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Politics Unpacked
Politics is too trivial
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If sometimes you think politics seems to trivial this might not be the episode for you.
Matt Chorley assembles three of the biggest brains filled with useful (and useless) facts about politics and only one can emerge victorious.
Showing off their knowledge are Patrick Kidd, The Times sketchwriter and diarist, Esther Webber, Red Box reporter, and Mark Mason, author of Question Time: A Journey Round Britain's Quizzes.
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