Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
Aug 28, 2026 · 30 min · 15 segments
It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Harriet Kemsley and Ashley Storrie to work out what is going on, and together with an Edinburgh Fringe audience…
Ian SmithHost
Ashley StorrieGuest
Harriet KemsleyGuest[laughs]
Yeah.
[laughs]
[laughs]
The most annoying thing about this war is I didn't know where the Strait of Hormuz was before it started, and if there's one thing that really upsets me, it's being made to learn geography against my will.
[laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs]
It's almost as if putting an arbitrary deadline on something incredibly complicated and delicate doesn't help when trying to solve it.
[laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah.
[laughs]
[laughs]
The most annoying thing about this war is I didn't know where the Strait of Hormuz was before it started, and if there's one thing that really upsets me, it's being made to learn geography against my will.
[laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs]
It's almost as if putting an arbitrary deadline on something incredibly complicated and delicate doesn't help when trying to solve it.
[laughs]
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