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Who needs the Middle East when you have Badger Cam?

Ep. 4277

What do audiences care about in major news weeks? Well it's not the situation in the Middle East, or the USA or Australia - it's badgers and foxes. Also, when is a Kenyan Lawyer not a lawyer? When he wins every case, apparently. Plus, cricket.


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This episode was presented and written by:


  • Andy Zaltzman
  • Anuvab Pal
  • Sami Shah


And produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner

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