Dom Joly Breaks the News

Dom Joly Breaks The News

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A surreally mischievous take on the week's news stories by the inimitable Dom Joly.

In a satirical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines.

The third of our satirical specials this summer. In a topical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines. 

As Dom attempts to get to the bottom of the biggest stories of the week, he challenges experts and makes calls to the wrong people about the wrong thing, often at the wrong time. 

Best known for Trigger Happy TV, which reinvented the hidden camera format, Dom actually has a degree in politics and is a former diplomat. He once stood against Alan Clarke in the 1997 general election. So make no mistake, in Dom Joly Breaks the News, Dom’s asking serious questions about that week's actual news.  He just wonders whether approaching things from a slightly different angle might give us more interesting answers. 


Presenter – Dom Joly
Producers – Alison Vernon-Smith and Julian Mayers
A Yada-Yada Audio production for BBC Radio 4

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