Newsjack is a topical sketch show from BBC Radio 7. The show aims to get comic mileage from the news - political, cultural, sports, and trivia. Hosted by Miles Jupp, the tone is lively, satirical, and distinctly irreverent.

Many of the sketches are written by members of the public, as the programme is happy to accept unsolicited material.

Regular strands include:

Your Voice: Vox Pops in which the show pretends to ask the great British public what they think.

From the Archive: Miles delves through the archives to find out how a (fictional) show from the past covered topical events of the day.

FAQ's: Miles answers listeners' letters and emails.

Celebrity Diary: The inner thoughts of someone who's been in the news recently.

Newsbullet: A parody of 'youthy' fast-paced, bite sized news programmes.

Corrections: At the end of the show a number of corrections are read out to address mistakes made in previous week's show (all of which are fictional).

Our Review: This show has made a positive impression on us. Each week, some skits fall flat quite badly, but there are at least a couple of gems in each episode to keep us entertained.

Newsjack should certainly be praised for giving new writers a chance to get their sketches broadcast. Quite a number of aspiring writers managed to get material on the first series of the show and it is expected even more will make it onto Series 2. To find out more about how to write for this current series of Newsjack, see the Newsjack website