Jon Holmes (I)
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Press clippings Page 4
Kurupt FM wins Best Comedy Podcast 2021
The Kurupt FM Podkast won the Best Comedy Podcast title at the British Podcast Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 12th July 2021The Skewer wins gold at Audio & Radio Industry Awards
Satirical comedy show The Skewer has won the gold award at the Audio & Radio Industry Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Comedies nominated in Audio & Radio Industry Awards
The nominees for the Audio & Radio Industry Awards 2021 (ARIAS) include The Musical Life Of..., Sketchtopia, The Skewer, Jason Manford and the podcasts Alan Partridge: From The Oasthouse and Kim Noble: Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow).
British Comedy Guide, 21st April 2021The Skewer wins at BBC Audio Awards
The Skewer, The Musical Life Of..., David Threlfall, Christopher Douglas and Fraser Ayres were amongst the comedy-related winners in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 26th March 2021Best Comedy Podcast 2020 nominees revealed
Brian & Roger, Dear Joan And Jericha, Josh Berry's Fake News, Kurupt FM, Mind Canyon and Off Menu are nominated in the British Podcast Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 19th May 2020Now Wash Your Hands review
The recurrent dreadfulness of Radio 4 comedy is a bit like a humanitarian disaster on the other side of the world. Yes, it's bad; yes, you wish it wasn't happening; but what are you realistically going to do to change things? Best to turn off the radio and stop thinking about it. Sometimes, things get so awful that intervention becomes necessary. As the Times radio critic I feel moved to issue a unilateral condemnation of Radio 4's new coronavirus-themed "comedy" podcast Now Wash Your Hands.
James Marriott, The Times, 9th April 2020Radio 4 launches comedy show reacting to coronavirus isolation
Radio 4 has quickly commissioned Now Wash Your Hands, a new comedy show and accompanying podcast in which four hosts invite comedians to share their isolation experiences.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2020The Skewer was slippery and directionless, with lots of woozily spliced together archive sounds and incongruous topical news clips put together to make people sound silly, but without real bite. It felt disappointingly safe.
Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph, 26th February 2020Comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Awards 2020
Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off, Mark Steel's In Town, Phil Ellis Is Trying, Phil Wang: Wangsplaining and Suggs: Love Letters To London are amongst the nominees in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 19th November 2019Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host Newsjack
Kiri Pritchard-McLean has been announced as the new host of Newsjack, Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show that has an open door submission policy.
British Comedy Guide, 12th December 2018