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Mark and Pete

by Mark and Pete

What on earth is going on? Mark & Pete have a few thoughts. A weekly British podcast about news, politics, culture, faith and the peculiar things people do. Mark and Pete tackle the big headlines and the smaller stories that probably tell us rather more about ourselves than we’d like. Theme music : Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Latest episodes

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Robotaxis: are we ready to sack drivers?

Robotaxis have arrived in London. Uber and British autonomous-driving company Wayve have launched the UK’s first public autonomous ride-hailing service, using specially e

Sep 11
9 min

Victoria Beckham: Posh has Finally Turned Profit.

Victoria Beckham Holdings has finally made a profit. After 18 years of fashion shows, beauty launches, celebrity cachet, private investment, substantial losses and, one a

Sep 11
10 min

Keir Starmer: Britain's Worse Ever Prime Minister?

Keir Starmer resigns as MP, bringing an extraordinary political career to a rather abrupt close. After becoming Labour leader in 2020, winning a huge Commons majority in

Sep 10
13 min

Say it with Flowers: Britain's Favourite Blooms.

Britain’s favourite flowers, the occasions we buy them for, and one extraordinary donation of 17,000 white roses are at the heart of this episode of Mark and Pete. We loo

Sep 6
9 min

Puppy Love: why cute animals sell us eveything.

Why do advertisers use cute animals to sell us everything from toilet roll and insurance to paint, tea and batteries? In this episode of Mark and Pete, we celebrate Brita

Sep 5
8 min

We remember Dolly Parton: the queen of country music.

Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, and in this episode of Mark and Pete we pay tribute to one of the most remarkable, successful and strangely universally loved ente

Sep 1
11 min

Gross Britannia: Britain is Getting Fatter

Britain’s obesity crisis is getting worse, and the latest figures suggest younger adults are gaining weight faster than ever. According to the King’s Fund, obesity rates

Aug 29
11 min

E-scooters: a menace on Britain's streets.

zE-scooter accidents in Britain are rising sharply, with hundreds of riders and pedestrians suffering serious injuries and hospitals seeing a worrying increase in childre

Aug 27
8 min

Ferrari's First Electric Prancing Horse.

Ferrari’s first electric car has arrived, and the Ferrari Luce is causing exactly the sort of argument you would expect when the most famous maker of roaring petrol-engin

Aug 25
10 min

A Truck Load of Tomato Sauce.

Tomato sauce spill, Swaffham traffic, Norfolk news, lorry accidents, road closures and one enormous quantity of ketchup are the unlikely ingredients in this episode of Ma

Aug 23
4 min

Count Binface for Prime Minister!

Count Binface, Nigel Farage, the Clacton by-election, UK politics, protest voting and the strange state of British democracy are under discussion in this episode of Mark

Aug 20
8 min

Total Eclipse: now I understand all the fuss.

Total Eclipse: Now I Understand the Fuss Total solar eclipse 2026, Spain, eclipse chasing, solar eclipse photography and the extraordinary experience of totality are at

Aug 18
12 min

£50,000 or £1 Million: the coin that reveals how you think.

£50,000 or £1 Million? The Coin Toss That Reveals How You Think is a fascinating look at decision making, risk, money psychology, behavioural economics and the strange th

Aug 14
8 min

Britain's Great Petrol Station Getaway.

UK petrol theft, fuel drive-offs, rising petrol prices, shoplifting, retail crime and the cost-of-living squeeze are at the heart of this episode of Mark and Pete. Driver

Aug 14
9 min

Raleigh Bikes: is it the end of the road?

zRaleigh bikes, the future of Raleigh, Accell Group insolvency, British bicycle history, the Raleigh Chopper and the decline of iconic British brands are at the heart of

Aug 11
8 min

When AI Goes Rogue

When AI Goes Rogue. What happens when artificial intelligence ignores the boundaries it was supposed to stay within? In this episode we explore one of the most fascinatin

Aug 7
8 min

Selling the Soul of Football

Selling the Soul of Football looks at the extraordinary row involving FIFA, Gianni Infantino, UEFA and the future of the World Cup. At the centre of it all is money. Quit

Aug 6
10 min

Bill Oddie: Comedy, Music and Birds

Bill Oddie: Comedy, Music and Birds celebrates the remarkable life of one of Britain's most distinctive entertainers. From the anarchic brilliance of The Goodies to becom

Aug 3
10 min

How do you keep your chidren entertained in the summer holidays?

How Do You Keep Your Children Entertained in the Summer Holidays? School holidays can be magical. They can also be six weeks of hearing "I'm bored" before you've even fin

Jul 29
10 min

Kevin Keegan - England's First Football Superstar.

Kevin Keegan: England's First Football Superstar. Few footballers have captured the imagination of a nation quite like Kevin Keegan. In this episode we celebrate the life

Jul 27
9 min

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