End of term special: Part 2

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In the final Red Box of the political year, Matt Chorley welcomes back Jan Ravens, from Spitting Image and Dead Ringers. Patrick Kidd, The Times sketchwriter and diarist. And Peter Brookes, The Times cartoonist who mocks the mighty in beautiful watercolours.The panel attempt a quiz and remember their highlights of 2017 so far before recalling the political characters from the past they enjoyed parodying. Red Box will return in September

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0:00.0	Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.
0:03.4	Thank you for calling National Lottery. I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?
0:07.4	Yeah, I think I have. I'd just take to double check before I do a cartwheel.
0:11.1	Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million oh my
0:15.5	what happy Christmas why do now you have the best Christmas ever this, it could be you.
0:24.0	The National Lottery.
0:26.0	Rules and procedures apply.
0:28.0	Players must be 18 or over.
0:30.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:38.1	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
0:45.0	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:50.0	This is the Red Box Politics Podcast from The Times.
0:57.0	Hello and welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast from The Times, I'm Matt Chorley.
1:04.9	This is part two of our special look.
1:07.0	Back over the year so far, joining me in the studio, Jan Ravens, the impressionist from
1:11.8	Spitting Image and Dead Ringers, Times Sketch writer and
1:14.1	and Darius Patrick Kidd and Times Cartoonist Peter Brooks.
1:17.8	I wanted to just test you on whether or not you've been paying attention on the political
1:25.8	year so far with a small quiz.
1:28.8	Sasha has been working on Red Box this week has written a quiz for you, so wanted to test you just shout out the answers
1:35.0	and I'll attempt to keep score. What kind of four-legged animal were cabinet ministers accused of being when Theresa May was urged to sack them?
1:49.0	There were testosterone-fueled animals. It was on the front page of the Times.
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