1997-2001
Comedy writer and accidental parliamentary candidate John O'Farrell adapts his best-selling memoir about Labour's 20-year identity crisis, from Labour landslides to Brexit.
O'Farrell's best-selling comic memoir about how he helped the Labour Party lose elections, with a bit of help from Hugh Dennis, Jan Ravens, Doon Mackichan and Lewis MacLeod.
How did British politics go from New Labour landslides to Brexit and Corbyn? John O'Farrell is the comedy writer with a knack of finding himself at the heart of British politics; standing in Maidenhead against Theresa May in 2001, doing even worse in the Eastleigh by-election of 2013, successfully campaigning for a non-selective inner-city state school but then realising he had to send his kids to it.
Looking back at the last 20 years in British politics, these are the frank and funny memoirs of one Labour activist who tried to carry on as usual long after politics stopped making sense.
Episode 1 - 1997-2001
Election night 1997 ushered in a new era. Tony Blair promised a brave new future to the sound of D:Ream singing Things Can Only Get Better. That was certainly true for Professor Brian Cox. But the shine of that election victory is a distant memory in 2018. Just how did we get here?
written and read by John O'Farrell
Produced by Victoria Lloyd
A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios Production.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | John O'Farrell |
| John | Hugh Dennis |
| Jackie | Doon Mackichan |
| Gordon Brown | Lewis MacLeod |
| Theresa May | Jan Ravens |
| Writer | John O'Farrell |
| Producer | Victoria Lloyd |
Broadcasts
- Fri 29 Jun 2018 11:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 9 Aug 2021 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4