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 21, Episode 1
Radio 4 Extra's long-running topical sketch show Newsjack returns for its 21st series, with comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean returning as the host. Newsjack is a scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public. She is joined by Celeste Dring, Ciarán Dowd and Luke Kempner. Sketches cover what Boris Johnson thought being PM would be like, audience figures for BBC Parliament, and is Jeremy Corbyn really chicken?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th September 2019
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 11th September 2019, 19:45 at BBC Radio Theatre
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| Luke Kempner | Ensemble Actor |
| Celeste Dring | Ensemble Actor |
| Ciarán Dowd | Ensemble Actor |
| Colin Chadwick | Writer |
| Alice Gregg | Writer |
| Catherine Brinkworth | Writer |
| Laura Major | Writer |
| Joe Barnes | Writer |
| Cameron Loxdale | Writer |
| Zoë Tomalin | Writer |
| Kat Sadler | Writer |
| Ed Amsden | Script Editor |
| Tom Coles | Script Editor |
| Ben Moore | Writer |
| Mark Slade | Writer |
| Philip Lickley | Writer |
| Edward Tew | Writer |
| Steven Barrett | Writer |
| Alice Etches | Writer |
| Will Adnams | Writer |
| Michael Boyle | Writer |
| Alex Kennedy | Writer |
| Joanna Baker-Rogers | Writer |
| Gemma Dean | Writer |
| James Ellis | Writer |
| Luke Gannon | Writer |
| Kate Gunasekera | Writer |
| Mike Keenan | Writer |
| Rob Llwencas | Writer |
| Joe Legg | Writer |
| Sean McCalley | Writer |
| Craig Meehan | Writer |
| Rachel Robins | Writer |
| Rohan Sharma | Writer |
| Jasmine Wright | Writer |
| Suzy Grant | Producer |
| Hayley Sterling | Producer |