The People Have Spoken Ep3. British Maple Syrup
It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Cody Dahler and Ayoade Bamgboye, and together with the au...
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20 of 278 episodesThe People Have Spoken Ep2. Fed Up With War!
It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Harriet Kemsley and Ashley Storrie to work out what is go...
The People Have Spoken Ep1. Andy Cool'em Down'em
It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Maisie Adam and Alasdair-Beckett King to work out what is...
Current-ish Ep3. Exam results, early release, and the possible end of two marriages
Lucy Porter is joined by Vittorio Angelone, Jake Bhardwaj, and Susie McCabe to talk all things current-ish events. Are exam results importan...
Current-ish Ep2. Heatwaves, hosepipe bans, and a very hairy pizza
Lucy Porter talks all things current-ish with Finlay Christie, Amy Annette and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd. Today - heatwaves, hosepipe bans,...
Current-ish Ep1. Burnham, Bellingham, and the spirit of Margaret Thatcher
Lucy Porter is joined by John Tothill, Kyrah Gray and Amy Annette to talk all things current-ish events. Should politicians wear ties? Shoul...
Dead Ringers Ep6. England out, Starmer out, School's out.
The Dead Ringers team train their vocal firepower on the week’s news. This week: England are out of the World Cup, Starmer is out of office,...
Dead Ringers Ep5. The President’s For Overturning
The Dead Ringers team train their vocal firepower on the week’s news. This week: Trump turns tricks, Tuchel talks tactics, and Count Binface...
Dead Ringers Ep4. Much Ado About North-ing
Like Andy Burnham’s No.10, Dead Ringers is in the North, at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield. This week: Chris Mason is giddy...
Dead Ringers: Ep3. Heat, Hydration, and Harry Kane
The Dead Ringers team train their vocal firepower on the week’s news. This week: Keir is ex-Prime Minister, Rob is ex-army, and Liz Truss is...
Dead Ringers: Ep2. Makerfield Maketh Man
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions. This week: Andy...
Dead Ringers: Ep1. Keir vs Kemi
The iconic impressions show returns to lampoon the week’s biggest headlines. This week World Cup fever, Government resignations and a Downin...
The News Quiz Ep8. - Peter Scandalman
For the final episode of this series, we look at some of the stories that we’re leaving unresolved in our ‘News Quiz 2026 Summer Break Cliff...
The News Quiz Ep7. Heat and NEETs
Andy Zaltzman is joined by his panel of political satirists to unpack the critical essays of Tony Blair, the spending habits of Peter Murrel...
The News Quiz Ep6. Brexpressionism
Recorded at Hay Festival, Andy asks the panel the dreaded question - is Brexit back on the table? Also on the menu is Welsh independence, th...
The News Quiz Ep5. Starmer psychodrama
What a week it's been for the Prime Minister. In the aftermath of seismic local elections results, there's been non-stop Labour party in-fig...
The News Quiz: Ep4. The people have spoken
Recorded on Friday morning, Andy and the panel dig into the election results from 7th May. Who’s done well? Who’s done not so well? And how...
The News Quiz: Ep3. When the King came round for tea
This week you’re all cordially invited to join us for King Charles’ state visit to Donald Trump’s White House. Please dress to impress. We’l...
The News Quiz: Ep2. The art of vetting
Some hot topics of conversation this week include the ever evolving Peter Mandelson vetting saga, phones being banned in schools and robots...
The News Quiz: Ep1. Messiah or Doctor?
After six weeks off air Andy Zaltzman is back. Helping him kick off the series are Andrew Maxwell, Zoe Lyons, Stephen Bush and Kiri Pritchar...