Dead Ringers Ep6. England out, Starmer out, School's out.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.1 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Dead Ringers team train their vocal firepower on the week’s news. This week: England are out of the World Cup, Starmer is out of office, and Katherine Jenkins has a potty mouth.

Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod, Duncan Wisbey and Jess Robinson.

Produced by: Jon Holmes Executive Producer:James Robinson Production Co-ordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	If you like listening to BBC podcasts, she felt a crackle of energy, then you might also enjoy a good audio book.
0:13.1	The game's afoot.
0:14.1	Whether it's for your commute or your holiday, I listen to some terrible Spanish radio.
0:18.5	There are loads on BBC sounds.
0:20.7	From contemporary gems to much love classics.
0:23.3	Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room.
0:26.4	All packed with personality.
0:28.2	With narrators like Julie Andrews, Hugh Bonneville and Andrew Scott.
0:31.6	What kind of a name is that?
0:33.3	Just search audiobooks on BBC Sounds.
0:36.9	You join me pitchside with Harry Kane.
0:41.2	All right, Kelly.
0:42.2	What, yeah.
0:43.8	Harry, you must be disappointed.
0:46.1	Argentina 2-1, England out at semi-final stage again.
0:50.2	Yeah, you know, totally gutted for the lads.
0:53.1	They gave everything, really.
0:54.7	You know, of course, it'd be very easy to criticise the manager.
0:59.5	Great. So let's do that.
1:02.5	Now, you know, to be fair, Kelly, we did have a strategy.
1:06.0	What strategy?
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