Apparently the biggest news story of the year is going to break over the weekend

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It’s all overTwitter, or X as it’s now called. One of the Sunday papers is working on a massive story and all staff weekend leave has been cancelled. Channel 4 is showing an episode of ‘Dispatches’ tomorrow night at 9pm but haven’t said what it’s about and lots of people are putting two and two together and saying it’s in conjunction with the following days papers.

Hardeep Singh Kohli was arrested recently and it barely made an impact in the news.

I wonder if it's bigger than any of us think and there's an embargo until the specified time of release. Something relating to Ukraine maybe.

Exactly. It's not going be anything like that.

I guarantee you it won't be celebrity gossip, it is much more likely to be a big political (or corporate) news story. Which has been embargoed.

I really don't think it's comedians, but I don't know what it is!

Naomi Campbell? Who's going to be interested in her these days. Most young people wont even have heard of her

It better not be Ricky as I’m going to see him tomorrow night.

It would have to be a TON of comedians to warrant this level of build up

news isn’t just for young people though is it . She was massive in the 90s plenty of people would be interested and especially if linked to the exploitation of girls.

Something like M&S goes into administration.

Hopefully not a bank collapse story or we're all fucked. But timing when markets are closed is interesting.

Just noticed Daily Mail have wind of it now and are reporting that Krishnan Guru-Murthy has hastily deleted a tweet saying 'Something is up' in reference to Dispatches programme🤔. He apparently was told to take it down as the nature of the programme is 'sensitive'.

The something's up tweet must be a clue or it wouldn't have been taken down. Dom Joly also mentioned comeuppance. Sadly that isn't really helping me work it out!

Hmm. Maybe we should stop speculating. It sounds pretty serious.

I hope its aliens. I will happily volunteer to be kidnapped by them if that means I never hear the word brexit or see bojos slimy mug again.

do we reckon it will break by the morning?

JD and coke?

Yesterday BBC news did this massive breaking news thing with NASA about UFOs. I have never been more disappointed my life.

Some random 'news' website:

"Channel 4 has scheduled a special broadcast of current affairs programme Dispatches to reveal a new investigation, amid industry rumours about a MeToo story which is set to be revealed this weekend.

According to Channel 4’s TV guide, a 90-minute special Dispatches investigation will air on Saturday night, from 9 p.m. to 10:35 p.m. A rerun of the programme will air on Sunday night from 10:50 p.m. to 12:25 a.m.

The subject of the investigation has not yet been announced and a spokesperson for Channel 4 did not respond to a request for comment about Saturday night’s programme.

The listing appeared amid rumours in the industry that a newspaper is preparing to drop an “explosive” MeToo story this weekend. The timing of Channel 4’s special suggests the story will first be revealed on TV before it appears in a Sunday newspaper.

However, commentator Toby Young said he heard the story is expected to appear on the Sunday Times’ website at around 3 p.m. on Saturday. He said he heard it was a major story, possibly “a sex scandal of some kind.”
Other details cannot be confirmed at this time."

If true, it's pretty seedy for Dispatches, but everyone does insist on talking talking about sex these days. #MeBoredNow 🙄

RB and JR.

If Krishnan G-M has the inside intel, and judging by the 9pm scheduling of Dispatches, it's going to be a scandal about this year's Strictly pairings. I bet Neil doesn't have a partner YET AGAIN!

Walliams

It will be aliens!

It's got to be something pretty big to justify a 90 minute programme, but what?!

What you get "trending" on Twitter might be tailored?

The first (and only) trending named man in mine is Barry White! Presumably because today would have been his birthday.

Or are walruses involved? We're back to an Attenborough!