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.
Episode menu
- Series 12, Episode 2
Nish Kumar is joined by Lewis Macleod, Freya Parker and Jocelyn Jee Esien to look back at a week that featured Jeremy Paxman, Vladimir Putin and terrorists. With a new Lion King musical.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 5th March 2015
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Nish Kumar | Host / Presenter |
| Lewis Macleod | Ensemble Actor |
| Freya Parker | Ensemble Actor |
| Jocelyn Jee Esien | Ensemble Actor |
| Kevin Core (as Kev Core) | Writer |
| Stephen Holford | Writer |
| Chris Tindall | Writer |
| Gabby Hutchinson Crouch | Writer |
| Edward DeCesare | Writer |
| Vivienne Riddoch | Writer |
| Joe Hampson | Writer |
| Jane McCutcheon | Writer |
| Ed Amsden | Writer |
| Brian Teles | Writer |
| Tom Coles | Writer |
| Marc Jones | Writer |
| Colin Dowland | Writer |
| Jamie Hastie | Writer |
| Greg Jennings | Writer |
| James Wilson-Taylor | Writer |
| Michael Wheeler | Writer |
| Andy Luke | Writer |
| Graham Patrick | Writer |
| Elgan Alderman | Writer |
| Ian Sawyer | Writer |
| Craig Beadle (as Craig Joshua Beadle) | Writer |
| Malcolm Duffy | Writer |
| Emily Barker | Writer |
| Jack Thorpe | Writer |
| David Rose | Writer |
| Patrick Widdess | Writer |
| Simon Harper | Writer |
| Simon Heap | Writer |
| David Anthony Wood | Writer |
| James Bugg | Script Editor |
| Max Davis | Script Editor |
| Matt Stronge | Producer |
| Toby Tilling | Producer |