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Call Jonathan Pie

by BBC Radio 4
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About the show

Political journalist Jonathan Pie gets a radio phone-in show and as his personal and professional worlds collide we see why he's so incredibly angry about absolutely everything.

Latest episodes

  • General Election Special

    June 26, 2024 · 14 min

    Having endured weeks of impossibly restrictive BBC election guidelines, Jonathan Pie is looking forward to election day and an end to all the madness. But first he has to persuade an apathetic Sam that not 'all parties are the same' and to…

  • 10. The Environment

    August 11, 2023 · 33 min

    Pie is running late with a child in tow. For various reasons, Pie has to juggle fatherly duties whilst hosting a late night phone-in show. The subject for the evening is The Environment. What starts as a rather light-hearted discussion…

  • 9. NHS

    August 4, 2023 · 39 min

    It’s Pie’s Birthday and he’s really rather depressed about it. Until that is Roger shows up with egg on his face. Literally. The show's topic is the state of the NHS but Pie seems obsessed with old age and death. When Pie is forced to…

  • 8. Drugs

    July 28, 2023 · 37 min

    Pie is doing a phone-in show about drugs policy in the UK, a subject Pie knows absolutely nothing about. Pie enlists the help of Sam to guide him through the country’s drug culture. When Pie’s narcissistic coke-fuelled agent pops in…

  • 7. Comedy

    July 21, 2023 · 35 min

    When Pie says a very bad word in a meeting he is asked to apologise. Instead of doing just that however, he decides that it was “just a joke” and that he is a victim of cancel culture. He then hijacks the entire show to discuss the state…

  • 6. Women

    July 14, 2023 · 35 min

    When Roger warns Pie that he must widen his demographic, Pie decides to dedicate an entire show to “women’s issues”. Pie’s combative and contrary style does not suit the topic and Pie is taught a lesson or two by the female callers. Jules…

  • 5. Online

    July 7, 2023 · 37 min

    Pie’s agent advises him to get on social media to help him garner a younger fan base. Out of his comfort zone, Pie soon gains a troll... the mysterious Mr 'O'. Who could that be? Meanwhile, Roger asks Sam to help him clean up his work…

  • 4. Race

    June 30, 2023 · 38 min

    After a night of riots in Sam’s home town, Pie makes a stupid remark and Sam takes umbrage. Pie takes to the airwaves to prove his non-racist credentials, but ends up looking like a slice of Gammon on the side of the road. Sam and Pie make…