The Thought Police

By The Thought Police

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It’s not 1984 anymore but it sure feels like it. The Thought Police returns for a third series. After working with previous partners Kevin O’Sullivan and Matt Kelly for the past few years Mike Graham has got a new co-host. He is the highly entertaining American comedian Lewis Schaffer whose wry observations on life have to be heard to be believed. We’ve got culture, we’ve got politics and we might even make you laugh in these troubled times. 

It’s The Thought Police. We’re watching you.


Episode Date
S3 Ep17: Why won’t they tell us the truth?
Nov 05, 2026
S3 Ep16: What the hell is happening ?
Oct 29, 2026
S3 Ep15: Have They All Lost The Plot?
Oct 21, 2026
S3 Ep14: One is never enough
Oct 15, 2026
S3 Ep13: The weird free speech rules in the UK
Oct 07, 2026
S3 Ep12: Crisis of Confidence
Sep 30, 2026
S3 Ep11: I’m so unhappy…
Sep 15, 2026
S3 Ep10: I’m a creep
Sep 10, 2026
S3 Ep9: Why should I work?
Sep 02, 2026
S3 Ep8: Paparazzi Patrols
Aug 26, 2026
S3 Ep7: I Made A Mistake
Aug 18, 2026
S3 Ep6: Women wasting money
Aug 11, 2026
S3 Ep5: Growing Old Disgracefully
Aug 04, 2026
S3 Ep4: Divorce Dilemmas
Jul 28, 2026
S3 Ep4: Divorce Dilemmas
Jul 28, 2026
S3 Ep3: Water Torture
Jul 21, 2026
S3 Ep2: Why I Don’t Shower
Jul 15, 2026
S3 Ep1: Broken Britain
Jul 13, 2026
S1 Ep332: The Great British ID-iot
Oct 10, 2025
S1 Ep331: Keir-lamity
Oct 01, 2025
S1 Ep330: The McSweeney Meltdown
Sep 25, 2025
S1 Ep329: Starmer’s Swapocalypse
Sep 17, 2025
S1 Ep328: Migrant Mayhem
Aug 21, 2025
S1 Ep327: Ukraine Love Affair
Aug 14, 2025
S1 Ep326: In, Out, Chaos All About
Aug 06, 2025
S1 Ep325: Get Trumped
Jul 30, 2025
S1 Ep324: The Secret Policeman's Bus
Jul 23, 2025
S1 Ep323: Afghanistain
Jul 16, 2025
S1 Ep322: Froggy Fiasco
Jul 11, 2025
S1 Ep321: Tears For Keir
Jul 04, 2025
S1 Ep320: Asylum Lunatics
Jun 25, 2025
S1 Ep319: State of Silence
Jun 18, 2025
S1 Ep318: Rachel's Horror Show
Jun 11, 2025
S1 Ep317: Liar Liar, Burqa On Fire
Jun 04, 2025
S1 Ep316: Labour Of Hate
May 29, 2025
S1 Ep315: Starmer Surrender
May 21, 2025
S1 Ep314: Albania Mania
May 16, 2025
S1 Ep313: Harry The Herbert
May 08, 2025
S1 Ep312: Flush Point
Apr 30, 2025
S1 Ep311: No Kevin, No Problem
Apr 23, 2025
S1 Ep310: Two Tier Torture
Apr 17, 2025
S1 Ep309: Keir Today, Gangs Tomorrow
Apr 02, 2025
S1 Ep308: The C*nt For Red October
Mar 21, 2025
S1 Ep307: A Bridge To Nowhere
Mar 13, 2025
S1 Ep306: Two Tier Tragic Starmer
Mar 06, 2025
S1 Ep305: The Trump Card
Feb 26, 2025
S1 Ep304: Starmer Llama Drama
Feb 12, 2025
S1 Ep303: Starmer Stays Schtum
Feb 07, 2025
S1 Ep302: British Scareways
Jan 30, 2025
S1 Ep301: Keir's Terror of Truth
Jan 22, 2025
S1 Ep300: The Trump Effect
Jan 16, 2025
S1 Ep299: Unhappy New Keir
Jan 08, 2025
S1 Ep298: Hell In A Handcart
Dec 11, 2024
S1 Ep297: Wallace and Vomit
Dec 04, 2024
S1 Ep296: Keir And Loathing
Nov 27, 2024
S1 Ep295: Farmer Harmer
Nov 20, 2024
S1 Ep294: Welby Damned
Nov 13, 2024
S1 Ep293: He's Don It Again
Nov 08, 2024
S1 Ep292: Southport Secrets
Oct 30, 2024
S1 Ep291: Kaba's Crimes
Oct 24, 2024
S1 Ep290: From Lederhosen to Lionheart
Oct 16, 2024
S1 Ep289: ECHR You For Real?
