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 13, Episode 5
In the week of the Conservative party conference Nish Kumar and his team compare George Osborne to Macbeth and take a look at a selection of political board games. Also there is a look at the new 5p charge for carrier bags.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 8th October 2015
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Nish Kumar | Host / Presenter |
Chris Kendall | Ensemble Actor |
Sarah Daykin | Ensemble Actor |
Gemma Arrowsmith | Ensemble Actor |
Danny Antrobus | Writer |
Sean Lindsay | Writer |
Robert AJ Newton | Writer |
Caspian James | Writer |
Liam Beirne | Writer |
Joe Hampson | Writer |
Jared Ashe | Writer |
Sean Fee | Writer |
Ed Amsden | Writer |
Tom Coles | Writer |
Robin Morgan | Writer |
Mike Shephard | Writer |
Cameron Loxdale | Writer |
GrĂ¡inne Maguire | Script Editor |
Sarah Campbell | Script Editor |
Jamie Hastie | Writer |
John O'Neill | Writer |
Simon Paul Miller | Writer |
Phil Watson (as Philip Watson) | Writer |
Ian Berryman | Writer |
Laura Cooper | Writer |
Chris Harvey | Writer |
Jack Stanley | Writer |
Tom Burns | Writer |
Joe Daniel | Writer |
Sam Fletcher | Writer |
Clarissa Maycock | Writer |
Andy Partington | Writer |
Matt Hatchett | Writer |
Alex Rosenthal | Writer |
Ahir Shah | Writer |
David Smallwood | Writer |
Nicholas Wooster | Writer |
Ben Behrens | Writer |
Suzy Grant | Producer |
Matt Stronge | Producer |