Gwyn Rhys Davies
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Comedy Producer at BBC Studios
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Angela Barnes
about 1 month ago
📢NEW SERIES📢 Live From The UK is BACK ON @bbcradio4 tonight at 18:30 and after broadcast on BBC Sounds I am so proud to host this show bringing you some of the best grass roots comedy from all over the UK for the next 6 weeks. This series comes from Edinburgh, Liverpool, Belfast and Brighton 🎉🎉🎉
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Armando Iannucci
3 months ago
New Ep: Venezuela, Regime Change, Tiny Doomsdays, and Cakes with Spiders in Them, all discussed here with
@nataliehaynes.bsky.social
#StrongMessageHere
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Armando Iannucci
3 months ago
Morning 2026!
#StrongMessageHere
is back, 15-minute ep on
#BBCRadio4
at 9.45 this morning and a 30-min version on
#BBCSounds
and all other pod-factories. This week, Stewart Lee and I deal with your suggestions and an actual Listeners’ Mailbag.
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Armando Iannucci
3 months ago
#StrongMessageHere
is now on its 50th ep.
@nataliehaynes.bsky.social
and I discuss our words and phrases of the year. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Strong Message Here - Words of the Year (with Natalie Haynes) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Natalie pick through some of the words of the year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002nhy0?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Cameron Loxdale
over 1 year ago
The four wise men gave Jesus gold, frankincense, myrrh and nickel but Jesus gave the nickelback and that guy never made it as a wise man
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Natalie Haynes
4 months ago
🚨 On your radios at 9:45 🚨 I’m back on Armando Iannucci’s Strong Message Here, with Stewart Lee!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Long version will be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds…
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BBC Radio 4 - Strong Message Here, Spooking the Markets (with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee)
Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee and Natalie Haynes decode the world of political language.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mp98
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Natalie Haynes
6 months ago
Want more Strong Message Here? The longer version of yesterday’s episode is available as a podcast now! 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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Repetition, Repetition, Repetition (with Natalie Haynes)
Podcast Episode · Strong Message Here · 09/10/2025 · 30m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/repetition-repetition-repetition-with-natalie-haynes/id1774462541?i=1000730958412
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8 months ago
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Very proud of this silly series we have made for Radio 4. It starts tonight, with a dream cast. Written by the unbelievable dream team of Kat Sadler and
@cloxdale.bsky.social
- the funniest in the biz
9 months ago
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Armando Iannucci
10 months ago
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Strong Message Here - Delivering for Ordinary People (with Marina Hyde) - BBC Sounds
Who are 'ordinary people'? And do politicians really know how to 'deliver' for them?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dpmd?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Armando Iannucci
10 months ago
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Strong Message Here - I Regret Some of My Posts (with Sara Pascoe) - BBC Sounds
Bromances, breaking up, and making up. With Sara Pascoe.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d8t4?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Armando Iannucci
10 months ago
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Strong Message Here - Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d1b9?partner=uk.co.bbc
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A thrill to have Jon Stewart on Strong Message Here this week. a lovely way to send
@helenlewis.bsky.social
off on her book tour. Guest hosts for the next few weeks !
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10 months ago
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Angela Barnes
11 months ago
I'm so chuffed to be hosting this brand new stand up show for BBC radio 4 - proper comedians in proper comedy clubs. Tonight it's
@marknelsoncomic.bsky.social
@joshpughcomic.bsky.social
, Louise Young and
@hayleyelliscomedy.bsky.social
Have a listen tonight at 6.30pm on R4 or on after BBC Sounds
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Guy on the train covering his mouth on a phone call like a Premier League player avoiding the cameras
12 months ago
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A great ep this week, we were joined by
@stephenkb.bsky.social
to talk about narratives in politics
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about 1 year ago
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Armando Iannucci
about 1 year ago
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Strong Message Here - Build, Baby, Build! - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis examine why politicians copy each other's language.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0027twf?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Robert Hutton
about 1 year ago
I'm on this! Explaining pitch-rolling, kite-flying, and what happens when a politician forgets to say the bit they told us they'd say.
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In which we ask “Is
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
the Joe Rogan of the UK?” Listen to
@aiannucci.bsky.social
and
@helenlewis.bsky.social
and special guest Rob Hutton discuss the mechanics of political announcements
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Strong Message Here - Flying a Kite and Rolling the Pitch (with Rob Hutton) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis are joined by a guest, journalist Rob Hutton.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0027jwx?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
about 1 year ago
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Cameron Loxdale
about 1 year ago
Another ban from the GTA VI subreddit for asking whether you can steal cars in Grand Theft Auto VI
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Armando Iannucci
about 1 year ago
Very chuffed by listeners’ responses to
#StrongMessageHere
. We’re not only back, but with many more weeks added. Enjoy, especially if you’re a fan of massively extended runs.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Strong Message Here - A Lawyer, Not a Leader - BBC Sounds
Helen and Armando are back, and they're looking at what makes a good political attack.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026vs7?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Armando Iannucci
over 1 year ago
This week on
#StrongMessageHere
: ‘The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline.’
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Strong Message Here - The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis take a dip in the tepid bath of managed decline.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00260s7?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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This was always my favourite tweet every Christmas. I cheered, I cried, I fist pumped the air. The fact it’s now a bluesky exclusive shows the level of brain drain from Twitter
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over 1 year ago
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Armando Iannucci
over 1 year ago
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Gwyn Rhys Davies
Armando Iannucci
over 1 year ago
New
#StrongMessageHere
with me and
@helenlewis.bsky.social
now up. On all podcast platforms. This week: ‘I hear you’ and when people don’t. Especially Archbishops.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Strong Message Here - In Listening Mode - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis are talking about how politicians listen to the public.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00250lb?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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