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 7, Episode 5
An actress pretending to be Thora Hird talks about private energy companies, the archive reveals what The Sun newsroom was like back in the 1960s, and we hear what mice really sing and think.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 18th October 2012
- 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 |
| Alex Buchanan | Writer |
| Tom Neenan | Writer |
| Kevin Core (as Kev Core) | Writer |
| Stephen Mawhinney | Writer |
| Annie Burchell | Writer |
| Adrian Fisk | Writer |
| Jim Speirs | Writer |
| Chris Allen | Writer |
| Matt Oakley | Writer |
| Eleanor Green | Writer |
| David Salisbury | Writer |
| Owen Seddon | Writer |
| Emlyn Williams | Writer |
| Andy Wolton | Writer |
| Murray James | Writer |
| Steve Blair | Writer |
| Caspian James | Writer |
| Gabby Hutchinson Crouch | Writer |
| James Bugg | Writer |
| Max Davis | Writer |
| Ash Williamson | Writer |
| Andy Wolton | Script Editor |
| Pete Hawkins | Writer |
| Thomas Smith | Writer |
| Sian Harries | Writer |
| Will Cooper | Writer |
| Owen Cooper | Writer |
| John Walker | Writer |
| Rob Gilroy | Writer |
| Steve Nelson | Writer |
| Tom Crawshaw | Writer |
| Brennan Reece | Writer |
| Dave Williams | Writer |
| Stephen Burgess | Writer |
| Alex Collier | Writer |
| Ben Moore | Writer |
| Curtis Threadgold | Writer |
| Keith Devlin | Writer |
| Innes McQuillin | Writer |
| Mike Sheldon | Writer |
| Rob Marshall | Writer |
| Russell Thompson | Writer |
| Ed Morrish | Producer |
| Carl Cooper | Producer |