The Now Show - 27th November 2020

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis get to grips (from a safe distance) with all things 2020 in the form of sketches and guest contributions. This week Catherine Bohart dons The Crown, Eshaan Akbar accepts responsibility and musical duo Harry and Chris take us to church... Additional voices from Emma Sidi and George Fouracres Written by the cast, with additional material from Jeffrey Aidoo, Laura Major, Georgie Flinn, Charlie George and Simon Alcock Production Co-Ordinator: Caroline Barlow Engineer and Editor: David Thomas Producer: Adnan Ahmed A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	Thank you for listening to the Friday Night Comedy Podcast.
0:07.8	It's the now show.
0:15.2	Hello, I'm Steve Punt, and I'm Hugh Dennis.
0:18.0	With us, a Catherine Bohart,
0:19.4	Eesha Nackfar, Harry and Chris,
0:21.0	George Foreakers and Emma Sidney.
0:23.4	And this is...
0:24.8	Hello, and every way you look at the moment,
0:34.6	people are yearning for normality to return.
0:37.2	We want a normal Christmas.
0:38.6	We want our normal social lives back.
0:40.6	Americans want a normal government.
0:42.4	Rishi Sunack wants a normal GDP,
0:44.6	Labour, having a normal simmering internal rail.
0:47.6	And the residents of Kent are longing for normal length traffic cues.
0:51.2	The key to normality judging from the stock market
0:53.6	seems to be the arrival of an effective COVID vaccine.
0:56.6	And now we have three to choose from.
0:58.4	With the announcement this week of the results
1:00.2	from the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine trial.
1:02.6	Now, following this stuff in detail is tricky,
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