Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation is a BBC Radio 4 series of comedy lectures, hosted by Jeremy Hardy. This has been running since the mid 1993. The eighth series aired in 2010.
The lectures are on topics like "How to have a baby", "How to be truly loved", and will often include his personal views on current affairs.
There are a series of sketches and mock interviews carried out with his two guests. Gordon Kennedy and Debbie Isitt are the two main guests, although other guests have included Meera Syal, Rebecca Front, Alison Steadman, Stephen Frost, Miranda Richardson and Harriet Walter.
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