Newsjack
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4 Extra / BBC Radio 7
- 2009 - 2021
- 143 episodes (24 series)
Topical satirical sketch show on Radio 4 Extra. The programme had an 'open door' policy allowing anyone to submit material. Stars Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Angela Barnes, Nish Kumar, Romesh Ranganathan, Justin Edwards and more.
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Series 16, Episode 1
Angela Barnes, George Fouracres, Freya Parker and Jason Forbes present the news via sketches. In this week's show the cast discover alternative facts in the White House, Meet The Spiralizer and go Trainspotting on Southern Rail.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 26th January 2017
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 25th January 2017, 19:45 at BBC Radio Theatre
Cast & crew
| Angela Barnes | Host / Presenter |
| Freya Parker | Ensemble Actor |
| George Fouracres | Ensemble Actor |
| Jason Forbes | Ensemble Actor |
| Caspian James | Writer |
| Claire Wetton | Writer |
| Robin Morgan | Writer |
| Laura Major | Writer |
| Ed Amsden | Script Editor |
| Tom Coles | Script Editor |
| Steve Rose | Writer |
| James Cary | Writer |
| Joe Hodgson | Writer |
| Ahir Shah | Writer |
| Will Hislop | Writer |
| Rich Spalding | Writer |
| Jack Chisholm | Writer |
| James Ashford | Writer |
| Steven Barrett | Writer |
| Peter Beare | Writer |
| Edward Boardman | Writer |
| Clint Edwards | Writer |
| Steve Goodwin | Writer |
| Richard Hearn | Writer |
| Steve Hill | Writer |
| Tom Hingley | Writer |
| Rob Micklewright | Writer |
| Ben Mumford | Writer |
| Luke Nemiec | Writer |
| Matthew Rimmer | Writer |
| Adam Skuse | Writer |
| Ben Thurston | Writer |
| Claire Travers Smith | Writer |
| Lewis Wedgewood | Writer |
| Adnan Ahmed | Producer |
| Abby Kumar (as Abby C Kumar) | Producer |