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British Scandal

The Race to Ruin | Round the World | 1

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis joins Alice Levine on a race around the world. It’s the 1960s, and businessman, inventor and dreamer Donald Crowhurst is in serious financial trouble. He plans to pay off his debt and provide for his family not by getting a job, but by sailing around the globe. On launch day however, he has an unfinished boat and very little sailing experience - and he’s bet his house on finishing the race. 

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0:00.0

Hi Matt, look, thanks for jumping on the phone with me.

0:09.2

Alice isn't here yet, but I thought I needed to do some due diligence really because, you know, we've worked together before we did pottery through together, but I won that, so she's a little bit, you know.

0:21.0

But I've had some rumors, and I'm just wondering, you know, what's she really like to work with.

0:25.0

I mean this is difficult.

0:27.0

I've worked with her for three years obviously I feel loyal but she is late all the time

0:31.0

and her excuses are just

0:32.9

doesn't make any sense.

0:34.4

Well she's not here now right? I mean within 15 minutes or something.

0:38.4

The last show I recorded with her she was three hours late and she blamed the dog.

0:41.8

She hasn't got a dog.

0:44.0

The other thing just so that you should know is she's very bad at accents and I'll tell you this much,

0:52.0

she cannot take feedback about it. So if the Irishman sounds Japanese just keep

0:58.4

schum and just a tip, she does get ratty and it's not an if.

1:06.0

Yeah.

1:07.0

She needs to eat every hour on the hour and you need to feed her.

1:11.0

Actually feed her.

1:13.0

Yes, like a child.

1:14.0

What with?

1:15.0

If it's a banana you have to peel it and just sort of move it towards her and then she'll eat.

1:20.0

Do I have to say, do I have to say stuff like his a nana, that kind of thing?

1:25.0

Or can I, can I, don't look her in the eye though, she hates it?

1:28.0

Matt, I've got to go because I can just see her on the other side of the glass now in the studio, so, um...

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