COMING SOON ...

Series two of Hacks and Flaks lands on Thursday 6th April 2023, bringing an exciting array of guests who share their insights on how the news gets made…

We'll be hearing from comedian, impressionist and former political advisor, Matt Forde about why the need for satire is stronger than ever.

 Journalist and presenter of Chopper's Politics Podcast, Chris Hope shares some antics of what happens on government foreign trips.

Liz Truss' former speech writer lifts the lid on the pressures and frustrations of working in the role.

And Former Eastenders actress, Lucy Benjamin speaks publicly for the first time about what it was like to be the victim of phone hacking, whilst having no idea how such intimate stories from her life kept appearing in the press and even suspecting her own family of selling stories on her.

We'll also be looking at how celebrity PRs keep certain stories about the rich and famous out of the news, what goes on behind the scenes of a public enquiry and how on earth niche publications such as The Sunday Sport manage to thrive when printed press is in decline.

Plus, as always host Petrie is joined by regular panel of Giles, Andrew, and Mick, who are ready to tell all about their former roles as ‘Hacks and Flaks’, including the time Giles tried to stop a former PM committing crimes against fashion, Andrew thought an incident with a communal wafer was going to cause an international crisis and Mick managed to hack-off TV reality star, Katie Price.
All this and more coming soon!