Noel Clarke loses his libel case against the Guardian – Today in Focus Extra
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:09.4 | This afternoon. |
| 0:11.0 | The Guardian and Me Too on trial. |
| 0:13.3 | How Noel Clark took us to court and lost. Hi there, it's Dan Snow, host of the Dan Snow's History Hit podcast. |
| 0:28.7 | It is officially summer here in Europe. I would love for you to accompany me on a history |
| 0:33.3 | lover's holiday vacation around this continent. On my podcast throughout August, I'll be your guide to |
| 0:38.6 | Europe's most iconic historical hotspots, from the bell towers of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, |
| 0:44.9 | to the streets of Pompeii, to the Gladiator's Coliseum in Rome. We'll walk in the footsteps of |
| 0:50.6 | Anne Berlin, the Tower of London. We will unravel the mysteries of the Minoans on the island of Crete. |
| 0:56.5 | Let me narrate your historic summer on Dan Snow's History, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:09.7 | Just over four years ago, The Guardian published a series of articles about an actor and director |
| 1:14.7 | called Noel Clark. Doctor Who fans will remember him as Mickey Smith. He was Billy Piper's |
| 1:21.6 | boyfriend during the mid-Norties, Christopher Eccleston and David Tenant eras. |
| 1:25.7 | Trouble, how you doing, Ricky, boy? It's Mickey. |
| 1:29.3 | He was the writer and star of a trilogy of crime dramas. |
| 1:33.4 | First kiddlethood, then adulthood, and finally brotherhood. |
| 1:37.8 | Put your hands on the table. |
| 1:40.9 | You're going to keep quiet and you're going to stay there. |
| 1:44.9 | He even won a special BAFTA for his outstanding contribution to British film. |
| 1:50.6 | So this is for the underrepresented. |
| 1:53.3 | Anyone who sits at home believing that they can achieve more. |
| 1:57.1 | This is particularly for my young black boys and girls out there |
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