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Trump should fear the BBC – these are the people who made Noel's…

Writer Emma Brockes says the public broadcaster can match the president's prized unpredictability, pointing to its wartime history and a famously chaotic Saturday-night hit; the gunge is not confirmed policy.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Guardian columnist argues this morning that Trump should fear the BBC, a broadcaster with a long record of speaking truth to power and, apparently, the team behind Noel's House Party.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the threat is a giant gunge tank. I love a network with range.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUnpredictability, meet the Gunge Tank.

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