Everything is News
4.5/5
Critic Rating
After losing his seat at the 2024 General Election, troubled former Tory cabinet minister Tom Dudley-Brown joins forces with sociopathic BBC grande dame Julia Markham to offer an unorthodox weekly take on domestic and international politics – overseen by their employers at sinister production company Omerta Media. Written by Helen Price.Tom Dudley-Brown is played by Michael ClarkeJulia Markham is played by Helen PriceFor all inquiries, please contact media@magpieproductions.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Lucy White • Irish Independent • Sep 12, 2024
"...thoroughly meta ...so far at least – a self-described “darkly satirical take on the centrist dad podcast genre” – finds, well, a happy medium as comedian/writer Helen Price and Michael Clarke play a former foreign affairs correspondent and an ousted Tory cabinet minister who join forces for a podcast."
Score: 4
James Marriot • The Times UK • Aug 29, 2024
"The strained conviviality and mindless chuntering refrain of mutual congratulation is done brilliantly. Annoyingly the show is marred by one misjudgment. Dudley-Brown and Markham are too often made to sound outrageously right wing...A successful parody needs to get over the idea that these people at least think they’re the nice guys. There’s so much good stuff here, I hope they find a way to keep it going."
