Binface, Blackouts & Big Promises

Tonight's Episode

Just Buffering – Week Commencing 3rd August 2026

Steve Hyland and Gordon Baxter return with another fast-moving, opinionated look at the week's biggest talking points.

This week the duo tackle the increasingly bizarre Clacton by-election and ask whether Count Binface could end up being the biggest winner of all. They debate Nigel Farage's proposal to use the Royal Navy to tackle illegal Channel crossings and discuss whether Britain is losing control of its borders.

Elsewhere, Andy Burnham's latest prison release proposals come under the spotlight, while FIFA's latest money-making plans leave Steve and Gordon asking whether football has finally become all about profit rather than the fans.

They also examine the Government's creative accounting, the suggestion that wealthy people should simply donate more money to the Treasury, London's proposed ban on "vertical drinking", and whether Britain's electricity network is heading towards future blackouts.

Finally, the pair explore the astonishing pace of artificial intelligence after reports of AI helping to develop new immunisation research—and ask whether the technology could just as easily create tomorrow's biggest threats.

As always, it's two old broadcasters putting the world to rights, with plenty of laughs, strong opinions and the occasional sideways glance at the headlines.

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