Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

172: A Kicking For Keir

21 Apr 2026

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Who wants to give Keir Starmer a kicking? Basically everyone. Rotten Boroughs editor Saba Salman joins Helen Lewis, Ian Hislop and Adam Macqueen to ex...

171: Meta's Not Better

08 Apr 2026

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Is social media really as fun, child-friendly and good for mental health as everyone says? Helen, Adam, Andy and Matt Muir investigate. Plus, Reform a...

170: Mad King Donald

24 Mar 2026

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Ian, Helen, Andy and special guest Richard Brooks discuss the USA entering its 'insane absolute monarch' era, the ongoing mayhem in the world's oil an...

169: War On Iran: Aya-Tollad You So

10 Mar 2026

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Why did Trump declare his latest perfect, ‘very complete', already-won war, and how long will it go on? What will it do to American and British poli...

168: A Tale Of Two Andrews

24 Feb 2026

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Ian, Adam, Andy and Rachael Claye discuss two men named Andrew - one who used to be a prince, and one who's still a solicitor with a very dubious prac...

167: Cash Harry

17 Feb 2026

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Street Of Shame writer Adam Macqueen updates Ian Hislop, Helen Lewis and Andrew Hunter Murray on the curious background to some of Prince Harry's key ...

166: Mandy Lifeboats

10 Feb 2026

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The latest break in Peter Mandelson’s CV, the other secrets hiding in the Epstein files, and what comes next for the British government. With Ian Hi...

165: Crash And Burnham

27 Jan 2026

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What is an 'Andy Burnham’ and can it be stopped? Why has Donald Trump made a photocopy of the UN and called it the Board of Peace? And was this epis...

164: On Thin ICE

13 Jan 2026

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Why does the USA now have masked militias roaming its streets with almost no oversight? Why do some of the people who want to win London’s next Mayo...

163: Quizmas Crackers

28 Dec 2025

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It's the Eye Quiz of the last year! Adam, Helen and Andy get out the sleigh bells and the silly hats, and quiz each other on all the biggest, smallest...

162: Private Eye - Year In Review 2025

16 Dec 2025

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Ian Hislop, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod and Harry Enfield appeared live at London's Criterion Theatre for a special Christmas show (and to plug the Eye ...

161: Unwise Councils

02 Dec 2025

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Rotten Boroughs correspondent Saba Salman joins Adam, Helen and Andy to discuss the Reform Party, Your Party, the Democratic Party and Part 94 of who'...

160: Shakedowns, Coups and COP 30

18 Nov 2025

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The team discuss Donald Trump’s legal methods, the mayhem in the UK government (part 94) and what’s really going on at the Amazon climate summit. ...

159: The Grand Old Duke Of Yuck

04 Nov 2025

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Ian, Helen, Andy and Richard Brooks discuss the week’s royal fallout, the forthcoming Budget, and get an update on all the murky business on Teessid...

158: Live From Cheltenham

20 Oct 2025

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The team play a packed-out Cheltenham Literature Festival and answer the big questions: Do we owe Donald Trump an apology? How did things get so bad f...

157: Bishops, buggers and health freaks

07 Oct 2025

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Adam, Ian and Jane Mackenzie discuss the new Archbishop of Canterbury and what makes her different from all her predecessors over the past 1500 years ...

156: It's Your Party, Cry If You Want To

23 Sep 2025

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Ian, Adam, Andy and special guest Justine Smith discuss the chaos at Your Party, the scandal of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO),...

155: Re-shuffle, Re-signation, Re-form

09 Sep 2025

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Adam, Helen, Ian and Andy discuss the Re-shuffle, the Re-signation of Angela Rayner, and the Re-form government we’re told is inevitable. Plus, ‘F...

154: The Definitive Guide To Private Eye

28 Aug 2025

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After 10 years and 150 episodes, Adam, Helen and Andy have finally got around to recording an actual introductory episode for Page 94, including a gui...

153: Scott Free

12 Aug 2025

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the new memoir by Nicola Sturgeon and its effect on Scottish politics, the risks of falling in love with ChatGPT, an...

