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United Zingdom

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Frequency: 1 episode/6d. Total Eps: 11

Zing Tsjeng can apply for a British passport. But she’s already got one from Singapore, and she can’t have both. It's got her thinking, what does it mean to be British? She's off on a trip around the UK to find out.

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“There are as many identities in Northern Ireland as people”

Monday, May 11, 2020 • Duration 32:01

Zing’s reached the end of her adventure around the UK and it’s time for her to make a decision: does she want to give up her Singaporean passport for a British one? Has touring the country and having frank and difficult conversations about national identity helped her decide whether she’s ready to trade in citizenship of the country she was raised in for the one she calls home now? Before she answers these questions, she’s got one final stop to make on her tour - Belfast. Unfortunately, with the country still locked down due to coronavirus, Zing can’t travel there in person. However, journalists Jordan Dunbar and Ciarán Logue are ready to give her a virtual tour of the city, an introduction to its nightlife and slang, and some fascinating insights into British, Irish and Northern Irish identity. Ciarán teaches journalism at Queen’s University Belfast and he’s asked some students there to share their thoughts on what national identity means to them.

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“Geordies - we’re a tenacious bunch of people!”

Monday, May 4, 2020 • Duration 23:03

Something that still occasionally baffles Zing about life in the UK is the British sense of humour. Why does it often involve taking the piss out of the people you love most, or jokes about the bleakest things imaginable? This week Zing puts her questions to a professional: Geordie stand-up comedian, Louise Young. Louise tells Zing about the comedy scene in her home city of Newcastle, what Geordie identity means to her, and Title: “Geordies - we’re a tenacious bunch of people!” Short: Zing chats to Geordie comedian Louise Young Long: Something that still occasionally baffles Zing about life in the UK is the British sense of humour. Why does it often involve taking the piss out of the people you love most, or jokes about the bleakest things imaginable? This week Zing puts her questions to a professional: Geordie stand-up comedian, Louise Young. Louise tells Zing about the comedy scene in her home city of Newcastle, what Geordie identity means to her, and how she plays with regional stereotypes in her shows. how she plays with regional stereotypes in her shows.

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Welcome to United Zingdom

Monday, March 9, 2020 • Duration 03:16

Zing Tsjeng, executive editor at VICE UK, can apply for a British passport. But there’s a catch. She’s already got one from Singapore, the country where she was born and raised, and she’s not allowed to have both – it’s either a British passport, or a Singaporean one. Before she makes a decision she wants to know: what does it mean to be British? So she’s going on a trip around the UK to find out.

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“Glasgow’s creative, contradictory and rough around the edges”

Monday, April 27, 2020 • Duration 29:35

Zing’s first trip to Glasgow has to wait because of the coronavirus lockdown. Luckily, Glaswegian poet and performer Kevin Gilday has the perfect antidote to Zing's cabin fever: a virtual tour around the places, culture and history of his home city. Kevin shares what he learnt about Scottish identity by writing his one-man show, Suffering From Scottishness, and explains why his accent produces different reactions around the world.

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“Our patriotism is quiet and subtle”

Monday, April 20, 2020 • Duration 25:07

Zing is in York chatting to student and political activist, Dominique Samuels. Dominique is the president of Orthodox Conservatives, a new conservative pressure group. Zing hasn’t met too many young Brits with conservative views and she’s keen to hear Dominique’s perspective. Dominique has Jamaican heritage and she and Zing discuss whether Britain’s imperial history affects people today. Plus Zing hears Dominique’s take on nationalism, patriotism and Englishness.

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“Elbow deep in cow muck – and I love this!”

Monday, April 13, 2020 • Duration 21:42

Zing heads to Lytham in rural Lancashire for a trip to Tom Pemberton’s farm. Tom’s the fifth generation of farmers in his family and he’s one of very few young people in the UK working in this tough industry. He’s also something of a farming influencer – his videos about the highs and lows of farming life get thousands of views. He tells Zing about nursing new born calves, chasing escaped cows and why Britain should be proud of its grass.

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“This is British now. What are you gonna do about it?”

Monday, April 6, 2020 • Duration 25:39

Zing speaks to poet and photographer Nabeelah Hafeez about what being from Bradford means to her and why the city’s arts scene is thriving now. Nabeelah feels that negative news stories about Bradford being a segregated city are exaggerated, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t sometimes experienced racism and Islamophobia. Recently she was shocked to discover it very close to home.

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“Speaking Welsh is vibrant and cool”

Monday, March 30, 2020 • Duration 25:43

“People have had to really fight to keep the language alive, which is why it’s vibrant now”. Zing heads to Cardiff to meet Lisa Angharad, host of possibly the first ever sex podcast in Welsh – Siarad Secs. Lisa wants to provide young Welsh speakers with frank, open discussions “in the language they have sex in and have those chats with their mates in”. Lisa is also a singer and says that a love of music, singing and harmonising is at the heart of Welsh identity: “If you’re happy, joyous, grieving, whatever – music is something we gravitate towards”. She's proudly Welsh, and doesn't feel "an ounce British" - she tells Zing why.

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“British drag is slapdash and hodgepodge”

Monday, March 23, 2020 • Duration 25:11

When RuPaul’s Drag Race launched in the UK last year Zing noticed lots of fans saying the show made them feel strangely patriotic. The contestants were bawdy, slapdash, raucous and not as earnest or polished as the queens of the original American series. This week Zing’s heading to Birmingham - home town of Drag Race star, Sum Ting Wong. They discuss what makes British drag unique, compare stories of coming out to their Asian parents, and take a tour of Sum’s Brum.

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"Essex has given me my ballsiness"

Monday, March 16, 2020 • Duration 33:28

Zing heads to Witham to meet self-described proud Essex girl, councillor Chelsey Jay. Chelsey was elected last year to the local town council at the age of 28. For Chelsey, being from Essex is all about being "ballsy" and ignoring snobbish stereotypes: "you're gonna be ripped apart for being from Essex so you might as well give it a try, with a smile on your face."

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