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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 21, Episode 5
Newsjack returns to satirise another week's news and events. Host Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined this week by Kieran Hodgson, Vivienne Acheampong and Joe Barnes. This week we imagine the Queen sacking the PM, a Trump-themed a TV channel, and the appeal of exotic sounding hurricanes.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 10th October 2019
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 9th October 2019, 19:45 at BBC Radio Theatre
Cast & crew
Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
Kieran Hodgson | Ensemble Actor |
Vivienne Acheampong | Ensemble Actor |
Joe Barnes | Ensemble Actor |
Colin Chadwick | Writer |
Alice Gregg | Writer |
Liam Beirne | Writer |
Sean Fee | Writer |
Jenny Laville | Writer |
Catherine Brinkworth | Writer |
Cameron Loxdale | Writer |
Chris Ballard | Writer |
Zoƫ Tomalin | Writer |
Jeffrey Aidoo | Writer |
Rebecca Channon | Writer |
Nicola Masters | Writer |
Alice Etches | Writer |
Jonny King | Writer |
John Hickman | Writer |
Jonny Grunwald | Writer |
George Lockett | Writer |
Ken Cheng | Writer |
John Bounce | Writer |
Nick Coupe | Writer |
Charlie Dashain | Writer |
Louie Falls | Writer |
David Kind | Writer |
Rupert Knowles | Writer |
Rosanna McCallum | Writer |
Joe Oakes (as Joe Oaks) | Writer |
Ed Patrick | Writer |
Oscar Pietri | Writer |
Claire Rammelkamp | Writer |
Luke Rollason | Writer |
Michael Wilde | Writer |
Mike Shephard | Script Editor |
Laura Major | Script Editor |
Hayley Sterling | Producer |
Benjamin Sutton (as Ben Sutton) | Producer |