John Kelly
Thursday 28th January 2010 8:11pm
Sussex
370 posts
This is on the website, Total Politics:
Xander Stephenson Review: NewsjackJanuary 28th, 2010 Ever since a friend got annoyed with me for "ruining the end of Titanic", I have been wary of spoiling the end of things; so I'll try and tread carefully here.
Last night I went to a recording of Newsjack, a relatively new BBC Radio 7 show where the news of the week is satirically appraised.
Without wanting to give away any of the punch lines, I can confirm that the show is relatively funny - only a couple of clangers, although devoid of any eye-wateringly funny moments. But definitely funny. It airs tonight at 23:00, which is past my bedtime and not worth staying up for, so I would suggest you get it off the iPlayer.
What? You don't see yourself doing that without a glimpse of what lies beneath? Gordo fights back at Cameron's photoshopping with a nude photoshoot, Moira Stuart gives advice hidden in a cupboard in your room and the terror forecasting, which recently placed the UK as under a 'severe' threat, is revealed to be largely based around the fact that Osama bin Laden is a Pisces.
For me the true highlight was Jess Robinson, joking about the number of retakes that were done. At the end she said: "I thought I was on fire, but it was just cyst[itis?]... oh wait, that's not funny."