The Investigation into Russell Brand
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
How did Channel 4’s Dispatches & The Sunday Times put the Russell Brand investigation together?
Adam is joined by Louisa Compton, head of news and current affairs at Channel 4 and Alistair Jackson, investigations editor of Dispatches.
And Liz Truss is back on the political stage, urging the Prime Minister to cut taxes a year after her Downing Street exit. The BBC’s Chris Mason and Faisal Islam give us their take on her speech.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, lots of news for newscasts today, more developments in the case of Russell Brand |
| 0:09.6 | after lots of allegations were made against him in the Times, the Sunday Times, and by |
| 0:14.2 | dispatches on Channel 4 over at the weekend. |
| 0:17.2 | And guess who's back? |
| 0:18.8 | Liz trusts, remember her? |
| 0:20.6 | Well you will after listening to this episode. |
| 0:22.5 | Newscast. |
| 0:23.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:24.5 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister, who herself got beaten by a letter. |
| 0:29.3 | At least I didn't slap anybody, which is good. |
| 0:31.2 | Rean economy, blah, blah, blah. |
| 0:33.2 | It's the Guardian reading, tofu eating, woke her hearty. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm actually very right-wing. |
| 0:38.9 | You do come up with the most remarkable twaddle. |
| 0:40.9 | Today I feel gay. |
| 0:42.6 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
| 0:45.1 | I'm here because I like Harry and Meghan, and I don't care what anybody says about me. |
| 0:49.8 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio, and shortly Chris Mason will be here to report on the |
| 0:55.6 | triumphant return of Liz Trust. |
| 0:58.0 | Last former Prime Minister, who's done a big speech about why she was right, even though |
| 1:01.4 | she got turfed out of office by her own party, who thought she was wrong. |
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