News Distillery

In entertainment, ‘Can’t get you out of my head’ is the documentary that’s inverted the way we think about the world, or maybe it’s a load of bollocks. In sport, it’s over – Messi and Ronaldo are finished – long live Mbappe and Haaland. And in the News, the government forces universities to accept diversity of opinion, or is to accept the government’s opinion…

In entertainment, Cam casts his cultured gaze over Ma Rainey’s black bottom – Chadwick Boseman’s final film. In sport, we’ve got the best title race in years. And in the news, finally the Brexit deal means we Brits can fulfil our natural inclination to world domination, but is that what we all want? 

On TV, a new BBC drama lifts the lid on the racism faced by black people in the 60s in Britain; in sport – has Jose Mourinho got his mojo back; and in the news, should coronavirus vaccines be shared worldwide? Or is it each man for himself?  

On TV, Spitting Image returns after four decades – but is it still funny?; in sport – England are crowned the best team in the world; and in the news, what do Trump and Biden actually stand for?  

On TV, Grayson Perry gives the US culture wars a transvestite garnish, in sport – are the handball laws the final nail in the coffin for the beautiful game, and in the new - is this the end of our civil liberties...

This episode, we’ll give the final word on whether Christopher Nolan’s new Film Tenet is supremely intellectual or just a load of bollocks. In sport, we’ll discuss the antics of two men clearly thinking too much about their bollocks – Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden. And in the news, are we under despotic rule or are we just the toddler resistant to its parent’s medicine – we’ll take a look at the morality of the government’s new coronavirus lockdown restrictions. 

On TV, we look at a thought-provoking drama on a life cut short by a racist murder. In sport, Raphael Varane hands Manchester City a place in the Champions League quarter finals. And in the news, is cancel culture drowning out independent thought in our universities? 

Hello and welcome to the News Distillery, BBC and talkSPORT journalist Ben Henderson is joined by another titan of the broadcasting world - Cameron Henderson.
This week’s top stories: in entertainment, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are caught up in a shitstorm; in sport: Chelsea and Manchester United scrape into the Champions League places; and in the news: Boris muzzles the nation now that Donald Trump has said masks are for patriots...

In entertainment, Netflix releases an expose on the greatest abuse scandal in sports history; in sport, Liverpool are champions for the first time in thirty years; and in the news, Britons celebrate lockdown lifting with a orgy of booze fuelled decadence across the nation.  

It’s Sunday the 21st of June, I’m BBC and talkSPORT journalist Ben Henderson and here’s the week’s top stories: in entertainment, a B-list Polish shagathon has gripped the world; in  sport, David Luiz puts in one of the worst performances you'll ever see; and in the news, a terrorist attack leaves three people dead in Reading.