Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 5. The Special Relationship
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC
4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
With UK-US relations in the spotlight, Catherine Bohart wants to know just what the special relationship means in 2025. With the help of Felicity Ward, Amb. John Bolton and our regular roving correspondent Sunil Patel, Catherine's asking what makes the special relationship 'special'? Are the US and the UK really exclusive? And does anyone have the number of that nice girl, the EU?
Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Catherine Brinkworth and Priya Hall
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 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, lovely Friday Night Comedy people. 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. |
| 0:20.9 | Just go to BBC Sounds, subscribe to Friday Night Comedy, and I can't stress this enough. |
| 0:25.9 | Make sure that you have push notifications turned on. |
| 0:28.5 | That way, you'll get alerted as soon as new episodes become available. |
| 0:31.8 | Although, here's a big clue. |
| 0:33.9 | It's always on Friday. |
| 0:35.7 | Listen to Friday Night Comedy first on BBC Sounds. Welcome to |
| 0:40.1 | Too Long Didn't Read, the show that takes the news by the scruff of the neck and interrogated |
| 0:44.1 | to oblivion like a met police officer dealing with an octogenarian at a peaceful protest. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm Catherine Behoffert and I've spent the week reading the news so that you don't have to, |
| 0:58.0 | which is why my eyes have all the warmth of a fish floating upside down on Lake Windermere. |
| 1:03.0 | Lake Windermere, of course, now an area of outstanding natural pooty. |
| 1:08.3 | Personally, my top story of the week and perhaps the most important story of the year, nay, decade, |
| 1:13.8 | is that Claire's accessories looks to be going into administration. |
| 1:18.3 | Take your time, drink it in. I know. |
| 1:20.7 | This is devastating news for teenage girls all over the globe |
| 1:23.9 | who have long relied on Claire's to learn how to shoplift. |
| 1:31.3 | Where the hell will we get our children pierced now? We're going to get stuck into the big news with the help of comedians and an expert, |
| 1:35.3 | but first, let's have a little nibble on some newsy appetizers. |
| 1:38.3 | Robert Jenrick, Shadow Justice Minister and professional sleep paralysis demon |
| 1:42.3 | has been criticised by the Labour government |
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