The Now Show - 11th November

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Steve Punt is joined by Gemma Arrowsmith (standing in for Hugh Dennis) to present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Catherine Bohart, Fin Taylor and Jazz Emu. Catherine Bohart wraps her head around the Elon Musk era at Twitter, Fin Taylor takes on the climate crisis, and Jazz Emu brings an original song that’ll turn your art perspective upside-down. The show was written by the cast and Hugh Dennis with additional material from Tasha Dhanraj, Katie Storey, Carl Carzana and Cameron Loxdale. Voice actors: Gemma Arrowsmith and Daniel Barker Sound: David Thomas Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Producer: Rajiv Karia Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	MUSIC
0:11.4	Hello, I'm Steve Puntz.
0:12.8	And I'm Jemma Arasmire.
0:14.0	With us, the Catherine Bohart, Fin Taylor, Daniel Barker and Jazzy Mew.
0:18.1	And this is...
0:23.2	Oh, no, do I have to do this?
0:25.3	The now show!
0:30.5	Thank you very much.
0:32.1	Well, this was the week the public fought back.
0:34.4	In the US, the expected swing against the Democrats did not happen.
0:37.8	While here in Britain, the expected swing against Matt Hancock...
0:41.2	Very much did happen.
0:43.3	Although his very presence has made that whole programme
0:45.8	a bit more engaged with politics.
0:48.3	On tonight's Bush Tuckler trial,
0:50.2	if Mackenin drew a ten-voice male from Gavin Williamson
0:53.2	without breaking down in tears...
0:55.0	I was seeing I'm a member of Parliament get me out of here.
0:58.2	He can win up to ten meals for camp
1:00.6	from the subsidised commons, dining room.
1:02.8	Now, Gavin Williamson, of course, has now resigned,
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