The Now Show - 12th November ft Gareth Gwynn, Michael Spicer, Priya Hall and Ignacio Lopez

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Steve Punt and Gareth Gwynn present the week via topical stand-up and sketches in front of a remote audience - and all from their own home! Joining them from a safe distance is Michael Spicer tackling non-sensical poiticians, Priya Hall wonders why we're experiencing shortages of pretty much everything and Igancio Lopez plays us out with a Bowie-inspired song about billionaires in space. Voice Actors: Luke Kempner and Karen Bartke. Producer: Pete Strauss & Rajiv Karia Production Co-Ordinator: Sarah Sharpe BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	MUSIC
0:11.2	Hello, I'm Steve Punt, with me at Gareth Gwynn,
0:13.8	pre-ahole Michael Spicer, Karin Bark, King Luke,
0:16.3	Kempner and Ignatio Lopez.
0:18.3	And this is...
0:19.8	The No-Show, oh, I can't do it.
0:30.4	Thank you very much.
0:32.1	And by now, there is a fairly well-worn system
0:34.8	for dealing with bad news for the government.
0:36.9	A series of obedient underlings are wheeled out to say,
0:40.5	we've drawn a line under that and we're moving on.
0:43.2	And normally it works, because all the papers,
0:45.6	other than the mirror and the garden, are absolutely fine with that.
0:48.7	But this week, something very odd happened.
0:51.2	The daily express, a paper so right wing
0:54.1	that only fish caught in British waters can be legally wrapped in it.
0:59.9	Has mildly criticised Boris Johnson.
1:03.0	Just say sorry for the mess Prime Minister.
1:06.0	Said their front page, the mess, of course,
1:08.0	being the parliamentary sleaze
1:09.6	that has dominated the front pages recently.
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