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Dominic Coleman

Heather Craney

Michael Bertenshaw

Ralph Ineson

Liz Webb

Toby Swift

From Fact to Fiction: Series 15: Episode 8: Parliamental

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Episode 8: Parliamental

Series 15

Parliamental

BBC Radio 4 - From Fact to Fiction, Series 15, Parliamental

David Schneider responds to mounting criticism of the confrontational style of the PMQs.

Writer and actor David Schneider creates a fictional response to this week's news of mounting criticism of the confrontational style of Prime Minister's Questions.

The award-winning series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news. In a week which has seen mounting criticism of the childish and confrontational behaviour exhibited on Prime Minister's Questions, writer David Schneider considers whether politicians are just giving the public what they want, and whether they should in fact escalate their confrontational tactics ...

Prime Minister's Questions is moved to a prime time slot and the new speaker develops a game show format which goes all out for ratings.

Directed by Liz Webb

David Schneider is a comedy writer and performer who has written and appeared in some of the most iconic programmes of recent years. He wrote and appeared in Alan Partridge; Knowing Me, Knowing You, The Day Today and Friday Night Armistice. David featured in films as varied as Mission Impossible and Horrid Henry. The second series of his sitcom Births, Deaths and Marriages in which he starred, recently aired on Radio 4.

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