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Putting a smile on your face in a fraught world

How the BBC WS is trying to put a smile on your face with Comedians versus the news. Plus, two listeners get three minutes to ask four questions to Weekend host Julian Worricker.

Life may seem rather fraught right now but the BBC World Service is trying to put a smile on your face with Comedians versus the news.
But while some listeners say it made them laugh, others have been left stony faced. We hear from the show’s two presenters.

Plus we give two listeners three minutes to ask four questions to Weekend host Julian Wor-ricker.

Presenter Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon

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Sun 11 Oct 202017:50GMT
BBC World Service News Internet

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