Dead Ringers - Christmas Specials 2021 - Episode 2

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For the first time broadcast live, from the BBC Radio Theatre, London on Friday. This live show will feature Professor Sir Chris Whitty as you’ve never seen him before, Boris Johnson seeks the help of The Repair Shop, there's guidance on how to have fun without the office party and the epic quest to get a booster jab. With, Lewis Macleod, Jan Ravens, Debra Stephenson and Duncan Wisbey. Written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Sophie Dickson, Rob Darke, Cody Dahler and Rachel Ethorn. Producer: Bill Dare Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.4	Hello, yes, we are live and we are in front of a small but perfectly formed,
0:11.6	socially distance audience, all wearing masks. Hello!
0:19.6	Sadly, sadly, John Colcholk,
0:21.6	can't join us as he's had to self isolate,
0:23.8	but he's listening at home, cheers, John.
0:26.0	So, as I can't do Tom Baker, his thorough heard.
0:30.4	It's Dad Ringers!
0:33.0	APPLAUSE
0:53.8	People of Britain, this is your Prime Minister,
0:57.2	unless you're listening to the repeat.
0:59.8	I've seen the reports from North North,
1:02.2	Shropshire of Liberal Democrat winning by a massive margin,
1:05.8	a swing that if repeated at the next election
1:08.0	would mean my party's only hope of governing
1:10.2	would be to form a coalition with Count Binface.
1:15.6	If these reports are true, it's a defeat so crushing,
1:18.2	it means I finally have to face the consequences of a life lived,
1:21.6	thinking that rules don't apply to me,
1:23.4	which is why it's such a relief to tell you that the by-election never happened.
1:27.8	Huzzah!
1:30.2	And just as that lockdown-busting Christmas party didn't happen,
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