Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 3. Let's get this party started
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC
4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Why does Britain have so many new parties? And why are none of them the fun kind? Catherine Bohart investigates the rising challengers to the two-party system, with the help of Zoe Lyons, Ian Dunt and roving correspondent Sunil Patel.
Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Gareth Gwynn and John Tothill.
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
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, lovely Friday Night Comedy people. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Catherine Bowhart and I'm here to tell you that if you're in the UK, 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. |
| 0:22.8 | Just go to BBC Sounds, subscribe to Friday Night Comedy, and I can't stress this enough. Make sure that you have push notifications |
| 0:27.7 | turned on. That way, you'll get alerted as soon as new episodes become available, although |
| 0:32.3 | here's a big clue. It's always on Friday. Listen to Friday night comedy first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.7 | Welcome to Too Long Didn't Read, |
| 0:41.4 | the show that makes the news feel young, |
| 0:43.3 | sexy and exciting again, just like Oasis |
| 0:45.5 | are currently doing for middle-aged dads |
| 0:47.3 | everywhere. Nice to see the boot |
| 0:49.4 | cut out and about again. |
| 0:51.4 | We're the show that takes a deep dive into the big |
| 0:53.5 | questions in a nice way, |
| 0:54.9 | not a, wow, this hinge date is intense way. |
| 1:01.6 | I'm Catherine Bohart and I spent the week reading the news, |
| 1:04.3 | which is why my eyes have the cold, dead stare of Keir Starmour |
| 1:07.4 | every time he's asked to express an opinion about the Middle East. |
| 1:11.8 | Now, call me self-centered, but my top story of the week is that Tesco have released a |
| 1:16.4 | birthday cake sandwich just in time for my very own birthday. If you haven't seen it, it's perfect |
| 1:21.3 | for the girl in the office whose birthday you know it is, but on whom you will not waste |
| 1:25.6 | one single candle. |
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