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 |