{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/92a301e1-443b-435f-b4e2-2e2dd1e37fc5/6439561217e1b40011704ef8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Death of TV Satire?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0ebd1a8cbe463c3cf145/1677843214449-702db27a04144cd0c731441663d479f7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>With Have I Got News For You one of the last satirical comedy shows still standing, Patrick Maguire asks why satire on our screens seems to be dying a slow death.</p><p><br></p><p>He speaks to John O'Farrell, former writer on Spitting Image and HIGNFY, Matt Forde, co-writer of Spitting Image the Musical, and TV critic Siobhan Synnot.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus columnists India Knight and James Marriott on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nurses-strike-new-dates-2023-pay-deal-nhs-k5k9xb8vc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nurses' strikes</a>, whether we are living too much in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-doesnt-take-much-to-lure-us-to-a-virtual-world-f966x3dmw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">virtual world</a>, and how many Tories does it take to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22021777/pothole-rishi-sunak-remains-unfilled/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fill a pothole</a>?</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Times Radio"}