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 5, Episode 3
Julian Assange desperately tries to stop people buying his new book, Arnold Schwarzenegger reads from his new autobiography, and Ricky Gervais turns up as an unlikely Samaritan.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 29th September 2011
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Justin Edwards | Host / Presenter |
| Lewis Macleod | Ensemble Actor |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | Ensemble Actor |
| Pippa Evans | Ensemble Actor |
| James Kettle | Writer |
| Tom Neenan | Writer |
| Dan Sweryt | Writer |
| Eddie Robson | Writer |
| Kevin Core (as Kev Core) | Writer |
| Benjamin Partridge (as Ben Partridge) | Writer |
| Will Howells | Writer |
| Chris Allen | Writer |
| Jamie Gladden | Writer |
| Matt Oakley | Writer |
| Martin Hastie | Writer |
| Chris Tindall | Writer |
| Murray James | Writer |
| Jon Hunter | Script Editor |
| Martyn Deakin | Writer |
| Andrew Blair | Writer |
| Brett Simpson | Writer |
| Michael Day | Writer |
| Daniel Smith | Writer |
| Alexander Burrows | Writer |
| Amardeep Singh Sandu | Writer |
| Andy Fanton | Writer |
| Carl Carter | Writer |
| Damien McKeating | Writer |
| David John Wells | Writer |
| Dominic Burgess | Writer |
| Greg Sammons | Writer |
| H Anthony Hildebrand | Writer |
| Jack Hackett | Writer |
| Richard O'Brien | Writer |
| John Lomas | Writer |
| James Rushbrooke | Writer |
| Nick Pettigrew | Writer |
| Simon Mayhew-Archer | Producer |
| Lyndsay Fenner | Producer |