Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 2. It's a taxing subject
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC
4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Wealth tax - no brainer or non starter? Catherine Bohart unpicks the arguments raging about the mooted solution to Britain's infamous financial black hole with plenty of silliness thrown in. With Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE, Sunil Patel and tax expert Dr Emma Chamberlain OBE.
Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Tom Neenan and Pravanya Pillay.
Producer: Alison Vernon Smith Executive Producers: Lyndsay Fenner & Victoria Lloyd Sound Design: David Thomas Production Co-ordinator: Katie Sayer
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, lovely Friday Night Comedy people. I'm Catherine Bowhart and I'm here to tell you that if you're in the UK, |
| 0:05.9 | you can now listen to brand new episodes of my series, Too Long Didn't Read, and all the other Friday Night Comedy shows, first on BBC Sounds, seven days earlier than anywhere else. |
| 0:16.1 | Just go to BBC Sounds, subscribe to Friday Night Comedy, and I can't stress this enough. Make sure that you have |
| 0:21.9 | push notifications turned on. That way, you'll get alerted as soon as new episodes become available. |
| 0:27.1 | Although, here's a big clue. It's always on Friday. Listen to Friday night comedy first on BBC |
| 0:33.6 | Sounds. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome to Too Long Didn't Read, the show that does for the news what the women's euros did for football. |
| 0:44.1 | Makes it more interesting by adding a lighter touch, a sapphic team spirit and a foreign |
| 0:48.7 | woman in charge. |
| 0:50.7 | We're asking the questions about the news you're too scared to ask. |
| 0:53.7 | Like, he did what? No, seriously? I never would have seen those two together. Wait, who's dead? Hang on, I have to call my mom. We are basically like, if everyone on the Today program had pre-gamed. I'm Catherine Bohart, and I love the news. Okay, I like the news. Okay, fine. I will sometimes talk about the news at a party if there's no one kissing that I can watch. |
| 1:16.7 | Obviously, my top story of the week is that Katie Perry has been spotted on a date with ex-Canadian PM. This woman's already nodding. Justin Trudeau. Be still our beating hearts. Wow. Usually when I see a starlet dating a politician, I worry for her, but I'm just so glad Katie doesn't have another horrible English boyfriend. |
| 1:34.7 | We love to see the Canadian version of Lemberdopeck and the cheeky girls forming before our very eyes. |
| 1:40.4 | But what else has been happening in the news? Well, resident doctors have been on strike, |
| 1:45.0 | but don't worry, it's only $2.99 for a DIY colonoscopy on TaskRabbit. |
| 1:50.6 | Resident doctors striking. |
| 1:52.0 | But who are resident doctors? |
| 1:53.7 | Well, they're junior doctors. |
| 1:55.2 | That's right. |
| 1:55.7 | It wasn't just a strike. |
| 1:56.8 | It was a rebrand. |
| 1:58.4 | Fine by me, because when I hear junior doctor, I think, |
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