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Tonight with Vladimir Putin

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 12 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Tonight With Vladimir Putin is here to wrestle the satire crown back off the Americans with everyone’s favourite bear-wrestling global maniac Vladimir Putin hosting his own chat-show with a twist. In a television first, ground-breaking live performance capture technology enables a 3D digital cartoon Putin to walk around and sit behind the desk, interviewing real human guests in front of a live studio audience, all absolutely live and in real-time.

In this episode, with his first guest Vlad tries to answer the same question he asked at the production meeting ‘Who is Joe Swash?’ before trying to get his head around feminism with Guilty Feminist podcaster, Deborah Frances-White. It is not giving too much away to say his grasp of the concept remains patchy. A cartoon Meghan Markle continues to forge ahead with her TV career in her section ‘Meghan Markle’s Royal Sparkle’ where she waves her wand about, taking questions from the audience. Just don’t ask her about Kate. Show less

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