Episodes

  • 185: Manc To The Future

    185: Manc To The Future
    Jun 30 2026
    Ian, Helen, Andy and Richard Brooks discuss Andy Burnham’s vision for Britain (AKA Even Greater Manchester), the non-existent ban on air-conditioning, and a new book on Emperor Trump.
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    45 mins
  • 184: Coup What A Scorcher

    184: Coup What A Scorcher
    Jun 24 2026
    The Private Eye team, minus Andy but plus Matt Muir, wave a sad farewell to Keir Starmer and prepare themselves for Andy Burnham and the Burnaissance. Also: is Nigel Farage running out of steam?
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    40 mins
  • 183: Fight! Fight! Fight!

    183: Fight! Fight! Fight!
    Jun 16 2026
    The team (plus guest Sarah Shannon) catch up on the latest White House cage fight, on the World Cup, on the USA and Iran's actual fight, and on the British fight for the right between Reform and Restore.
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    44 mins
  • 182: Make Hay

    182: Make Hay
    Jun 2 2026
    The team record a special episode from the Hay Festival. Featuring Tony Blair, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, and all your other - favourite? - characters from the news.
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    42 mins
  • 181: And The Winner Is...

    181: And The Winner Is...
    Jun 1 2026
    You've heard the stories. You've admired the piles of paper in the Eye office (video viewers only). And now it's time to learn which brilliant story has won this year's Paul Foot Award!
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    6 mins
  • 180: PAUL FOOT 2026: THE PINCH-OF-SALT PATH

    180: PAUL FOOT 2026: THE PINCH-OF-SALT PATH
    May 30 2026
    Chloe Hadjimatheou of the Observer looked into a beloved, million-selling bestseller, The Salt Path, and found the book arguably fit the 'fiction' shelves better.
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    13 mins
  • 179: PAUL FOOT 2026: UNSAFE CONVICTIONS

    179: PAUL FOOT 2026: UNSAFE CONVICTIONS
    May 29 2026
    Adam Bychawski reported on how people who've been wrongly imprisoned - sometimes for many years - are still not being compensated even after they've overturned their convictions, thank to a 2014 change in the law.
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    14 mins
  • 178: PAUL FOOT 2026: HARD LABOUR

    178: PAUL FOOT 2026: HARD LABOUR
    May 28 2026
    Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife uncovered how Labour Together - the think-tank which helped make Keir Starmer PM - had hired a PR firm to try and discredit journalists asking them questions about their funding.
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    13 mins