Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Interviews with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch. This week we’re focusing on the nationwide train strikes that will see mass disruption as railway workers walkout to demand big pay rises given the cost of living crisis.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributors: Scott Beasley & Toby Sculthorp
Producer: Scott Beasley

Interviews with Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, RMT trade union general secretary Mick Lynch and Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik. There are discussions about the Prime Minister’s future following the Sue Gray report, the potential for a nationwide rail strike and an extremely powerful account of what has happened to Ukraine and its people.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributors: Rob Powell and Scott Beasley
Producer: Scott Beasley

Interviews with Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi and Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko. Sophy and Scott talk through discussions over Sue Gray’s Partygate report, the cost of living crisis and a very powerful account of the situation in Ukraine.


Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributor: Scott Beasley
Producer: Scott Beasley

Interviews with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Shadow Climate Change Secretary & former Labour leader Ed Miliband and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. Sophy and Scott talk through discussions over the Northern Ireland Protocol and the cost of living crisis - all with the backdrop of Ukraine winning Eurovision.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributor: Scott Beasley
Producer: Scott Beasley

Post-election interviews with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, Labour’s Lisa Nandy and Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper. There are discussions of local elections across Great Britain plus the historic result in Northern Ireland where Sinn Fein topped the polls – and the possibility of the Lib Dems in coalition.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributor: Scott Beasley
Producer: Scott Beasley

A pre-election special featuring interviews with Labour leader Keir Starmer, First Minister of Scotland and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. There's discussions of sexual misconduct at Westminster, the cost of living crisis and independence for Scotland.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributor: Scott Beasley
Producer: Scott Beasley

The Conservative MP, who came out as trans, talks exclusively to Sky’s Sophy Ridge about the start of his transition process. Jamie Wallis, who represents Bridgend, also discusses the support he's had and admits the process ahead will be 'challenging and difficult.' He also speaks about his experiences of rape and blackmail.

Presenter: Sophy Ridge
Producer: Scott Beasley
Podcast producer: Paul Stanworth

With shocking reports from parts of Ukraine where Russian troops have withdrawn Sophy and team have an interview with the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps – who also defends the government’s record on tackling the cost of living crisis. There’s a discussion of the Shrewsbury maternity care scandal with Conservative MP Alicia Kearns and an interview with a public health expert on the ground in Ukraine about access to lifesaving HIV drugs.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributors: Scott Beasley & Toby Sculthorp
Producer: Scott Beasley

As the war in Ukraine enters its second month Sophy and team have interviews focused on the big topics at home and overseas. Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi delicately responds to President Biden's call for Vladimir Putin to go - and talks about his plan for schools. Labour's Jonathan Ashworth calls the Chancellor 'Mr Tax' and there's a powerful interview with Ukrainian MP Maria Mezentseva.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributors: Scott Beasley & Toby Sculthorp
Producer: Scott Beasley

Sophy and team are back to discuss her interview with Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who says sanctions against Russia "are not cost free for us" and that he "can't pretend I can completely protect people from the difficult times ahead". Also, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna, tells Sophy Russia is committing genocide in her country.

Host: Sophy Ridge
Contributors: Scott Beasley & Toby Sculthorp
Producer: Scott Beasley