"English Law is Very Odd"

The quote comes from Professor Eric Barendt, Goodman Professor of Media Law at UCL talking about privacy laws in England - as compared to other jurisdictions.

Prurience or privilege:                 are politicians entitled to a private life? (MP3, 59 minutes, 23MB) is a interesting  discussion in the British Library Conference Centre with Mark Oaten MP for Winchester; Professor Eric Barendt, Goodman Professor of Media Law at UCL; Michael White, Assistant Editor of the Guardian; and Alastair Brett, Legal Manager of Times Newspapers. The event was chaired by David Sherborne, a barrister at 5 Raymond Buildings.

Incidentally, I have only just come across it and there's no precise indication either on the British Libary website, or in the podcast itself, when it was actually recorded. It's obviously the summer of 2006, but that's as close as I can get. A point worth bearing in mind, for anyone producing podcasts.