Thursday 29 March

The Wright Stuff

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Part 1: Hellos & Menu

Parts 2 & 3: Fueling A Crisis
I want to know how you think the government is handling the yet to happen fuel crisis. No one’s on strike yet but there’s panic on the streets with ministers advising us to blow ourselves up by storing petrol in metal cans. Even the PM’s pitched in saying keep your tanks topped up. Is this country being run by fuels or is this a deliberate attempt to divert attention away from their tax raid on pensioners?

We’ll take plenty of calls on that before it’s over to Jay for the rest of today’s headlines.

Part 4: Today’s Papers

Part 5: Should Soaps Sober Up?
Could the vast amounts of booze we see consumed in TV soaps like EastEnders and Corrie be influencing the amount we drink in the real world? What about the way soap characters drink? When cops quizzed Dot Cotton’s nephew over Hev’s murder she reacted by switching from sherry to knocking back neat rum. What kind of message does that send out? That drinking the hard stuff’s a cure for the blues? Or am I getting paranoid?

Part 6: Bye Bye Bedtime Stories
New research reckons three out of four Dads don’t have the time to read their sprogs a story. Is that such a big problem? Can’t they just watch TV instead?

Part 7: Caught Napping
Did you see Mariam fall asleep mid task in last night’s Apprentice? She got fired for that. But what about you? Have you fallen asleep in an inappropriate place?

- 09:15 30 Mar 2012
- Channel 5
Fri 30 Mar

Today's host is Andrew Castle, who is joined by Morgan Spurlock.

- 09:15 28 Mar 2012
- Channel 5
Wed 28 Mar

Presented by Matthew Wright, who is joined by Chico Slimani.
- 09:15 27 Mar 2012
- Channel 5
Tue 27 Mar

Author Jodi Picoult joins Matthew Wright for more topical debate.

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Comments (6)

1 year ago

luke123

sticky comment
1 year ago

Lois Goff

I think Eastenders and Coronation St used to be a lot better in the mid nineties and early 2000s. Likewise so did Home & Away but then they all changed in various ways. Now I don't watch soaps at all.
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1 year ago

Yuki, Glasgow

Part 6: More likely these dads have such an appauling standard of reading that they can't read out loud without felling that the're making fools of themselves, let alone they dont want to read Grimm or Andersen thinking the're too nasty for their 'precious' (the Little Mermaid dies in the end). If not it's a shame their too selfish to bother: "I'm watching telly".
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1 year ago

George, Glasgow

A conspiricy theory is only a theory if there is no proof to back it up. Matthew is showing EXACTLY what the government is up to, and if there are any idoits, it's only there for our entertainment!! Do you honestly think big business would leave the running of London in an Olympic year down to Boris (Tim, nice but dim) Johnston?? Get real!!
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1 year ago

George, Glasgow

The scariest thing about this is, the public are actually listening to the government on this issue?? Francis Maud, actually recommended illegal actions of the public yesterday and NO-ONE is questioning his motives!! i.e. Tax reduction on the wealthy, cash for dinners at number 10, granny tax and the good old Levison enquiry!! The truth is, we have villains in government. The Lib Dems are complisit in that, in that they seem to be too scared to pull the vail back on the cartel STEALING from our nation!!! Look at cash for dinners, they then try to connect that with funding for parties!! These are diversion tactics to cover up their raping of the British public!!
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1 year ago

David

Matthew,hi i think you are so wonderfull.The way you put it across.Love to wife,ohsorry wiggy xxxxxxxx
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