The Now Show - 29th October ft Felicity Ward, Aurie Styla and Jess Robinson
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC
4.1 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches and they're back in the BBC Radio Theatre in front of a remote audience.
Joining them from a safe distance is Felicity Ward who has a foolproof plan for improving food in this country and Aurie Styla giving survival tips for the pandemic and the smug benefits of owning an electric car.
We also get a sneak peek at Adele's 23rd album, 96, from Jess Robinson. Music composed by Alex Silverman.
Voice Actors: Gemma Arrowsmith and Luke Kempner
Producer: Pete Strauss Production Co-Ordinator: Sarah Sharpe
BBC Studios Production
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | MUSIC |
| 0:10.9 | Hello, I'm Steve Punt. And I'm Hugh Dennis. |
| 0:13.0 | With us, a Felicity Ward, Ori Styler, Jess Robinson, |
| 0:15.9 | Luke Kempner and Gemma Arosmith. And this is... |
| 0:21.9 | Vanou! |
| 0:23.8 | APPLAUSE |
| 0:30.8 | Thank you very much. And this week, |
| 0:32.8 | a week in which the UK really should have been emphasising |
| 0:35.8 | its environmental credentials to the world, |
| 0:38.8 | 265 MPs voted to allow raw sewage to be discharged |
| 0:43.8 | into waterways. Which is worrying for two reasons. |
| 0:46.8 | One, it can have dangerous consequences, |
| 0:48.8 | and two, it's pretty much the plot of the Simpsons movie, |
| 0:51.8 | suggesting that the US president may turn up next week |
| 0:54.8 | and drop a glass dome over the whole country. |
| 0:57.8 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:58.8 | It is, frankly, damaging to our credibility |
| 1:01.8 | because this surely is not the Britain |
| 1:03.8 | that the world knows and loves. |
| 1:05.8 | Poo and piglets stood on the bridge in the Hundred Acre Wood |
| 1:09.8 | that looked down into the river below them. |
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