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Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies

Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra / BBC Radio 4
  • 2013
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Radio 4 stand-up series starring Andrew Maxwell. He looks at The Food Industry, The Internet, The Drugs Trade and Nationalists. Stars Andrew Maxwell.

  • Episode 1 repeated Saturday at 11pm on Radio 4 Extra

Key details

Genre
Stand-Up
Broadcast
2013
Channels
BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 4
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Star
Andrew Maxwell
Writer
Andrew Maxwell
Producer
Ed Morrish
Company

Andrew Maxwell is one of the UK's most informed and fearless stand-ups. In this series of one-off stand-up shows, he uses his trademark intelligence and political incisiveness to dig behind the clichés and assumptions about four "slow news" bugbears that are vilified and consumed with equal vigour in British society.

Below are the topics covered:

The Food Industry: From horseburgers right up to snail ice-cream, it seems like there's something wrong with every rung of the food ladder. But given that food is essential to survival, shouldn't we be clearer about what it is we want from the industry that provides it?

The Internet: Andrew tackles the internet. All of it. Whether it's online pornography twisting our children's minds or GCHQ reading our emails, it seems only right to have a healthy distrust of the internet. But surely, to paraphrase a former Prime Minister, there's no such thing as the internet - there are men, and women, and lolcats. What is it about the internet that makes people on it so scary?

The Drugs Trade: The drugs trade is one of our few booming industries. Andrew looks at the facts behind both the illegal and legal drugs. What are the risks? What are the problems? And what can we do about either?

Nationalists: Andrew looks at nationalists, from a variety of movements, who are easy to demonise. So very, very easy. But rather than do that - and it really is very easy - Andrew will explore the reasons for joining such organisations and the logical outcomes of their policies.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 14th October 2013 at 9am on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Next repeats
  1. Episode 1: Saturday at 11pm on Radio 4 Extra
Most recent repeats
  • Monday 20th June 2022 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 4
  • Monday 13th June 2022 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 3
  • Monday 6th June 2022 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2