About this episode

The episode revisits the commemoration and critique of Margaret Thatcher's death by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver.

Welcome back to Top Stories. In this episode we’re going all the way back over a decade ago to issue 230, and the week commencing Monday 15th of April 2013, where Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver commemorated and berated the death of the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher.  There you go, what a show it was. Now please help us stay alive by donating at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy Zaltzman, John Oliver

Topics covered

• comedy
• news
• commentary
• history
• Margaret Thatcher
• politics
• current events

Keywords

• Margaret Thatcher
• Iron Lady
• Andy Zaltzman
• John Oliver
• political commentary
• April 2013
• comedy news

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