152: Protests, Placards, Palestine and Private Eye

29 Jul 2025

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The story of the Eye reader who printed out a joke from the Eye, took it to a march… and got arrested. Page 94 interviews the man at the centre of t...

151: The Epstein Fails

15 Jul 2025

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the schism tearing apart the previously harmonious MAGA movement, ask Jane Mackenzie about the goings-on at Bangor C...

150: Labour, Heatwaves and Glasto

01 Jul 2025

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss Labour’s first year in almost-power, Britain’s recent unseasonal warmth and what might possibly be causing it, a...

149: Summer Fun Special

17 Jun 2025

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Sarah Shannon joins as the team discuss Reform’s calamitous start in their new councils, the rain on Donald Trump’s parade, and enjoy a quiz all a...

148: Leftie Lawyers and Rightwing Roughnecks

04 Jun 2025

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Robert Jenrick and Richard Hermer are the two opposite ends of British Politics: Helen and Adam discuss the New Angry Right, Butch Keir and the Leftie...

147: Tales From The Telegraph, Grok and Gullies

21 May 2025

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Adam reveals which foreign governments own which bits of the British press, Helen takes a safari into Elon Musk’s AI, and Andrew reveals how Page 94...

146: Paul Foot Award: The Winner

20 May 2025

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Recorded at the Paul Foot Award ceremony in London, here is the announcement of this year’s winner - plus a bonus interview with last year’s champ...

145: Day 6: The Big Help

19 May 2025

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Abi Whistance (The Liverpool Post) wrote a four-part investigation exposing a Liverpool housing charity which left its residents in dire conditions, y...

144: Day 5: The Gaza Student Protest Crackdown

18 May 2025

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Aaron Walawalkar (Liberty Investigates, shortlisted with Harriet Clugston and in partnership with Sky News, Metro and The Guardian) investigated Briti...

143: Day 4: Lime Bikes and Broken Legs

17 May 2025

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Jim Waterson (London Centric) revealed the rash of broken legs across London caused by heavy Lime electric bikes falling on their own riders, and asks...

142: Day 3: Out Of Sight: Missing People

16 May 2025

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Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff (The Guardian/Reuters Institute) wrote about the disappearance of Fiona Holm and why it was overlooked by the press – and ho...

141: Day 2: The Carer's Allowance Scandal

15 May 2025

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Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday (The Guardian) uncovered how vulnerable British carers were taken to court for accidentally claiming carer’s allowa...

140: Mini-Series: The Paul Foot Award 2025

14 May 2025

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For six days Page 94 is covering the extraordinary stories of the investigative journalists shortlisted for this year’s Paul Foot Award, before the ...

139: Page 94 LIVE

06 May 2025

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In a world-first live show broadcast from the Cambridge Literary Festival, the team answer all the most pressing questions about Private Eye. Is there...

138: Beg, Borrow and Steel

23 Apr 2025

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The truth behind the British Steel debacle as revealed by guest Richard Brooks; plus the new phenomenon of 'Yank Avoidance' and a roadmap through the ...

137: How Trump Ate The British Media

08 Apr 2025

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss how the US president has thrown Britain's media off-kilter, and  the new 'Abundance' theory which will eventually g...

136: Robo Hacks & Dodgy Degrees

26 Mar 2025

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Ian, Jane, Adam and Andy discuss the AI journalists coming to a paper near you, plus the rash of dodgy qualifications currently springing up in Britis...

135: Reform, The Beeb and The House Of Saud

11 Mar 2025

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Helen, Adam and Andy reveal what's behind the latest bunfight at Reform UK, mull over how to replace the BBC licence fee, and take a fact-finding tour...

134: Mega MAGA

25 Feb 2025

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss how the Right went online and  stayed there, and the secrets of Succession Season 5 (AKA the Murdoch family lawsuit...

