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Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast

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New193: The Jeffrey Archer Tribute ShowOctober 13, 2026 · 45 min

Episodes: 193
Released: every two weeks
Latest episode: Oct 13, 2026

About the podcast

Ian Hislop and Private Eye magazine venture into the world of audio with Page 94, hosted by Andrew Hunter Murray.

Available from Private Eye at www.private-eye.co.uk as well as on Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon and many other audio platforms.

Episodes 193

193: The Jeffrey Archer Tribute Show
October 13, 202645 minEpisode 193
A unique tribute to Lord Archer, plus we mark Ian Hislop’s 40 years as editor of the mag, and look ahead to what autumn holds in British politics.
192: Who Cares?
September 29, 202635 minEpisode 192
Andy, Helen and Adam discuss Labour’s big pitch on the decades-old problem of social care; Piers Moron and Earl Spencer’s running beef; and the scammers preying on self-published authors.
191: Delo Or No Delo
September 15, 202649 minEpisode 191
The team and Richard Brooks discuss Reform UK's new sugar-daddy, the likelihood of AI wiping out the world (just 10%) and the Men In Black coming to a port near you.
190: Green Fingers
September 2, 202645 minEpisode 190
Guest Saba Salman discusses the Green Party's latest appearance in Private Eye, Helen Lewis on Donald Trump's completely professional relationship with an attractive young aide, and Adam Macqueen on the BBC's …
Show notes
Guest Saba Salman discusses the Green Party's latest appearance in Private Eye, Helen Lewis on Donald Trump's completely professional relationship with an attractive young aide, and Adam Macqueen on the BBC's doomed future without Amol Rajan.
189: The Hacks Book Club
August 25, 202642 minEpisode 189
As the summer draws to a close, Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the best books about journalism and writing ever, er, written, covering everything from Vesuvius to Rwanda to Elton John.Further Reading The …
Show notes
As the summer draws to a close, Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the best books about journalism and writing ever, er, written, covering everything from Vesuvius to Rwanda to Elton John.
Further Reading
The Faber Book of Reportage, edited by Professor John Carey
Tickle The Public - 100 Years of the Popular Press by Matthew Engel
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Phillip Gourevitch
Towards The End Of The Morning by Michael Frayn
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Stick It Up Your Punter! by Peter Chippindale & Chris Horrie
Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
New Grub St by George Gissing
188: Entirely Artificial Intelligence
August 11, 202638 minEpisode 188
Summer special! The team discuss the Conservatives’ new policy on convicted Neo-Nazis (pro), the AI data centres hoovering up power and water, and the extraordinary story of Professor Jason Arday.
187: Feel The Burnham
July 28, 202642 minEpisode 187
The team discuss how Andy Burnham’s social media is annoying the ‘lobby’; the mad debate over North Sea drilling continues; and how to make the new PM funny.
186: Fa-rage Against The Machine
July 14, 202650 minEpisode 186
The team (with guest Jane Mackenzie) discuss Nigel Farage's by-election gamble, the latest military procurement disasters, and the lowdown on Prince Harry’s trial against the Mail.
185: Manc To The Future
June 30, 202645 minEpisode 185
Ian, Helen, Andy and Richard Brooks discuss Andy Burnham’s vision for Britain (AKA Even Greater Manchester), the non-existent ban on air-conditioning, and a new book on Emperor Trump.
184: Coup What A Scorcher
June 24, 202640 minEpisode 184
The Private Eye team, minus Andy but plus Matt Muir, wave a sad farewell to Keir Starmer and prepare themselves for Andy Burnham and the Burnaissance. Also: is Nigel Farage running out of steam?
183: Fight! Fight! Fight!
June 16, 202644 minEpisode 183
The team (plus guest Sarah Shannon) catch up on the latest White House cage fight, on the World Cup, on the USA and Iran's actual fight, and on the British fight for the right between Reform and Restore.
182: Make Hay
June 2, 202642 minEpisode 182
The team record a special episode from the Hay Festival. Featuring Tony Blair, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, and all your other - favourite? - characters from the news.
181: And The Winner Is...
June 1, 20266 minEpisode 181
You've heard the stories. You've admired the piles of paper in the Eye office (video viewers only). And now it's time to learn which brilliant story has won this year's Paul Foot Award!
180: PAUL FOOT 2026: THE PINCH-OF-SALT PATH
May 30, 202613 minEpisode 180
Chloe Hadjimatheou of the Observer looked into a beloved, million-selling bestseller, The Salt Path, and found the book arguably fit the 'fiction' shelves better.
179: PAUL FOOT 2026: UNSAFE CONVICTIONS
May 29, 202614 minEpisode 179
Adam Bychawski reported on how people who've been wrongly imprisoned - sometimes for many years - are still not being compensated even after they've overturned their convictions, thank to a 2014 change in the law.
178: PAUL FOOT 2026: HARD LABOUR
May 28, 202613 minEpisode 178
Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife uncovered how Labour Together - the think-tank which helped make Keir Starmer PM - had hired a PR firm to try and discredit journalists asking them questions about their funding.
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN
May 27, 202616 minEpisode 177
Lindsay Bruce of the Aberdeen Press and Journal fought for justice for homeowners facing ruin after they learned their homes were full of dodgy concrete. Her campaign eventually led to a complete surrender by …
Show notes
