Dead Ringers: Ep 6. Super-injunctions, Superheroes, and, er, Diane Abbott.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

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

This week: Super-injunctions, superheroes, Epstein files and, er, Diane Abbott.

Cast: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod, Jess Robinson, Duncan Wisbey.

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Rob Darke, Tom Coles, Toussaint Douglass, Sophie Dickson, Joe Topping, Jon Holmes, Lizzy Mansfield, Rachel E, Thorn, Davina Bentley, Alice Bright, Phoebe Butler, Declan Kennedy

Created by Bill Dare Producer: Jon Holmes Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's not funny, it's true.
0:05.2	Lily Allen and Makita Oliver.
0:07.8	Um, Keats, I've got some questions for you on BBC Sounds.
0:11.4	Tell me what you've enjoyed about our podcast so far.
0:13.8	I like that you've got more and more comfortable in this space and I've watched you show all parts of yourself.
0:19.5	We've both cried.
0:20.7	Miss me with Lily Allen and Makita Oliver.
0:23.6	We're just us having a shot.
0:25.2	Feels like we've been doing it forever.
0:27.3	We kind of have.
0:30.0	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:33.9	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:40.3	This is Times Radio, I'm Andrew Neal.
0:45.9	The last strawberry in the bottom of the tree that tastes a bit funny.
0:51.5	This morning, I'm joined by Diane Abbott.
1:00.0	Andrew, hello. Your levity is noted and will be acted upon.
1:10.0	Well, Diane, you've been busy.
1:12.6	You've been going on the record about those comments that got you suspended from Labour a couple of years ago.
1:19.6	The ones about their being different kinds of racism.
1:23.6	But I stand by those comments, Andrew, and I am unanimous in that regard.
1:29.3	So you're repeating your claim that racism against black people is different to racism against travellers or Jewish people.
1:36.3	And so it's obvious, prejudices towards people of colour emerge straight away.
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