Mark Thomas Comedy Product
Political satirist Mark Thomas dedicated a whole episode of The Mark Thomas Comedy Product to Geoffrey Robinson and revealed such stories as his arrest for being drunk while in charge of a vehicle, his dogs mauling his neighbours and shooting his son in the foot. When asked about the last of these, Geoffrey Robinson replied "Oh, that old chestnut."
The program looked deeply into Geoffrey Robinson's mortgages and failing businesses.
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