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  • Random News - Episode 20

    Season finale: The one where there are too many interruptions;  dangerous kids games from the seventies; horror movies; social media eats itself;  GB News launches with a hitch; Cummings and goings in Boris Johnson's life; care home staff and the jab; and Whatever happened to the Likely Lads?

    39 min
  • Random News - Episode 19

    Saying adieu to the rabbits and occasional tables; Are there any record shops left in Chester; What was the first single you ever bought;  When is a David Attenborough quote not a David Attenborough Quote; Barefoot on the beach with the G7 leaders; Classic Public Information Films; and does anyone remember the country code. 

    26 min
  • Random News - Episode 18

    Cornwall girds itself for the arrival of the G7 Summit; Kate Winslett on body image; Should top sports people have to face the press straight after games; The Wetherspoon's boss lamenting the lack of overseas staff; and the campaign for nightly doses from the Blue Peter archive begins!

    33 min
  • Random News - Episode 17

    Digesting the Cummings tirade; How remote (or not) is Cornwall; Are you affected by subliminal, or indeed superliminal social media advertising?  We are!  And Friends Reunited - Excited?  Or are you just getting long in the tooth?

    30 min
  • Random News - Episode 16

    The difficulties reporting the cycle of violence in the Middle East; What does the Amber traffic light actually mean? And Nigel Farage's US tour is the focus of a Twitter campaign.

    39 min
  • Random News - Episode 15

    Administering to a sick rabbit;  Weighing a dog; A quick romp around the UK's pre-decimalisation currency; Christopher Ecclestone sort of returns to Doctor Who;  Bad physical bahaviour in offices;  Mental health in a time of Covid; Gwyneth Paltrow's goes off the rails;  Are we all heading towards vegetarianism?

    39 min
  • Random News - Episode 14

    Super Thursday Election overview; A trip down Ceefax memory lane; The fear of forgetting names at a party; The latest Breaking Lamb News from Snowdon; Possibly the least diplomatic Foreign Minister in the world; The Jersey Fish Conflict; and how untidy is your office?

    36 min
  • Random News - Episode 13

    The cheese sandwich ona  plane confession; Tony Blair's latest hairstyle; Boris' Changing Rooms debacle; 30 years since Ratner's C**P gaff; How to become a Patron Saint; Let's all Bloviate till the cows come home; And the great Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa debate.

    40 min
  • Random News - Episode 12

    Is it possible to cheat with a Fitbit? Has the European Super League debacle triggered a rethink in the Beautiful Game?  Is it ever right to have the Prime Minister on speed dial? And navigating your way through a supercharged UK housing market.

    37 min
  • Random News - Episode 11

    Victoria's reality show shaming trauma; Bob's hitting the big 60 trauma; an examination of 'isms'; the rise of social media in coverage of major stories; unlocked England's mad scramble for knitware; and the supermarket caterpillar cake wars.

    34 min

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