Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4, The People Have Spoken Ep1. Andy Cool'em Down'em

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

The People Have Spoken Ep1. Andy Cool'em Down'em

14 August 2026

Available for over a year

It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Maisie Adam and Alasdair-Beckett King to work out what is going on, and together with our audience, solve the biggest problem facing the world right now.

Is Gianni Infantino just misunderstood? What kind of novelty candidate would you inhabit to capture the nation's imagination? and what small inconvenience should Andy Burnham fix next?

Written by Ian Smith, Cameron Loxdale, Angela Channel and Alex Kealy

Production coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter

Recorded by David and Luca Thomas

Edited by David Thomas

Exec Producer: Pete Strauss

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production