Party's Over: ep3 New Party 6th August 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What happens when the Prime Minister suddenly stops being Prime Minister? One day you're the most powerful person in the country, the next you're irrelevant, forced into retirement 30 years ahead of schedule and find yourself asking 'What do I do now?' Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin - Britain's shortest serving and least popular post war PM (he managed 8 months). We join Henry soon after his crushing election loss. He’s determined to not let his disastrous defeat be the end of him. Instead Henry's going to get back to the top - he's just not sure how and in what field.. This week, while standing in as host at a talk radio station, Henry meets Scott Machin who might just have the answers to all his problems. Henry Tobin... Miles Jupp Christine Tobin... Ingrid Oliver Natalie... Emma Sidi Jones... Justin Edwards Scott...Kiell Smith-Bynoe Written by Paul Doolan and Jon Hunter Produced by Richard Morris and Simon Nicholls Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow Sound design: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	Tore news. Tore news. 24 hours a day. Non-stop talk till the end of time.
0:10.3	Right, Henry Tobin here, former Prime Minister, standing in for Rod Little for the week,
0:20.9	while he's in Rotterdam for his eating contest.
0:24.3	Anyway, start checking with Natalie in the booth. Do we have any callers?
0:30.7	Yes, the switchboard is lighting up. Great. Oh, actually, it's just lots of lights on the buttons.
0:36.4	Yeah, no callers. Great. Oh, no, no, we've got one.
0:41.4	Putting them through. Hello, you're through to Henry Tobin, former Prime Minister.
0:46.0	Let's put the world to rights. Hi, darling. It's me. Sorry, I know you're doing all this.
0:51.6	Radio thing. But can you pop by the dry cleaners and collect my dress?
0:58.0	I've got that charity fundraiser on Friday. Drop the caller.
1:01.0	Oh, so. Do you still want me to pick up that anti-fungal cream?
1:05.0	Drop the caller. Natalie, Natalie, drop the caller.
1:08.2	Party's over by Paul Deulen and John Hunter.
1:13.2	This is a disaster, Natalie. I need some proper callers before they had break finishes.
1:18.5	I just felt the last hour describing the entire plot of line of duty.
1:22.9	It was a great thing, sir. Better than the actual show in your accents were impeccable.
1:28.1	It's an actual caller for you. Pete from Luthor.
1:32.5	Great. Put it through. We are back on air and I'm talking to Pete.
1:37.6	What's on your mind today? You've just bought line of duty for me and my Mrs. you're pregnant.
1:43.6	I'm awfully sorry. But crap is ended like you've recrat politician.
1:50.8	Just a shambol at PM via rubbish MP. I'm looking for your vote in record.
1:56.4	How could you vote to make maternity leave shorter?
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