133: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

12 Feb 2025

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Travel special! Andy, Ian, Helen and Jane fly off to the Chagos Islands (AKA ‘How to spend £9billion losing sovereign territory'), ride the driverl...

132: Pod Baby Pod

29 Jan 2025

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss Trump II: The Wrath of Don, explain the latest verdict in the ongoing legal struggle of Prince Harry vs Everybody, a...

131: Tulip Mania

14 Jan 2025

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Tulip Siddiq, until today the government’s anti-corruption minister, has resigned over alleged, er, corruption. Andy, Helen, Adam and Tim Minogue di...

130: Merry Quizmas

30 Dec 2024

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Helen, Adam and Andy compete in the second ever traditional Page 94 End Of Year Quizenanny. Featuring a cast of 2024’s heroes and villains (90% vill...

129: Private Eye - The Year In Review 2024

18 Dec 2024

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Ian Hislop is joined by Harry Enfield, Jan Ravens and Lewis Macleod to bring the Private Eye annual 2024 (available in shops now. Ed.) to the stage. F...

128: Tales From The Crypto

11 Dec 2024

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The team (plus special guest Matt Muir) explain why cryptocurrency has been pumped up in the USA and why it’s only going to get bigger in the UK. Pl...

127: Inheriting the earth

27 Nov 2024

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Ian recounts his impolite encounter with Justin Welby, before the team discuss the Observer strikes, the Telegraph sale and the latest developments in...

126: MAGA, monarchy and Welby’s woes

12 Nov 2024

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Adam, Ian and Helen discuss the fallout from Donald Trump’s election victory, Prince Andrew’s housing crisis and how Prince William became his dad...

125: US Election Special

30 Oct 2024

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the vote-a-geddon about to happen in the USA, and back on this side of the pond uncover the great history of politic...

124: Court Short

16 Oct 2024

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The team look at delays in the court system, the new news on the old proposals to redevelop Wimbledon’s tennis infrastructure, and the government’...

123: Party Games

02 Oct 2024

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the Ghosts of Tories Past currently hanging around the conference (many with new books to plug), say 'goodbye' to th...

122: Labour's Freebies and The End of the Peers Show

18 Sep 2024

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The team discuss why Keir Starmer should have gone to Specsavers; why the 92 hereditary members of the House of Lords might not be there much longer; ...

121: Reasons To Be Keir-Ful

04 Sep 2024

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The team discuss the government's new strategy of Maximum Gloom, Donald Trump's dipshit strategy, and why you should think twice before sending a Tele...

120: Summer Books Special

20 Aug 2024

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Adam, Helen, Andy and the Eye's book reviewer D.J.Taylor recommend the greatest political biographies ever written, from Louis XIV to Nadine Dorries v...

119: They Predict A Riot

07 Aug 2024

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How online disinformation (and dubious reporting) contributed to the last week's riots across Britain. Plus,  a look at the Conservative Leadership b...

118: Bye-Biden

24 Jul 2024

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The team discuss the news from across the pond, plus Labour’s record-breakingly short honeymoon; and MD, AKA Phil Hammond, reveals the uncertainties...

117: A New Pod For Britain

10 Jul 2024

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All the fallout from last week's election, what the New Boys and Girls will bring to government (and the Old New Boys And Girls too) and what bunfight...

116: Pre-Election Special

03 Jul 2024

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A special mini-episode treat - the wit and wisdom of Nigel Farage (is this right? Ed), as channelled by the Eye’s Craig Brown and Lewis Macleod. Fin...

115: False Advertising

25 Jun 2024

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A final pre-election special on the state of online advertising, the Tories' gambling problem, the new Never-Nigels and the British Invasion of Americ...

114: Special Non-Emergency Election Episode

12 Jun 2024

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Helen, Adam and Andy try to answer your questions about the election - not 'who's going to win?' (everyone knows that) but the more interesting bits. ...

113: Footies #7: And The Winner Is...

11 Jun 2024

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Ian Hislop reveals the winner, live from BAFTA, of the 2024 Paul Foot Award!

