The Now Show

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: This week Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis wonder why we don't got no respect these days. Also in the show, Mitch Benn writes a new kind of love song; Jon Holmes needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle; and special guest Dr Ben Goldacre talks about bad science.

Topics

Exam results and bankers

Harriet Harman .v. men & MPs finding new jobs

Soldiers too fat to fight

Mandelson running for leader of Labour?

Vladimir Putin's holiday snaps (Mitch Benn song)

The EATR War Robot from Robotic Technology Inc (Jon Holmes)

Max Clifford and Kim Jong-il (Jon Holmes)

Benson, Britain's biggest carp, is dead

Middlesbrough worst place to live in country

A high-tech chair that talks for dementia patients

Gadget Love (Mitch Benn song)

Press making up science stories (Ben Goldacre)

Audience Question

"What have you tried in the last year that you've never done before and how did it go?"

- "I've come to see Jon Holmes on The Now Show." How did it go? "I still can't see him."

- "Tried being a Roman Catholic." How did it go? "Philippa is now enrolled in the school."

- "I learnt to play a tune on the recorder." How did it go? The audience member has written the musical notes on the paper

- "I inaugurated a winter vegetable sport." How did it go? "I won with an aubergine."