Lindsay Bruce of the Aberdeen Press and Journal fought for justice for homeowners facing ruin after they learned their homes were full of dodgy concrete. Her campaign eventually led to a complete surrender by local authorities and compensation for affected homeowners.
176: PAUL FOOT 2026: A PROVEN LAWYER
May 26, 202611 minEpisode 176
Daniel Timms of the Sheffield Tribune tells the story of the solicitor who used legal loopholes to extract sums of £25,000 from Yorkshire homeowners. Part of Private Eye's Paul Foot Award 2026 shortlist series.
175: PAUL FOOT 2026: CUTTING CORNERS
May 25, 202613 minEpisode 175
Joe Duggan of the i paper tells the story of the workers falling ill and dying with silicosis after cutting fashionable kitchen counters without adequate protection. Part of Private Eye's Paul Foot Award 2026 …
Show notes
Joe Duggan of the i paper tells the story of the workers falling ill and dying with silicosis after cutting fashionable kitchen counters without adequate protection. Part of Private Eye's Paul Foot Award 2026 shortlist series.
174: Burnham Would, Wesley Snipes
May 19, 202648 minEpisode 174
The team discuss the Labour leadership, play Helen’s new quiz ‘Faction or Fiction’, and Saba Salman joins for a post-pre-mortem on the local elections.
173: The Antisemitism Spectrum
May 6, 202644 minEpisode 173
The team discuss antisemitism across the British political scene, Nigel Farage's £5million bung, and one of the (few) bits of Parliament that genuinely works.
172: A Kicking For Keir
April 21, 202641 minEpisode 172
Who wants to give Keir Starmer a kicking? Basically everyone. Rotten Boroughs editor Saba Salman joins Helen Lewis, Ian Hislop and Adam Macqueen to explain how British politics has fractured and how May's …
Show notes
Who wants to give Keir Starmer a kicking? Basically everyone. Rotten Boroughs editor Saba Salman joins Helen Lewis, Ian Hislop and Adam Macqueen to explain how British politics has fractured and how May's elections will be a total bunfight. Plus: how did Elizabeth II become Brenda, and what nicknames for Harry and Meghan never took off?
171: Meta's Not Better
April 8, 202654 minEpisode 171
Is social media really as fun, child-friendly and good for mental health as everyone says? Helen, Adam, Andy and Matt Muir investigate. Plus, Reform and the Greens’ mirror-image election offerings, and a new …
Show notes
Is social media really as fun, child-friendly and good for mental health as everyone says? Helen, Adam, Andy and Matt Muir investigate. Plus, Reform and the Greens’ mirror-image election offerings, and a new (unauthorised) drama about the Prince Harry-Daily Mail trial.
170: Mad King Donald
March 24, 202642 minEpisode 170
Ian, Helen, Andy and special guest Richard Brooks discuss the USA entering its 'insane absolute monarch' era, the ongoing mayhem in the world's oil and gas markets, and check in on the financial arrangements of …
Show notes
Ian, Helen, Andy and special guest Richard Brooks discuss the USA entering its 'insane absolute monarch' era, the ongoing mayhem in the world's oil and gas markets, and check in on the financial arrangements of 'Little Donald', AKA Nigel Farage, and his Reform UK colleagues.
169: War On Iran: Aya-Tollad You So
March 10, 202650 minEpisode 169
Why did Trump declare his latest perfect, ‘very complete', already-won war, and how long will it go on? What will it do to American and British politics? Why can’t anyone in the British press remember the …
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Why did Trump declare his latest perfect, ‘very complete', already-won war, and how long will it go on? What will it do to American and British politics? Why can’t anyone in the British press remember the lessons of last time? What will this do to energy prices and the energy transition? And is this all a deliberate distraction from the Gorton and Denton by-election? Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the latest quiet week in world politics.
168: A Tale Of Two Andrews
February 24, 202635 minEpisode 168
Ian, Adam, Andy and Rachael Claye discuss two men named Andrew - one who used to be a prince, and one who's still a solicitor with a very dubious practice.
167: Cash Harry
February 17, 20265 minEpisode 167Bonus
Street Of Shame writer Adam Macqueen updates Ian Hislop, Helen Lewis and Andrew Hunter Murray on the curious background to some of Prince Harry's key witnesses.
166: Mandy Lifeboats
February 10, 202644 minEpisode 166
The latest break in Peter Mandelson’s CV, the other secrets hiding in the Epstein files, and what comes next for the British government. With Ian Hislop, Helen Lewis, Adam MacQueen and Andrew Hunter Murray.
165: Crash And Burnham
January 27, 202645 minEpisode 165
What is an 'Andy Burnham’ and can it be stopped? Why has Donald Trump made a photocopy of the UN and called it the Board of Peace? And was this episode description drafted by AI for an overworked journalist? …
Show notes
What is an 'Andy Burnham’ and can it be stopped? Why has Donald Trump made a photocopy of the UN and called it the Board of Peace? And was this episode description drafted by AI for an overworked journalist? (No, it wasn’t.) Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy explore these questions and more.
164: On Thin ICE
January 13, 202647 minEpisode 164
Why does the USA now have masked militias roaming its streets with almost no oversight? Why do some of the people who want to win London’s next Mayoral election seem to hate the city so much? And if Prince …
Show notes
Why does the USA now have masked militias roaming its streets with almost no oversight? Why do some of the people who want to win London’s next Mayoral election seem to hate the city so much? And if Prince Harry texts you to recruit you for his next lawsuit, should you answer? Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy explore these questions and more.