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 13, Episode 4
In the week of the Labour Party Conference Nish Kumar and his team look at how the vegan shadow agricultural secretary might encourage people to get off meat and how to sex-up John McDonnell, while also looking at Pope Francis's visit to the USA.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 1st October 2015
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Nish Kumar | Host / Presenter |
| Jason Forbes | Ensemble Actor |
| Celeste Dring | Ensemble Actor |
| Lorna Shaw | Ensemble Actor |
| Alex Buchanan | Writer |
| Adrian Fisk | Writer |
| Owen Seddon | Writer |
| Emlyn Williams | Writer |
| Steve Blair | Writer |
| Sarah Campbell | Writer |
| Liam Beirne | Writer |
| Vivienne Riddoch | Writer |
| Joe Hampson | Writer |
| Jane McCutcheon | Writer |
| Brian Teles | Writer |
| Jenny Laville | Writer |
| Robin Morgan | Writer |
| JD Allan | Writer |
| Wesley Henry | Writer |
| Sean Lean | Writer |
| Simon Heath | Writer |
| Chris Deputy | Writer |
| Tom Goodliffe | Writer |
| Ian Berryman | Writer |
| Mark Nicholson | Writer |
| Liam Arnold | Writer |
| Barry Baker | Writer |
| Les Campbell | Writer |
| Mark Granger | Writer |
| Chris Harvey | Writer |
| Lucy Honlegan | Writer |
| Jack Stanley | Writer |
| Kulvinder Gill | Writer |
| James Bugg | Script Editor |
| Gabby Hutchinson Crouch | Script Editor |
| Suzy Grant | Producer |
| Matt Stronge | Producer |