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Dead Ringers: Series 23: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 23

BBC Radio 4 - Dead Ringers, Series 23, Episode 5

A look back at the week in which the BBC began eating its own tail.

The penultimate episode of the current series features the voices of Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Duncan Wisbey and Jan Ravens.

A look back at the week in which the BBC began eating its own tail.

In a week in which the BBC began to eat its own tail, the Dead Ringers team provides the gravy to go with it. Plus an interview with the man no one is talking about, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey, and an episode of The Archers fashioned for Gen Z.

This week's impressionists are Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey. 

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Joe Topping, Sophie Dickson, Sarah Campbell, Peter Tellouche and Cody Dahler. 

Produced and created by Bill Dare
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini

Dead Ringers: Series 23

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