Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios
Breaking The News

Breaking The News

  • Radio panel show
  • BBC Radio Scotland
  • 2015 - 2021
  • 206 episodes (20 series)

Topical panel show hosted by Des Clarke for BBC Radio Scotland. Also features Jim Smith.

All series

Series 1 (2015)

Des launched the show in June 2015. The series culminated in an episode recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Series 2 (2015)

The second series followed in October, with a highlights show broadcast on Boxing Day.

Series 3 (2016)

The last series rup up to Britain's decision on whether to leave the EU or not.

Series 4 (2016)

A guide to the most recent series, which dealt with the political fallout of Brexit and the forthcoming US election.

Series 8 (2017)

Ten more episodes, running from October to December 2017, followed by a highlights episode.

Series 9 (2018)

'Snowmageddon' arrived at the end of February, causing the recording for the second episode in this series to be cancelled.

Series 11 (2018)

Des Clarke invites more of the UK's top comedians, journalists and up-and-coming stand-up talent to take a satirical swipe at the week's news.

Series 12 (2019)

Also now accompanied by a TV variant featuring a slightly different edit, Des returns with a 12th radio series.

Series 13 (2019)

A thirteenth series. This one was just on the radio, no TV version.

Series 14 (2019)

Whilst the first episode is for radio only, the majority of this series also made up the second TV series.

Series 15 (2020)

This series was broadcast as coronavirus broke out, and thus most of the series was recorded remotely in lockdown conditions.

Series 16 (2020)

The 16th series was recorded while lockdown was still in force.

Series 17 (2020)

COVID-19 is still the main subject as the show returns for the 17th series.

Series 18 (2021)

Series 18 begins with a Valentines's Day special as COVID-19 continues to dominate the news.

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