what's this?
1:06.4	I've crept into town to wreck everyone's day.
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