112: Footies #6: Hospital Passing-The-Buck

10 Jun 2024

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Rebecca Thomas of the Independent describes her broad and shocking investigation into the failures in the UK’s mental health system. Part five of th...

111: Footies #5: The Challenging Mr Odey

09 Jun 2024

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Paul Caruana Galizia (Tortoise) and Antonia Cundy (Financial Times) discuss their joint piece on Crispin Odey, the former hedge fund manager now denyi...

110: Footies #4: Duel Narratives

08 Jun 2024

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DUAL NARRATIVES. Lewis McBlane of the Northern Scot on the most important road you (probably) haven’t heard of – the A96 and the 80-year campaign ...

109: The Footies #3: Taking the OPIS

07 Jun 2024

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Humberto Rocha of the Oil Price Information Service on some dodgy dealing in Big Carbon... in part three of our new investigative mini-series intervie...

108: The Footies #2: A Mental Health Crisis

06 Jun 2024

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Part two of our new investigative mini-series interviewing the reporters behind six remarkable pieces of investigative journalism, all shortlisted for...

107: Paul Foot Awards Specials 1: The Single Injustice Procedure

05 Jun 2024

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A brand new mini-series from Page 94: interviews with the reporters behind six remarkable pieces of investigative journalism, all shortlisted for the ...

106: A Washed Up Government

29 May 2024

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The team discuss the laws that are being shoved through parliament before the electoral iron curtain descends (and those that are being left on the ot...

105: Defection, Dwellings and Domesticated Animals

15 May 2024

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Helen, Adam and Andy discuss MPs changing sides, power in the rental market changing hands, and Jeremy Clarkson changing into Greta Thunberg. 

104: Councils of Despair

30 Apr 2024

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Tim Minogue joins Helen, Adam and Ian to talk Rotten Boroughs, the fall of Humza Yousaf and how Private Eye outed a spy.

103: Sexual Politics

17 Apr 2024

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy talk about upstanding members, retiring ministers and get all Trussed Up. 

102: Non-Crimes And Non-Punishment

04 Apr 2024

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy learn what you have to do to get arrested in Scotland, investigate which way Rupert Murdoch’s leaning as the election appr...

101: Private Eye's Privat-ised

20 Mar 2024

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Phil Hammond joins Andy, Helen and Adam for a pre-election NHS special all about the state of the health service. Also featuring blown whistles, strai...

100: Gorging on George

06 Mar 2024

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Ian, Adam, Jane and Helen discuss royal privacy, the possible resurrection of the Crooked House pub, and the return of George Galloway. Questions? F...

99: Mailbag Mayhem

21 Feb 2024

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy unearth the Page 94 Inbox and answer reader questions about every subject under the Sun (or, er, in the Eye).

98: Insane In The Membrane

07 Feb 2024

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Andy, Ian, Helen and Adam discuss banned courtroom reporting, how to tell a journalist from a politician (hint: it’s impossible), and the crypto-to-...

97: Post, Polls, Papers and Piles

24 Jan 2024

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The team discuss the Post Office fallout, polling and when not to believe it, mayhem at the Mirror and finish with the latest National Trust sconefigh...

96: Post Haste

10 Jan 2024

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Private Eye has been reporting on the Post Office scandal for over a decade: Richard Brooks joins the team to discuss how we got here and where things...

95: Merry Quizmas

29 Dec 2023

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In a special between-Christmas-and-New-Year episode, Helen grills Adam and Andy on the big news of 2023. Contains all your favourite characters from t...

94: Live In London

20 Dec 2023

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Ian is joined by Harry Enfield, Jan Ravens and Lewis Macleod to bring the Private Eye annual 2023 (available in shops now. Ed.) to the stage. Featurin...

93: Dark Starmer and Dirty COPs

06 Dec 2023

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The team discuss the Labour leader's newfound love of Thatcher, the news from COP28 and the Telegraph deal that even its journalists are against.

92: Call Me Lord Dave

22 Nov 2023

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The team discuss the reshuffle, discover what David Cameron has been doing in his gap years, and what Suella Braverman would do if only she were home ...

