The Death of TV Satire?

<p>With Have I Got News For You one of the last satirical comedy shows still standing, Patrick Maguire asks why satire on our screens seems to be dying a slow death.</p><br><p>He speaks to John O'Farrell, former writer on Spitting Image and HIGNFY, Matt Forde, co-writer of Spitting Image the Musical, and TV critic Siobhan Synnot.</p><br><p>Plus columnists India Knight and James Marriott on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nurses-strike-new-dates-2023-pay-deal-nhs-k5k9xb8vc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nurses' strikes</a>, whether we are living too much in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-doesnt-take-much-to-lure-us-to-a-virtual-world-f966x3dmw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">virtual world</a>, and how many Tories does it take to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22021777/pothole-rishi-sunak-remains-unfilled/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fill a pothole</a>?</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>