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Nov 2021
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More Questions Than Answers

Bbc Radio 4
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Tom Shakespeare explains why he can't get enough of University Challenge.

Starter for ten, picture round and music round.....it's all here!

But thirty-five years after he first appeared on the show, he asks if Britain is a better country.

Producer: Adele Armstrong

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