Paul Sinha: A BBC Radio 4 Collection Audiobook Libro.fm

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Five fantastic shows from The Chases Sinnerman awardwinning comic and broadcaster Paul Sinha

One of our most thoughtful and enjoyable comedians The Times

Paul Sinha loves a quiz Not only is he the sixthranked quizzer in the UK hes also a regular on Radio 4s longrunning Round Britain Quiz and a resident Chaser on ITVs The Chase In these collected BBC shows Paul offers us his unique perspective as a quizmaster standup star exGP and secondgeneration migrant as he takes a comedic look at British culture history nationalism and sport

Paul Sinhas Quiz Culture sees him travelling to the European Quizzing Championships in Derby to meet the Continents superstars pit his skills against them and find out why trivia has become such a serious business In Paul Sinhas Citizenship Test he examines the test that newcomers to Britain must pass to become citizens and finds the questions deeply disappointing Deciding he can do better he rewrites it to reflect his own ideas of Britishness focussing on the history syllabus the arts health and social cohesion

The Sinha Carta finds Paul scrutinising Englands most important legal document Magna Carta explaining whats in it why its brilliant and how it came to be He also suggests some new uptodate additions for a Magna Carta fit for a modern Britain In The Sinha Test Paul draws on his experience as a proudly English son of Indian immigrants to conduct a comic analysis of cricket national identity and divided loyalties Finally in The Sinha Games he weighs up the pros and cons of hosting the Olympics Using archive material interviews jokes and heavy sarcasm he examines the past present and future of the Games as well as talking to the gold medallist who most influenced him as a young man his former teacher Olympic pentathlete Andy Archibald

Production credits
Written and performed by Paul Sinha

Paul Sinhas Quiz Culture
Produced by Monise Durrani

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 12 March 2011

Paul Sinhas Citizenship Test
Produced by Ed Morrish

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 Extra on the following dates

1 History Syllabus 5 August 2013
2 Health of the Nation 12 August 2013
3 British Culture 19 August 2013
4 British Greatness 26 August 2013

The Sinha Carta
Produced by Ed Morrish

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 11 February 2015

The Sinha Test
Produced by Ed Morrish

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 14 July 2011

The Sinha Games
Produced by Ed Morrish

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 24 July 2012

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