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Sep 2019
26m 34s

You Can Stand Under My Chum-brella

THE TIMES
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Giles and Esther run through the week’s top stories; from Dame Cressida Dick’s hatred of police procedural dramas to the continued rise of the sharing economy and a new series of The Apprentice. Giles and Esther continue to come to terms with being cat owners.


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Producer: Ben Mitchell



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