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Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

371 episodesEN-GB

Show overview

Politics Weekly UK has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 371 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 190 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 26 min and 35 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 104 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 111 episodes published. Published by The Guardian.

Episodes
371
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
31 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Guardian columnist John Harris, political editor Pippa Crerar, and policy editor Kiran Stacey analyse the week's politics news

Latest Episodes

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Will Healey’s budget tackle the cost of living?

Oct 28, 202624 min

What makes Andy Burnham think Britain can rejoin the EU?

Oct 26, 202620 min

“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking

Oct 24, 202647 min

Rosebank row: will Labour block the oilfield?

Oct 22, 202619 min

Who is Alan Milburn and will he get young people back to work?

Oct 19, 202620 min

‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

Oct 17, 202657 min

Is Andy Burnham in hot water over Manchester City?

Oct 15, 202619 min

Was Burnham right to talk about Russian interference in Brexit?

Oct 12, 202624 min

‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

Oct 10, 202650 min

Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski?

Oct 9, 202617 min

M&S Kemi: can the Tory leader win over core vote?

Oct 7, 202640 min

Why Kemi Badenoch embraces being the leader of the ‘nasty party’

Oct 5, 202624 min

'There’s no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

Oct 3, 202652 min

Burnham’s triple lock gamble

Sep 29, 202614 min

‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories

Sep 28, 202628 min

Andy Burnham shows his emotional side

Sep 28, 202626 min

What really happened in the room with Burnham and Trump

Sep 24, 202626 min

Can Andy Burnham pull off the ‘Mamdani effect’ on Donald Trump?

Sep 21, 202626 min

Tax the middle earners! Will the PM do it?

Sep 17, 202631 min

‘Party for sale’? Reform’s £72m donation causes backlash

Sep 14, 202623 min
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