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 |
| Gráinne 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 |