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 3
Newsjack returns with an episode from Manchester's Comedy Store. Host Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined this week by Kath Hughes, Chris Cantrill and Tom Burgess. This week the show looks at an environmentally friendly version of Blue Peter, Sean Bean refusing to do any more death scenes, and a plan to make the fight against climate change sexy.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 26th September 2019
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 25th September 2019, 19:45 at The Comedy Store (Manchester)
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| Kath Hughes | Ensemble Actor |
| Chris Cantrill | Ensemble Actor |
| Tom Burgess | Ensemble Actor |
| Vivienne Riddoch | Writer |
| Jane McCutcheon | Writer |
| Josh Pugh | Writer |
| Catherine Brinkworth | Writer |
| Zoë Tomalin | Writer |
| Kat Sadler | Writer |
| Tom Little | Writer |
| Tom L. Ashley | Writer |
| Ben Behrens | Writer |
| Nicola Masters | Writer |
| Conor O'Grady | Writer |
| Will Adnams | Writer |
| Kevin Latimer | Writer |
| Michael Bilham | Writer |
| Ian Smith | Writer |
| Adam Riley | Writer |
| Joe Legg | Writer |
| Rebecca Bain | Writer |
| Nathan D'Arcy Roberts | Writer |
| Selina Eagney (as Selina Egney) | Writer |
| Nick Hall | Writer |
| Miranda Holmes | Writer |
| Tony Maddison | Writer |
| Liz Norman | Writer |
| Brian Rotchford | Writer |
| Trevor Rudge | Writer |
| Jake Ward | Writer |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Script Editor |
| Laura Major | Script Editor |
| Suzy Grant | Producer |
| Hayley Sterling | Producer |