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 24, Episode 1
Kiri Pritchard-McLean returns with a new series of the sketch show anyone can write for, this week being joined by George Fouracres, Jason Forbes and Nimisha Odedra. This week, we find out how Matt Hancock's friends got their hands on lucrative contracts, the real details of WhatsApp's new terms of service and what throwbacks are being flogged by influencers on TikTok.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 25th February 2021
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Wednesday 24th February 2021, 19:00 at Zoom (Virtual)
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| George Fouracres | Ensemble Actor |
| Jason Forbes | Ensemble Actor |
| Nimisha Odedra | Ensemble Actor |
| Alex Buchanan | Writer |
| Simon Alcock | Writer |
| Joe Barnes | Writer |
| Cameron Loxdale | Writer |
| Chris Ballard | Writer |
| Chris Douch | Writer |
| Charlie Dinkin | Writer |
| Mike Sheldon | Writer |
| Mark Slade | Writer |
| Jacob Hatton | Writer |
| Heidi Regan | Writer |
| Amber Phillips | Writer |
| John Upton | Writer |
| Mo Omar | Writer |
| Llangon Shaw | Writer |
| Charlie Vero-Martin | Writer |
| Alex Garrick-Wright | Writer |
| Hamish Lloyd Barnes | Writer |
| Mike Bedigan | Writer |
| Stephen Brennan | Writer |
| Piram Amez | Writer |
| Dan Attfield | Writer |
| Tasha Dhanraj | Writer |
| Neal Doran | Writer |
| Stephen Jones | Writer |
| Nate Kushalt | Writer |
| Aatif Nawaz | Writer |
| Jennifer Walker | Writer |
| Dan Welton | Writer |
| Elsa Williams | Writer |
| Laura Major | Script Editor |
| Catherine Brinkworth | Script Editor |
| Hayley Sterling | Producer |
| Gwyn Rhys Davies | Producer |