Lobby Land: BBC Radio Political Satire

BBC Radio 4

A satirical comedy drama about life and work in the journalists' Westminster bubble. It centres on political editor Samantha Peakes of fictional clickbait website Hot Takes as she continually tries to scoop stories from the events in Westminster and avoid losing her job. It is topical, using current events to form part of the story, and was commissioned as "a sharp satirical sitcom for post-Brexit Britain". It's summer in Westminster as parliament returns from its summer recess; the halls are alive with the sound of gossip, but Sam is struggling to stay afloat. Having drawn the short straw at work, she's being tailed around by Lawrence the office intern, and she needs a new story - fast. But in journalism, what you write isn't necessarily what people read. Sam Peakes … Ophelia Lovibond, Yasmine Akram Tom Shriver MP … Charlie Higson Mia Phillips … Cariad Lloyd Dom Bell … Lewis Macleod Lawrence Mills … Ryan Sampson Mel Munson MP …. Clare Price Lord Ellis …. Colin Hoult Gideon Burnside ...... Dan Tetsell Nathan Edmonds ...... Daniel Lawrence Taylor Marcus ...... Joe Da Costa Written by Jon Harvey, with Christopher Davies and Alistair Griggs Producer Jon Harvey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.