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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
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 13th October 2019 | 11:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
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 |
| Zoë 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 |