Article 5KSJ2 British Scandal serves up tabloid trouble – podcasts of the week

British Scandal serves up tabloid trouble – podcasts of the week

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Hannah Verdier and Danielle Stephens
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Alice Levine and Matt Forde delve into the News International phone-hacking scandal. Plus: spoofy horror in Summer Camp Massacre, and an insightful look at trans rights in sport

British Scandal
The new season of the dirt-dishing podcast sees Alice Levine and Matt Forde delve into the News International phone-hacking scandal, with Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson under the spotlight. There is a fair bit of sexing-up of the situation as Brooks pushes her unruly red ringlets out of her face" and Coulson quaffs champagne from the bottle at Stringfellows. But despite some My Dad Wrote a Porno-esque moments, the details of journalists bugging celebrities' phones for News of the World exclusives are genuinely shocking. Hannah Verdier

Summer Camp Massacre
Adam Peacock is the host of this seasonal spin-off of horror spoof My Neighbours Are Dead. There's a killer on the loose at a Michigan summer camp, so Peacock starts off by interviewing Chet, the suspiciously chirpy counsellor (Tim Ryder), who's keen to point out he doesn't share the murderer's name. An absurd story about the killer's work being aided by the children's inability to run away due to the over-use of calamine lotion is just the beginning. Their conversation gets darker and funnier as it goes on. HV

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