General Election Special

Call Jonathan Pie

BBC

Comedy Fiction, Comedy, Drama, Fiction

4.8 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Having endured weeks of impossibly restrictive BBC election guidelines, Jonathan Pie is looking forward to election day and an end to all the madness. But first he has to persuade an apathetic Sam that not 'all parties are the same' and to actually go out and vote.

Written and performed by Tom Walker

Cast: Jonathan Pie ….. Tom Walker Sam ….. Aqib Khan Caller ….. Ellie Dobing

Producers …. Alison Vernon-Smith and Julian Mayers

A Yada-Yada Audio production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:39.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:43.6	And also, if I'm honest, well, it's been so boring.
0:49.6	What, tonight's show?
0:51.0	No, the election.
0:53.0	Oh, I see.
0:53.7	There's no excitement.
0:56.0	Ed Davy, falling in a lake.
0:58.3	What more do you want?
0:59.2	Oh, there's no drama.
1:00.8	There's no sense of, you know, ooh.
1:04.0	Yeah, there has been very little ooh.
1:07.1	You're quite right.
1:08.5	Why do you think that is?
1:09.9	Well, it's because the results are foregone conclusion, isn't it?
1:12.7	Really?
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