Oct 09, 2024
S1 Ep288: Schofield's Shipwreck Of Shame
Oct 03, 2024
S1 Ep287: Mugged Off
Sep 25, 2024
S1 Ep286: Swift Justice
Sep 20, 2024
S1 Ep285: Prison Break
Sep 12, 2024
S1 Ep284: Stasi Starmer
Sep 05, 2024
S1 Ep283: A Nation Divided
Aug 06, 2024
S1 Ep282: Starmergeddon
Jul 09, 2024
S1 Ep281: Calamity Joe
Jun 28, 2024
S1 Ep280: Tories Toasted and Roasted
Jun 20, 2024
S1 Ep279: Rishi's Reality Check
Jun 14, 2024
S1 Ep278: D-Day for the Tories
Jun 06, 2024
S1 Ep277: Trump Trouble & Strife
May 31, 2024
S1 Ep276: Electile Dysfunction
May 24, 2024
S1 Ep275: Keir Today, Gone Tomorrow
May 17, 2024
S1 Ep274: A Royal Snub
May 11, 2024
S1 Ep273: Country C*nts
May 03, 2024
S1 Ep272: Suits, Sleaze and Scandals
Apr 19, 2024
S1 Ep271: Caught In The Honey Pot
Apr 11, 2024
S1 Ep270: Hate To Say It
Apr 05, 2024
S1 Ep269: Keep The Change!
Mar 21, 2024
S1 Ep268: The Hate Speech Spesh
Mar 16, 2024
S1 Ep267: What A Sh*t Show
Mar 08, 2024
S1 Ep266: Harry the Herbert Loses Again
Mar 01, 2024
S1 Ep265: House of Comedians
Feb 23, 2024
S1 Ep264: Mind The Clap Trap
Feb 16, 2024
S1 Ep263: The Jokes On You...
Feb 09, 2024
S1 Ep262: Lies Damned Lies And The BBC
Feb 02, 2024
S1 Ep261: Burn After Reading
Jan 26, 2024
S1 Ep260: A Royal Pain
Jan 18, 2024
S1 Ep259: Mike and Kev Go Postal
Jan 13, 2024
S1 Ep258: Randy Andy And The Epstein Files
Jan 05, 2024
S1 Ep257: 2023 What A F*cking year!
Dec 22, 2023
S1 Ep256: Bah Humbug!
Dec 15, 2023
S1 Ep255: Tories In Turmoil
Dec 08, 2023
S1 Ep254: Tories In Turmoil
Dec 08, 2023
S1 Ep253: Odious Scobie
Dec 01, 2023
S1 Ep252: Remote Impossibility
Nov 24, 2023
S1 Ep251: Rwanda Revolt
Nov 17, 2023
S1 Ep250: A Braverman Than You And I
Nov 09, 2023
S1 Ep249: Sweary Dom And A Collection Of Morons
Nov 02, 2023
S1 Ep248: Back With A Bang
Oct 25, 2023
S1 Ep247: The Fag End
Oct 06, 2023
S1 Ep246: Railway To Nowhere
Sep 28, 2023
S1 Ep245: Coughing Up
Sep 14, 2023
S1 Ep244: Back To School
Sep 06, 2023
S1 Ep243: THOUGHT POLICE LIVE!
Sep 01, 2023
S1 Ep242: Holiday Mode
Aug 16, 2023
S1 Ep241: Bibby Phobia
Aug 08, 2023
S1 Ep240: Global Boiling Point
Aug 03, 2023
S1 Ep239: Heavy Weather
Jul 27, 2023
S1 Ep238: A Load Of Bankers
Jul 20, 2023
S1 Ep237: British Blunder Corporation
Jul 12, 2023
S1 Ep236: A Load Of Argy Bargey
Jul 05, 2023
S1 Ep235: Help Me Rwanda
Jun 30, 2023
S1 Ep234: Woke And Dagger
Jun 20, 2023
S1 Ep233: Party Pooper
Jun 15, 2023
S1 Ep232: Court Short
Jun 07, 2023
S1 Ep231: Ivory Tower TV
May 30, 2023
S1 Ep230: Migration Nation
May 27, 2023
S1 Ep229: All At Sea
May 17, 2023
S1 Ep228: Crowning Glory
May 10, 2023
S1 Ep227: Stammering Starmer
Apr 26, 2023
S1 Ep226: Snooker Loopy!
Apr 19, 2023
S1 Ep225: Dressed To Impress
Apr 05, 2023
S1 Ep224: Unsure Offshore
Mar 31, 2023
S1 Ep223: Party Pooper
Mar 24, 2023
S1 Ep222: British Blunder Corporation
Mar 16, 2023
S1 Ep221: A Braverman Than You And I
Mar 08, 2023
S1 Ep220: Fear and Loathing In Westminster
Mar 03, 2023
S1 Ep219: The End Of Formality
Feb 21, 2023
S1 Ep218: Utter Balloon-ey
Feb 14, 2023
S1 Ep217: High Spy
Feb 07, 2023
S1 Ep216: Fill My Bath!
Feb 02, 2023
S1 Ep215: Utter State Of The Nation
Jan 26, 2023
S1 Ep214: Beaten By The Green Stick
Jan 17, 2023
S1 Ep213: The Prince of Wails
Jan 11, 2023
S1 Ep212: Happy New Fear
Jan 04, 2023
S1 Ep211: The Strike Before Christmas
Dec 20, 2022
S1 Ep210: Woe Cup 2022
Dec 14, 2022
S1 Ep209: Bar Humbug
Dec 06, 2022
S1 Ep208: Mick the Grinch Strikes Again
Nov 29, 2022
S1 Ep207: The Hampstead Hypocrite
Nov 24, 2022
S1 Ep206: #BATTLEFEST2022 LIVE - Part Two
Nov 16, 2022
S1 Ep205: The End Isn't Nigh
Nov 08, 2022
S1 Ep204: My Country Runneth Over
Nov 02, 2022
S1 Ep203: Rishi Returns
Oct 26, 2022
S1 Ep202: #BATTLEFEST2022 LIVE - Part One
Oct 18, 2022
S1 Ep201: Can't Say! We'll Take It Away!
Oct 11, 2022
S1 Ep200: Peak My Interest
Oct 05, 2022
S1 Ep199: Completely Spent
Sep 29, 2022
S1 Ep198: Queen Elizabeth ll 1926-2022
Sep 13, 2022
S1 Ep197: A New Beginning
Sep 06, 2022
S1 Ep196: Homecoming Hell
Aug 30, 2022
S1 Ep195: The Long Road To Fleet Street
Aug 23, 2022
S1 Ep194: University Challenged
Aug 17, 2022
S1 Ep193: Hose To Blame?
Aug 10, 2022
S1 Ep192: Hot And Unbothered
Jul 20, 2022
S1 Ep191: Fill Your Boots
Jul 14, 2022
S1 Ep190: Back To School
Jul 07, 2022
S1 Ep189: Lords Of The Flies
Jun 29, 2022
S1 Ep188: Off The Rails
Jun 21, 2022
S1 Ep187: What's It All A-Boat?
Jun 16, 2022
S1 Ep186: Bursting The Bubble
Jun 08, 2022
S1 Ep185: Right Royal Knees Up
Jun 01, 2022
S1 Ep184: Agony Uncles
May 25, 2022
S1 Ep183: Rats In A Sack
May 18, 2022
S1 Ep182: The Real Thing
May 13, 2022
S1 Ep181: All Killer No Filler
May 11, 2022
S1 Ep180: Something To A Tractor
May 03, 2022
S1 Ep179: Rebels Without A Clue
Apr 26, 2022
S1 Ep178: The Archbishop of Wokery
Apr 20, 2022
S1 Ep177: Fishy Rishi And The Blobs
Apr 12, 2022
S1 Ep176: The Thought Police - LIVE!
Apr 06, 2022
S1 Ep175: The Bald Truth
Apr 01, 2022
S1 Ep174: Survival Of The Strangest
Mar 23, 2022
S1 Ep173: A Grand Day
Mar 17, 2022
S1 Ep172: International Them Week
Mar 08, 2022
S1 Ep171: COVID: Vlad It's All Over
Mar 01, 2022
S1 Ep170: Vlad The Invader
Feb 25, 2022
S1 Ep169: Oscar Abominations
Feb 15, 2022
S1 Ep168: A Purrfect Storm
Feb 09, 2022
S1 Ep167: Failings of the Force
Feb 02, 2022
S1 Ep166: A Gray State of Affairs
Jan 25, 2022
S1 Ep165: Boris And The Never Ending Lies
Jan 19, 2022
S1 Ep164: Carrie Antoinette, the Queen of No.10
Jan 12, 2022
S1 Ep163: Happy New Fear
Jan 04, 2022
S1 Ep162: The Year From Hell
Dec 28, 2021
S1 Ep161: Somewhat Sweary & Immaculately Articulate
Dec 21, 2021
S1 Ep160: The variant that killed Christmas
Dec 14, 2021
S1 Ep159: Boiling with rage (or possibly hot gin)
Dec 08, 2021
S1 Ep158: Five time's a charm
Dec 02, 2021
S1 Ep157: The Best of MG & Kev (Volume 3)
Dec 02, 2021
S1 Ep156: A sorry state of affairs
Nov 24, 2021
S1 Ep155: Working hard or hardly working?
Nov 17, 2021
S1 Ep154: The new President Trump
Nov 10, 2021
S1 Ep153: Concrete evidence
Nov 03, 2021
S1 Ep152: No meat is the treat!
Oct 27, 2021
S1 Ep151: The mask of sorrow
Oct 20, 2021
S1 Ep150: An unhealthy obsession
Oct 13, 2021
S1 Ep149: Not going to take this lying down
Oct 06, 2021
S1 Ep148: Adding fuel to the fire (if you can wait long enough to get some)
Sep 29, 2021
S1 Ep147: A shock to the system
Sep 22, 2021
S1 Ep146: Plenty to grouse about
Sep 15, 2021
S1 Ep145: Social hair reforms
Sep 08, 2021
S1 Ep144: A social disgrace
Sep 01, 2021
S1 Ep143: Sitting around camp fires
Aug 25, 2021
S1 Ep142: The fat Taliban
Aug 18, 2021
S1 Ep141: The Prince is sweating now
Aug 12, 2021
S1 Ep140: Soggy masks in the sea
Aug 04, 2021
S1 Ep139: The Channel funnel
Jul 28, 2021
S1 Ep138: The Best of MG & Kev (Volume 2)
Jul 21, 2021
S1 Ep137: Heading off on a power trip
Jul 14, 2021
S1 Ep136: Spanking the monkey
Jul 07, 2021
S1 Ep135: Hands. Face. Complete waste of space.
Jun 30, 2021
S1 Ep134: The true price of freedom
Jun 23, 2021
S1 Ep133: A matter of life and death
Jun 16, 2021
S1 Ep132: A real slap in the face
Jun 09, 2021
S1 Ep131: The power trip
Jun 02, 2021
S1 Ep130: The Thought Police vs. the BBC
May 26, 2021
S1 Ep129: Don't take your love to Leicester
May 19, 2021
S1 Ep128: The spin doctor will see you now
May 12, 2021
S1 Ep127: Not for love or money
May 05, 2021
S1 Ep126: 200 grand designs
Apr 28, 2021
S1 Ep125: A pint of bitter(ness)
Apr 21, 2021
S1 Ep124: You want to get back to normality? Join the queue
Apr 15, 2021
S1 Ep123: Testing our patience
Apr 07, 2021
S1 Ep122: Full of hot air
Mar 31, 2021
S1 Ep121: Stumbling blocks
Mar 24, 2021
S1 Ep120: Putting the Great in Britain
Mar 17, 2021
S1 Ep119: A right royal pain in the backside
Mar 10, 2021
S1 Ep118: The Fresh Prince of Bell End
Mar 03, 2021
S1 Ep117: Who are they kidding?
Feb 23, 2021
S1 Ep116: The geeks shall inherit
Feb 17, 2021
S1 Ep115: Great Britain? Well it used to be...
Feb 10, 2021
S1 Ep114: Getting off Scot-free
Feb 03, 2021
S1 Ep113: Stay in your lane!
Jan 28, 2021
S1 Ep112: Not for all the falsity in China
Jan 20, 2021
S1 Ep111: Desperate measures
Jan 14, 2021
S1 Ep110: Rebels with a cause
Jan 06, 2021
S1 Ep109: The best of 2020
Dec 30, 2020
S1 Ep108: The 2020 Thought Police Awards
Dec 23, 2020
S1 Ep107: Turkeys voting for Christmas
Dec 16, 2020
S1 Ep106: What's the big deal?
Dec 09, 2020
S1 Ep105: Dishonesty is the best policy
Dec 02, 2020
S1 Ep104: Crunching the numbers
Nov 25, 2020
S1 Ep103: You can hide but you can't run...the country
Nov 18, 2020
S1 Ep102: Trumping to conclusions
Nov 11, 2020
S1 Ep101: The waiting game
Nov 04, 2020
S1 Ep100: The Best of MG & Kev (Volume 1)
Oct 28, 2020
S1 Ep99: Just a bunch of tossers
Oct 21, 2020
S1 Ep98: The insane or the infirm?
Oct 14, 2020
S1 Ep97: The road to recovery
Oct 07, 2020
S1 Ep96: Where did all the fun go?
Sep 30, 2020
S1 Ep95: Get a grip Doris!
Sep 23, 2020
S1 Ep94: Taking the pee
Sep 16, 2020
S1 Ep93: Diktat in your pipe and smoke it
Sep 09, 2020
S1 Ep92: Schools of thought
Sep 02, 2020
S1 Ep91: Fool Britannia
Aug 27, 2020
S1 Ep90: Epic fail
Aug 19, 2020
S1 Ep89: Rocking the boat
Aug 11, 2020
S1 Ep88: The House of Frauds
Aug 04, 2020
S1 Ep87: You spoke...that's not woke!
Jul 29, 2020
S1 Ep86: The Rant Pack
Jul 21, 2020
S1 Ep85: The times they are a changing
Jun 25, 2020
S1 Ep84: Poles apart
Jun 18, 2020
S1 Ep83: Hysterical or historical?
Jun 11, 2020
S1 Ep82: We need consent, we've got discontent
Jun 04, 2020
S1 Ep81: The perfect accompaniment for a day trip to Durham
May 28, 2020
S1 Ep80: Health and wealth
May 21, 2020
S1 Ep79: Skinny and wriggly
May 15, 2020
S1 Ep78: One big (un)happy family
May 06, 2020
S1 Ep77: Easing restrictions? Don't bet on it
Apr 28, 2020
S1 Ep76: Just don't upset the dog
Apr 21, 2020
S1 Ep75: Keep your bloody distance
Apr 15, 2020
S1 Ep74: Home truths
Apr 07, 2020
S1 Ep73: The lockdown low-down
Mar 31, 2020
S1 Ep72: Whining and dining
Mar 19, 2020
S1 Ep71: Going viral
Mar 17, 2020
S1 Ep70: TPQs (Fifth Edition) - Answer Time
Mar 12, 2020
S1 Ep69: Running around like a headless chicken
Mar 10, 2020
S1 Ep68: Plagued by problems
Mar 05, 2020
S1 Ep67: Home discomforts
Mar 03, 2020
S1 Ep66: Weirdos and freaks
Feb 25, 2020
S1 Ep65: Best bits of 2020 (...so far!)
Feb 18, 2020
S1 Ep64: Behind every successful man...
Feb 13, 2020
S1 Ep63: Ciara, Corona and Camus
Feb 11, 2020
S1 Ep62: Having a riot
Feb 06, 2020
S1 Ep61: The parting, the partying and the part of you that wished you hadn't
Feb 04, 2020
S1 Ep60: Brexit strategy
Jan 30, 2020
S1 Ep59: Words and pictures
Jan 28, 2020
S1 Ep58: Creature discomforts
Jan 23, 2020
S1 Ep57: Whatever floats your boat
Jan 21, 2020
S1 Ep56: Flogging a dead seahorse
Jan 16, 2020
S1 Ep55: Negotiating Megxit
Jan 14, 2020
S1 Ep54: Worm your way out of that
Jan 09, 2020
S1 Ep53: What have we missed?
Jan 07, 2020
S1 Ep52: Xmas best bits 2 (The stories)
Dec 31, 2019
S1 Ep51: Xmas best bits 1 (Political commentary)
Dec 24, 2019
S1 Ep50: Episode McGarrett
Dec 19, 2019
S1 Ep49: The election and the rejection
Dec 17, 2019
S1 Ep48: Starved of election fever
Dec 12, 2019
S1 Ep47: Two wise men
Dec 10, 2019
S1 Ep46: The Massive Election Preview
Dec 05, 2019
S1 Ep45: Restrain, rehabilitate or remove?
Dec 03, 2019
S1 Ep44: Trust, backing and time - the making of a journalist
Nov 28, 2019
S1 Ep43: A fact-finding mission
Nov 26, 2019
S1 Ep42: Looking forward to a massive election
Nov 21, 2019
S1 Ep41: Royally screwed
Nov 19, 2019
S1 Ep40: TPQs (Fourth Edition) - From Graham's face to Kelly's eye
Nov 14, 2019
S1 Ep39: Father Christmas? No it must be Jeremy Corbyn
Nov 12, 2019
S1 Ep38: The power of influence
Nov 07, 2019
S1 Ep36: Remember remember the twelfth of December
Nov 05, 2019
S1 Ep35: The Hangover
Oct 31, 2019
S1 Ep34: Perception vs. reality
Oct 29, 2019
S1 Ep33: Personal issues
Oct 17, 2019
S1 Ep32: Deal or No Deal?
Oct 15, 2019
S1 Ep31: Making sense of the nonsensical
Oct 10, 2019
S1 Ep30: Clucking hell - what's going to happen post-Brexit?
Oct 08, 2019
S1 Ep29: What is the future of news consumption?
Oct 03, 2019
S1 Ep28: Making judgements
Oct 01, 2019
S1 Ep27: That'll teach them
Sep 26, 2019
S1 Ep26: Topical cream
Sep 24, 2019
S1 Ep25: TPQs (Third Edition)
Sep 19, 2019
S1 Ep24: Fact or fiction?
Sep 17, 2019
S1 Ep23: How was your holiday?
Sep 12, 2019
S1 Ep22: It all happened...and then it didn't
Sep 10, 2019
S1 Ep21: Best bits (...so far)
Sep 05, 2019
S1 Ep20: TPQs (Second Edition)
Aug 27, 2019
S1 Ep19: Tales from the newsroom
Aug 20, 2019
S1 Ep18: A reflection of society
Aug 15, 2019
S1 Ep17: What's the Greek for Skittles?
Aug 13, 2019
S1 Ep16: Honesty is the best policy
Aug 08, 2019
S1 Ep15: No deal? Better than a hole in the head...
Aug 06, 2019
S1 Ep14: TPQs (First Edition)
Aug 01, 2019
S1 Ep13: The trade disagreement
Jul 30, 2019
S1 Ep12: Things are really hotting up now
Jul 25, 2019
S1 Ep11: Done up like a kipper or was it just a red herring?
Jul 23, 2019
S1 Ep10: Free speech (but it will cost you)
Jul 18, 2019
S1 Ep9: Sports journalism
Jul 16, 2019
S1 Ep8: The London bombings - 14 years on
Jul 09, 2019
S1 Ep7: The Political Landscape (slightly hazy)
Jul 02, 2019
S1 Ep6: The Leadership Debate (clue: there isn't any)
Jun 25, 2019
S1 Ep5: Go-go or no-go for BoJo?
Jun 18, 2019
S1 Ep4: May ends, doom begins?
Jun 11, 2019
S1 Ep3: The Trump Card
Jun 04, 2019
S1 Ep2: The beginning or the end?
May 29, 2019
S1 Ep1: THE THOUGHT POLICE - COMING SOON!
May 28, 2019