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.
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Series 22, Episode 5
Kiri Pritchard-McLean is in Manchester, with the help of Tom Burgess, Tayo Cousins and Kath Hughes. This week, a group of Dutch women are trying to change their name from Corona, the cast of Corrie self-isolate, and a look at how 1984 inspired someone to spy on everyone.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 12th March 2020
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 11th March 2020, 19:00 at The Comedy Store (Manchester)
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| Kath Hughes | Ensemble Actor |
| Tom Burgess | Ensemble Actor |
| Tayo Cousins | Ensemble Actor |
| Danny Antrobus | Writer |
| Ed Amsden | Writer |
| Josh Pugh | Writer |
| Tom Coles | Writer |
| Mike Shephard | Writer |
| Simon Alcock | Writer |
| Aidan Fitzmaurice | Writer |
| Jeffrey Aidoo | Writer |
| Kat Sadler | Writer |
| Charlie Dinkin | Writer |
| Philip Lickley | Writer |
| Simon Paul Miller | Writer |
| Alice Etches | Writer |
| Will Duggan | Writer |
| Lewis Harrison | Writer |
| Rebecca Bain | Writer |
| Helena Langdon | Writer |
| Patrick Cowling | Writer |
| Nathan Cowley | Writer |
| Charlie Vero-Martin | Writer |
| Marcus Beasley | Writer |
| Jennifer Dixon | Writer |
| Michael Higgins | Writer |
| Benjamin Lovell | Writer |
| Eleanor Mason | Writer |
| Jonah Moore | Writer |
| Raga Patton | Writer |
| Henrik Persson | Writer |
| Fiona Sagar | Writer |
| Lydia Sevrinson | Writer |
| Daniel J. Willis (as Dan Willis) | Writer |
| Gemma Arrowsmith | Script Editor |
| Laura Major | Script Editor |
| Hayley Sterling | Producer |
| Leila Navabi | Producer |