Is Taylor Swift Punching Down?

aka: Drive-By On Charli XCX

7 October 2025

In episode 190: Why is Taylor Swift gunning for fellow popstar Charli xcx? Is the era of big Broadway musicals over? Will Mel Gibson’s sequel to Passion Of The Christ resurrect his reputation?
Taylor Swift has released another blockbuster album, teaming up with Swedish hitmaker Max Martin again. But can the world’s biggest popstar stay on-top forever?
New York theatres are in big trouble, Richard Osman and Marina Hyde assess Broadway’s failure to make musicals pay.
More than 20 years later, Mel Gibson is directing a sequel to his 2004 biblical epic ‘The Passion Of The Christ’. Marina charts Hollywood’s continued obsession with Christ in cinemas.
Recommendations:
Marina: One Battle After Another
Richard: Grand Designs (Channel 4)
Video Editor: Charlie Rodwell
Senior Producer: Joey McCarthy
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Exec Producer: Neil Fearn
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