Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - I Wasn't Even Listening (with Natalie Haynes) - BBC SoundsArmando and Natalie look back over a busy summer of political language. 68911
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesNatalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Strong Message Here returns this week! On BBC Sounds Wednesday night, BBC Radio 4 at 9:45 on Thursday. A lot’s happened over the summer! 3466
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thanks to my undercover reporting, I can reveal that Strong Message Here returns this week! @aiannucci.bsky.social is joined by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social to discuss what we missed over the summer On BBC Sounds Wednesday night, Radio 4 at 9:45 on thursday 7859
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Off on our summer break since, as you know, there is no politics in the summer. Back in September #StrongMessageHere 71004
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026New #StrongMessageHere up. @hugorifkind.bsky.social and I discuss the phrase ‘Fanning the Flames.’ 37911
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Thanks Jim. It felt quite verifiably A Belter. #Taskmaster. If you must stick to the news, might I recommend my other outlet, this week’s #StrongMessageHere. On all pod-places and #BBCSounds. 51104
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Twice-as-long version now up on #BBCSounds and all other pod outlets. #StrongMessageHere 2388
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesAngela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026📢NEW SERIES📢 Live From The UK is BACK ON @bbcradio4 tonight at 18:30 and after broadcast on BBC Sounds I am so proud to host this show bringing you some of the best grass roots comedy from all over the UK for the next 6 weeks. This series comes from Edinburgh, Liverpool, Belfast and Brighton 🎉🎉🎉 0316
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 10/01/2026New Ep: Venezuela, Regime Change, Tiny Doomsdays, and Cakes with Spiders in Them, all discussed here with @nataliehaynes.bsky.social #StrongMessageHere 611015
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Morning 2026! #StrongMessageHere is back, 15-minute ep on #BBCRadio4 at 9.45 this morning and a 30-min version on #BBCSounds and all other pod-factories. This week, Stewart Lee and I deal with your suggestions and an actual Listeners’ Mailbag. 41306
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 27/12/2025#StrongMessageHere is now on its 50th ep. @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and I discuss our words and phrases of the year. Thank you for your attention to this matter. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Words of the Year (with Natalie Haynes) - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci and Natalie pick through some of the words of the year. 213818
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesCameron Loxdale @cloxdale.bsky.social · 18/12/2024The four wise men gave Jesus gold, frankincense, myrrh and nickel but Jesus gave the nickelback and that guy never made it as a wise man 814350
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesNatalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025🚨 On your radios at 9:45 🚨 I’m back on Armando Iannucci’s Strong Message Here, with Stewart Lee! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Long version will be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds…bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Strong Message Here, Spooking the Markets (with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee)Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee and Natalie Haynes decode the world of political language. 3439
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesNatalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Want more Strong Message Here? The longer version of yesterday’s episode is available as a podcast now! 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...podcasts.apple.comRepetition, Repetition, Repetition (with Natalie Haynes)Podcast Episode · Strong Message Here · 09/10/2025 · 30m 2255
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I checked with BBC verify and this is accurate 031
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Very proud of this silly series we have made for Radio 4. It starts tonight, with a dream cast. Written by the unbelievable dream team of Kat Sadler and @cloxdale.bsky.social - the funniest in the biz 1103
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 03/07/2025It's the last Strong Message Here before the show regenerates into Strong Recommends for the summer: "We haven't always told our story as well as we should." www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Strong Message Here, We Haven't Always Told Our Story as Well as We ShouldA look at the language of the first year of the Labour government. 9576
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 19/06/2025www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Delivering for Ordinary People (with Marina Hyde) - BBC SoundsWho are 'ordinary people'? And do politicians really know how to 'deliver' for them? 128214
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 12/06/2025www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - I Regret Some of My Posts (with Sara Pascoe) - BBC SoundsBromances, breaking up, and making up. With Sara Pascoe. 11848
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 05/06/2025www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee) - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops' 1214620
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A thrill to have Jon Stewart on Strong Message Here this week. a lovely way to send @helenlewis.bsky.social off on her book tour. Guest hosts for the next few weeks ! 0212
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Possibly my favourite Strong Message Here title so far: The Island of Strangers and the Manacled Gimp of Brussels. In which I question why Keir Starmer has started tweeting in the voice of Danny Dyer. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - The Island of Strangers and the Manacled Gimp of Brussels - BBC SoundsArmando and Helen voyage around the Island of Strangers, and other inflammatory phrases. 8829
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesAngela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I'm so chuffed to be hosting this brand new stand up show for BBC radio 4 - proper comedians in proper comedy clubs. Tonight it's @marknelsoncomic.bsky.social @joshpughcomic.bsky.social , Louise Young and @hayleyelliscomedy.bsky.social Have a listen tonight at 6.30pm on R4 or on after BBC Sounds 3567
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Guy on the train covering his mouth on a phone call like a Premier League player avoiding the cameras 020
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 30/03/2025A great ep this week, we were joined by @stephenkb.bsky.social to talk about narratives in politics 1539
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Our Strong Message Here phrase of the week is “Be quiet, small man.” I also get to describe Mark Carney as “no one’s idea of a spunky puncher” and ask Brian Cox to explain how exactly Keir Starmer might turn around a £22bn black hole. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Be Quiet, Small Man - BBC SoundsHelen and Armando investigate how politicians convey strength through rhetoric. 9454
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 13/02/2025www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Build, Baby, Build! - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci and Helen Lewis examine why politicians copy each other's language. 1694
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 06/02/2025I'm on this! Explaining pitch-rolling, kite-flying, and what happens when a politician forgets to say the bit they told us they'd say. 74713
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 06/02/2025In which we ask “Is @rory-stewart.bsky.social the Joe Rogan of the UK?” Listen to @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social and special guest Rob Hutton discuss the mechanics of political announcementsbbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - Flying a Kite and Rolling the Pitch (with Rob Hutton) - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci and Helen Lewis are joined by a guest, journalist Rob Hutton. 3242
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesCameron Loxdale @cloxdale.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Another ban from the GTA VI subreddit for asking whether you can steal cars in Grand Theft Auto VI 1116742
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Very chuffed by listeners’ responses to #StrongMessageHere. We’re not only back, but with many more weeks added. Enjoy, especially if you’re a fan of massively extended runs. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - A Lawyer, Not a Leader - BBC SoundsHelen and Armando are back, and they're looking at what makes a good political attack. 1925228
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This week we climbed into the tepid bath of managed decline and turned on the hot tap of cheap jokes about sandwiches: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci and Helen Lewis take a dip in the tepid bath of managed decline. 5999
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This week on #StrongMessageHere: ‘The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline.’ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci and Helen Lewis take a dip in the tepid bath of managed decline. 38011
Gwyn Rhys Davies @gwynrhysdavies.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This was always my favourite tweet every Christmas. I cheered, I cried, I fist pumped the air. The fact it’s now a bluesky exclusive shows the level of brain drain from Twitter 081
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 21/11/2024www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1454
Reposted by Gwyn Rhys DaviesArmando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 14/11/2024New #StrongMessageHere with me and @helenlewis.bsky.social now up. On all podcast platforms. This week: ‘I hear you’ and when people don’t. Especially Archbishops. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukStrong Message Here - In Listening Mode - BBC SoundsArmando Iannucci and Helen Lewis are talking about how politicians listen to the public. 1442142
