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 2
Newsjack returns to satirise another week's news and events. Host Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined this week by Chiara Goldsmith, George Fouracres and Raphael Wakefield. Sketches include David Cameron's autobiography told in the style of Harry Potter, and what cricket commentary sounds like to normal people.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 19th September 2019
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 18th September 2019, 19:45 at BBC Radio Theatre
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| George Fouracres | Ensemble Actor |
| Raphael Wakefield | Ensemble Actor |
| Chiara Goldsmith | Ensemble Actor |
| Colin Chadwick | Writer |
| Andy Flood | Writer |
| Simon Alcock | Writer |
| Catherine Brinkworth | Writer |
| Aidan Fitzmaurice | Writer |
| Chris Douch | Writer |
| Kat Sadler | Writer |
| Ed Amsden | Script Editor |
| Tom Coles | Script Editor |
| Christopher Stanners | Writer |
| John O'Neill | Writer |
| Tom Little | Writer |
| Andy Crick | Writer |
| Ed Greenwood | Writer |
| Joe Hodgson | Writer |
| Emma Shaw | Writer |
| Nicola Masters | Writer |
| Sara Gibbs | Writer |
| Will Sebag-Montefiore (as William Sebag-Montefiore) | Writer |
| Ian Searle | Writer |
| John Upton | Writer |
| James Alexander | Writer |
| Christof Epaminondas | Writer |
| Giles Evans | Writer |
| Ali Hancock | Writer |
| Will Hall | Writer |
| Karen Morden | Writer |
| Sally O'Leary | Writer |
| Paul Reid | Writer |
| Robbie Sutherland | Writer |
| Laura Thomas | Writer |
| Suzy Grant | Producer |
| Hayley Sterling | Producer |