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Jun 2024
45m 52s

We Shall Flounder On The Beaches

The Bugle
About this episode

The UK election rumbles on, an old Irish man was not as he seemed, some (but only some) countries want peace in Ukraine, and sports news: hot dog eating.


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Written and presented by:

  • Andy Zaltzman
  • Ria Lina
  • Neil Delamere


And produced by Chris Skinner and Laura Turner.


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