Space Junk, Big Trains & Hot Potatoes - Bugle 4359

The Bugle

Andy Zaltzman, Mildly Informed, Satire, Tiff Stevenson, Test Match Special, The Gargle, John Oliver, Hari Kondabolu, Nish Kumar, Chris Addison, Politics, Top Stories, The Last Post, News, Comedy, News Commentary, Alice Fraser, Urncast

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Bugle turns 18 — and we’re not done celebrating yet! In Part 2 of our birthday special, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alice Fraser and Nish Kumar to take a sideways look at some of the week’s more alternative headlines.

🚆 UK News: Double-decker trains could be coming to Britain — but is it a great leap forward, or just a taller disaster waiting to happen?

🛰️ Australian News: Space junk keeps falling from the sky. Should we be worried, or is this just nature’s way of redecorating the Outback?

📚 Online News: Wikipedia turns out to be even stranger than you remember — and possibly more reliable than your uncle’s Facebook feed.

🥔 Bugle Hot Potato: Producer Chris Skinner finally reveals the results of our first-ever Bugle audience survey, and the findings are… troubling, hilarious, and statistically unsound.

🎉 It’s been 18 years of world events, weird news, and questionable analysis — and somehow we’re still here.

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0:00.0	The Bugle! Audio Newspaper for a visual world.
0:15.2	Hello, buglers and welcome to issue 4,359 of The Bugle, the second half of our 18th anniversary live stream
0:24.6	live show in London. Last time we heard from John Oliver this week, it's Nish Kumar and
0:29.9	Alice Fraser dealing with everything else in the world as it was way, way back in late October
0:35.2	of this year. Alice will also be joining me for the Bugle live show in Brisbane on 2nd of December.
0:41.5	Tickets and details for that.
0:42.8	And the Melbourne show on the 22nd of December are on the bugle website.
0:46.5	My Australia special Zoltgeist stand-up shows are also on sale.
0:50.5	Details at andesaltzman.com.
0:52.1	The shows are in Perth on the 26th of November, Brisbane
0:55.9	on the 3rd of December, Adelaide on the 14th, Melbourne on the 23rd and Sydney on the 2nd of
1:01.3	January, and my UK tour resumes from the 31st of January. See you all at least some of those shows.
1:08.7	Also, the last few official limited edition,
1:11.0	2025 Bugle Christmas Jumpers are still on sale.
1:14.8	Grab them before they take their place in the annals of fashion history,
1:18.5	guaranteed to make you up to 20,000% more awesome this Christmas, give or take,
1:23.5	which is, of course, what Christmas is all about.
1:25.7	But now, to issue 4,359 of the Bugle, recorded on the 26th of October at the Leicester Square Theatre.
1:32.3	Alongside me on stage in London was producer Chris, occasionally pressing buttons,
1:36.8	as I got ready to introduce our two guests.
1:39.7	Please welcome back from the other side of the world.
1:42.1	Alice Fraser!
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