Show 275 - *Andrew Marr - LIVE*
The Political Party
The Political Party
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2022
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
You are about to be thoroughly entertained by one of the best raconteurs in the history of the show. Andrew Marr is one of the most gifted broadcasters that Britain has ever produced and he shares hilarious stories from his wonderful career. Now that he's left the BBC he can be honest about what he really thinks and his analysis of British politics is exceptional. This is a show packed with powerful moments, including the mistakes Andrew thinks the media made in their coverage of Iraq, and his experiences of interviewing leading politicians like Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. Andrew Marr isn't just a gifted journalist, he's fantastic company. Enjoy!
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Forthcoming guests at The Political Party include:
16 May: Lisa Nandy
30 May: Wes Streeting
13 June: Gary Neville
27 June: David Davis
11 July: Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Political Party. Today's guest is a titan of political broadcasting, |
| 0:14.0 | Andrew Mar. This is even better than you would hope. So many stories, so much analysis. |
| 0:19.5 | This is the main thing that you will be left feeling unsure as I was, as well as his |
| 0:25.9 | immense talent and intellect. Andrew Mar is phenomenal company. He is someone you would want |
| 0:30.9 | to talk to all night and I'm very lucky that I had the opportunity to do that and that you get |
| 0:35.1 | to hear it. He is phenomenal company and can tell a story brilliantly. He's a phenomenal |
| 0:41.1 | thing. I mean, there's just a ton of stuff in here before we come onto that. My next guest is the |
| 0:45.3 | former Shadow Foreign Secretary and now Shadow Secretary is taking the leveling up Lisa Nandy. |
| 0:50.1 | My guest up to that on the 30th of May is where streeting all the dates, by the way, all my guests |
| 0:55.7 | listed in the blurb for this show in the show notes or whatever device or platform you listen |
| 1:01.7 | to this on. So here are the forthcoming guests. 16th of May, Lisa Nandy. 13th of May, we're streeting. |
| 1:06.8 | 13th of June Gary Neville. 27th of June, David Davis. And 11th of July, the speaker of the House |
| 1:12.9 | of Commons, Lindsey Hoyle. So every single one of those is going to be a phenomenal night. You can get |
| 1:17.8 | tickets for those either by clicking the link in the blurb or by going to my website, |
| 1:22.8 | map4.com. And of course, you can still come and see me on tour. Clown to the left of me, |
| 1:26.4 | Joker's to the right continues to tour the UK, including Nottingham Gloucester, the Soho Theatre, |
| 1:32.5 | Exeter and various other places. So that's the end of the sales pitch. Today's show, Oh, my word. |
| 1:40.0 | I mean, obviously I grew up idolizing Andrew Mar and loving his show when it took over from David |
| 1:45.6 | Frost, loving him as political editor of the BBC. And we talk about all those things. The show |
| 1:50.6 | as always begins, of course, with a bit of stand up. Oh, and what a fortnight's news to be gifted |
| 1:57.2 | to tell jokes about. Of course, it's the sort of allegation that only a female MP would face. No |
| 2:07.3 | male member of Parliament has been accused of this. Ed Miliband never had to. Then he looked the rumours. |
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