The Now Show - 1st December
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC
4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by David Eagle unpacking the Advent, Jessica Fostekew looking into the repeal of the New Zealand smoking ban, and an original song from Archie Henderson, performed with Becky CJ.
The show was written by the cast with additional material from Alex Garrick-Wright, Jade Gebbie, Rhiannon Shaw, Miranda Holms and Cody Dahler.
Voice Actors: Jason Forbes and Lola-Rose Maxwell.
Producer: Rajiv Karia Production Coordinator: Katie Baum
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Does talking to strangers make you happier? |
| 0:04.5 | Could aging disgracefully help you live longer? |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and in my Just One Long Thing podcast series, I'll be chatting to doctors and scientists |
| 0:15.1 | we'll be covering topics like sleep exercise happiness and staying young with each of |
| 0:20.9 | our experts choosing a health hack they claim is the single most effective way you can improve your life |
| 0:27.0 | Just one long thing listen first on BBC Sounds. Sounds. |
| 0:34.0 | Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:36.0 | B. |
| 0:38.0 | B. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello I'm Steve Punth. |
| 0:43.0 | And I'm Hugh Dennis. |
| 0:44.0 | With us at David Eagle, Jessica Fosterkew, Jason Forbes, |
| 0:47.0 | Leda Rose Maxwell, and Archie Henderson. |
| 0:50.0 | And this is... |
| 0:55.0 | The NAL! This is the now show. Thank you very much. So this week saw a lot of rebranding and changes of image. |
| 1:09.6 | Rishi Sunak for example is trying to rebrand himself as a hard man. |
| 1:13.8 | So he deliberately picked a fight with Greece about the Elgin marbles or |
| 1:17.8 | Parthenon marbles as they're now known. |
| 1:19.7 | And he almost confused himself doing this as he's not used to fighting to keep something |
| 1:23.6 | foreign in the country. I pledge that this time we will stop the boats from |
| 1:31.6 | leaving. Any boats with bits of broken sculpture in them we will |
| 1:36.2 | send home. I mean back. The government attracted criticism from its own side too |
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