In this festive series finale, the team unpick the limited learnings from the heavily redacted Epstein files and Vanity Fair’s exposé of Trump’s inner circle, before turning to rumours of an ultimatum involving Angela Rayner, Louise Haigh and Morgan McSweeney – as Labour MPs brace for what could be disastrous May elections under Keir Starmer.

Next, Emerald reveals that all three of the UK’s Norths (yes, there are three) are drifting apart along with the state of the nation; Queenie uncovers suspected cheating at the World Pie Eating Championships and Jack recounts Wiltshire Police’s heroic efforts to apprehend a “rampaging” goat.

Finally, the Missing Words round returns for a final time this series, featuring world-record attempts, four-year-old geniuses and the key to success and strength...

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Queenie Miller 

Emerald Paston 

And Mike Rayment

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Producer Diggory steps in to reveal the heartwarming details of Buckinghamshire’s newest school – built in a millionaire’s garden before Queenie reports on the sausagey mystery gripping Bristol’s local Facebook scene. 

Next, Emerald offers her 2025 Transport Tidings complete with a train miracle fit for Christmas and the news that the UK’s biggest pothole has finally been filled. To finish, we play the missing word round where we learn why listeners are complaining about Radio 4, what the worst habits on trains are and about Diggory’s love of The Archers…

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Your hosts are Queenie Miller 

Emerald Paston 

And Diggory Waite, filling in the absent Jack Harris and merry Mike Rayment

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike reveals why Zack Polanski didn’t appear as scheduled on the TV show this week before delivering the sad news that the Kidderminster Carpet Museum will be closing its doors.

 Next, Queenie reports on MPs demanding an upgrade to the parliamentary gym and Jack takes us through Japan’s catchphrase of the year, featuring Rihanna-levels of work, a terrifying mascot and some very old rice.

 In the Missing Words Round, we learn how to cope with Christmas music, how Gen Z spend their money when it isn’t on dates and why cats meow more at men than women…

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Queenie Miller 

Mike Rayment

And Emerald Paston, away on holiday

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Producer Diggory returns to the podcast to sift through listener comments on Spotify before Emerald leads one of her famed Odd One Out rounds, this time featuring Batman, a footballing nun and robots with “ominous” Northern Irish accents who may all have links to Fathers for Justice…

Next, Jack whisks us back to the so-called “golden age of air travel” as he unpicks Sean Duffy and the US Department of Transportation’s new campaign to bring “civility” back to the skies.

Finally, in the Missing Words round, expect ‘sleigh’-themed cars in Dorset, odd dating-profile pics and to discover what the biggest faux pas at the dinner table really is...

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Emerald Paston 

And Diggory Waite, filling in for Queenie Miller and Mike Rayment this week

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

After receiving messages from several Scottish football fans, Mike apologises for his comments about their World Cup qualification prospects from last week, before taking us through the story of Mark Bryan from Redbridge, who was interviewed by the UK press after eye surgery left him hallucinating “Baywatch-style” women at all hours of the day.

Queenie then reports on an Australian inmate pleading for his right to eat Vegemite in prison, while Emerald covers the strange, pig-related goings-on in the New Forest.

We finish with a Missing Words Round featuring ‘quirky’ driving habits, blood types and a comment from a celebrity maths-whizz.

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Your hosts are Queenie Miller 

Emerald Paston 

Mike Rayment

And Jack Harris, away in the New Forest

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team chat about where the TV show was last Friday before Jack takes us through Tesco Mobiles poll of 1400 people with ‘quirky side hustles’ – some are legit, others less legit and the rest are total bullsh*t. 

Queenie then investigates a National Folklore survey that claims you’re more likely to be visited by a ghost if you’re under 35 and Mike reveals all about the university testing for genius in dogs.

Later, we end on our Missing Words Round which has an unhealthy dose of sarcasm, sex toys, vending machines and references to Robert Jenrick… 

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Queenie Miller 

Emerald Paston

And Emerald Paston, absent this week as she’s still stuck in a vending machine

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team briefly touch on Kim Kardashian’s new, critically panned TV show All’s Fair and The Traitors finale, before Jack (eventually) explains what 'Peppa Pig Syndrome' is whilst unpacking a Times survey of 10,000 teachers that concludes Americanisms are sweeping across UK classrooms.

Later, Mike introduces us to the newest and greatest movie star on the planet (and no, it is not Jackie Potatoes), while Emerald tells us about the furious tour guide causing guests to flock to Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast (stop laughing at the back!) and finally leading us through her missing-word game – complete with Tube-dwelling mosquitoes, tricky national anthems and the definitive guide to being a true gentleman.

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Emerald Paston 

Mike Rayment

And Queenie Miller, last spotted tour guiding in Düsseldorf...

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike sends in a voice note with some juicy behind-the-scenes insight from the TV show, after the recording was interrupted by the breaking Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor news. The team then discuss the strange, snail-related tax-avoidance scheme spreading across London (slowly) and play Emerald’s latest game, ‘Tax Avoidance or a Load of Pants?’

Later, Queenie takes the team through the story of a teacher in Germany who took a year off sick to appear on two TV cooking shows and Jack covers AI models resisting shutdown and wrongly prompting police to apprehend children over bags of crisps.

In the Missing Words round, they learn about civil servants who want to sponsor mice, Bob Geldof’s regrets and the study that separates men and women on their punctuation…!

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Queenie Miller 

Emerald Paston 

And the voice-noting Mike Rayment

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike gives the team an exclusive preview of what to expect from Friday’s Halloween episode of Have I Got News for You, before they wrestle with another tricky Odd One Out from Emerald - featuring a UK crocodile sighting, a toilet bat and creepy crawlies scuttling amok in Google HQ.

Later, Mike takes us through the unbelievable British laws you didn’t know you could be unwittingly breaking, before Queenie hosts a spooky Missing Words round complete with black cats, psychics and the sixth sense…

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Your hosts are Queenie Miller 

Emerald Paston 

Mike Rayment

And the absent Jack Harris, back next week 

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike returns to the pod to reveal some top behind the scenes treats from working on the TV show before the team discuss the papers’ obsession with anti-aging studies, the UK’s newest pothole filling vigilante and the latest theory as to why humans haven’t be contacted by intelligent, extraterrestrial life. 

Later, they fill in some missing words from headlines about the French post office, Swansea FC, dinosaurs and more…

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Your hosts are Jack Harris

Queenie Miller 

Mike Rayment

And Emerald Paston, joining us again next week! 

The Producer is Diggory Waite

The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton

The Music is by Big George

In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast