Jon Holmes' Mob Rule

Setting the world to rights is, of course, a universal preoccupation which, thanks to internet technology, has been expanded from the once mercifully limited domain of the barstool philosopher to a global welter of opinion, informed or, all too often, otherwise. In Jon Holmes' Mob Rule, the Radio 5 Live comedian trawls BBC Have your Say and other comment websites, newspaper letters pages, blogs and social networking services such as Twitter to sound out what that amorphous and unpredictable entity known as "the people" feels should be done to solve the world's problems. Holmes describes his programme as "Points of View for nutters", and who's to argue with him?

Jon Holmes' Mob Rule (Radio 5 Live, 6.30pm) is an exercise in wider participation, a one-off show where Holmes (busy comic, writer and producer) and guests scour sources around the world where "the public" (or as Holmes has it, "the mob") opine on everything from national debt to World Cup goals. They've Tweeted and Facebooked, listened to phone-ins and shout-outs just to find out whether the people really do know best.