91: Papers, Paul and Plots

08 Nov 2023

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The team look at how Fleet Street is covering the Covid Inquiry given their own compromised hacks, discuss the man behind last week's conservative ARC...

90: Electile Dysfunction

25 Oct 2023

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the Conservative by-electoral apocalypse, reveal why Donald Trump could be coming to a court near you, and say a fon...

89: Government By Private Eye

11 Oct 2023

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Ian, Helen, Andy, and Richard Brooks discuss scrapping HS2, scrap on Teesside, long-delayed justice for victims of the Post Office and Labour's new po...

88: Brand Management

27 Sep 2023

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Ian, Helen, Adam and Andrew cover how the papers treated Russell Brand, Rishi Sunak’s climate U-turn, who really writes the Daily Mail's opinion pie...

87: Putting The 'Con' In Concrete

13 Sep 2023

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The Eye team discuss failing ceilings, the return of Big Liz Truss, wave goodbye to Mohammed Fayed and reveal why the Tees Valley isn't suing us (yet)...

86: Late Lamented Queens

30 Aug 2023

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Andy, Helen and Adam take a look at the completely resigned Nadine Dorries, the Revenge of the Maybot, and the Great Royal Reboot (where you press a b...

85: Crooked Houses

16 Aug 2023

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Ian, Helen and Adam join Andrew to discuss the government’s new invention of ‘The Week’, the complete anchor Dan Wootton, and the smallest conce...

84: Bunch Of Coutts

02 Aug 2023

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Elon Musk’s X marks the spod; debanking Nigel Farage and debagging Coutts; the reinvention of Rishi – the petrolhead PM; plus the inside story of ...

83: Water Disaster

19 Jul 2023

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Episode 83. Helen Lewis, Adam Macqueen and Jane Mackenzie join Andrew Hunter Murray to discuss the week's news: Have I got Huws For You, the imminent ...

82: Fun in the Sun

05 Jul 2023

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Episode 82. Ian Hislop, Adam Macqueen and Helen Lewis take a look back at the week’s news, including Jeremy Clarkson’s car crash of a column, supe...

81: Boris and Inquiries

21 Jun 2023

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Episode 81. Ian Hislop, Adam Macqueen and Helen Lewis take a look back at the week’s news - including Boris Johnson’s dangerously thin column, big...

80: Paul Foot Award Part III

07 Jun 2023

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Episode 80. Find out which of this year’s six entries won the grand prize, in a mini-episode recorded live at the Paul Foot Award in London. Featuri...

79: Paul Foot Award Part II

05 Jun 2023

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Episode 79. In the second half of the Paul Foot Award Shortlist, teams from the Sunday Times, Vice and the Guardian reveal what they've been digging i...

78: Paul Foot Award Part I

05 Jun 2023

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Episode 78. In the most exciting crossover event in podcast history, the Paul Foot Award comes in three parts this year. In Part I the brilliant hacks...

77: Planet Destroying Technologies

24 Apr 2023

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Episode 77. Matt Muir provides the Eye’s take on new AI technology ChatGPT, which may well obliterate mankind in a new and exciting way, while Jane ...

76: North And South

17 Mar 2023

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Episode 76. A mega-millions local government derby: Richard Brooks explains the mysterious dealings behind the Teeside ‘Freeport’, and Tim Minogue...

75: Live At The National

19 Dec 2022

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Episode 75. For the first time since 2019 the Eye returns to the National Theatre for a live rendition of the Private Eye Annual. Including the dulcet...

74: Offshore Homes and Ing-er-land

06 Dec 2022

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Episode 74. Jane Mackenzie and Solomon Hughes unravel the tangled tale of who owns Britain’s military housing (spoiler: not only is it not the Briti...

73: NHS and Saudi Deals

09 Aug 2022

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Episode 73. NHS and Saudi Deals. Heather Mills and the Eye’s medical correspondent Phil Hammond explain the ambulance crisis, appointments crisis, a...