The Now Show - 29th March

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Starring Geoff Norcott on cynical advertising strategies, Rachel Fairburn on our nation's obsession with conspiracy theories and an original song from Rachel Parris. With voices from Jon Culshaw and Laura Shavin.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Cameron Loxdale, Tasha Dhanraj, Pravanya Pillay & Christina Riggs.

Producer: Sasha Bobak Executive Producer: Rich Morris Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself. My name's
0:04.0	Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport
0:07.5	podcasts. I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading
0:11.1	journalists, experienced pundits and the biggest
0:13.3	sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights
0:17.4	straight from the player's mouth. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is
0:22.0	our unique access to the sporting world.
0:25.0	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.9	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.5	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:35.2	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts. must.
0:45.0	Hello, I'm Steve Punts.
0:48.0	Hello, I'm Steve Punts. And I'm Hugh Dennis. With a Sir Jeff Norcote, Rachel Fairburn, John Colshaw, Laura Sh Shavin and Rachel Paris. And this is...
0:57.0	The NOL Show! Thank you very much and it has been a week of potential threats.
1:12.2	First China has been declared week of potential threats.
1:12.7	First China has been declared a threat to national security
1:15.8	by both the UK and US for targeting people's personal information.
1:20.0	The National Cybersecurity Center has issued advice for everyone to use
1:24.4	passwords consisting of three random words as these are apparently much more
1:28.9	difficult to break. I mean that's not advice I need my password is already show now the.
1:33.7	The Chinese have also tried to target intellectual property and the secrets of
1:38.6	Britain's most successful and best loved organisations.
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