Glasgow International Comedy Festival Special: Raymond Mearns, Madeleine Brettingham, Ignacio Lopez and Alexandra Haddow

Des and the teams are at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival to break up the week's big news, including: Trump's criticism of Keir Starmer over the war in Iran, Inverness in the running to be UK capital of culture, research into dishonest babies, an intervention from Angela Rayner and more. Lead Writer: Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright Additional material: Alan Hazlie, Ruaridh Miller, Chris Stanners, Chris Ballard, Alex Buchanan & Mark Granger, Ben Moore, Gregor Paton, Matt Reed, Nathan Cowley, Jennifer Walker Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: David Flynn Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production

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Glasgow International Comedy Festival Special: Raymond Mearns, Madeleine Brettingham, Ignacio Lopez and Alexandra Haddow is an episode from Breaking the News by BBC.

This episode is 28:00 long.

This episode was published on Mar 20, 2026.

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