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The Skewer
By BBC Radio 4
A twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on.The multi-award winning, 'dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving' satirical comedy returns to twist itself into these turbulent times.With contributions from brand new and diverse audio talent, The Skewer is the sound the abyss makes as it stares back at you through your ears.'A kind of concept album made of music and news. There's simply nothing else like it.'AWARDS New York Festival 2020 Audio Production Awards 2020 British Podcast Awards 2020 Audio Production Awards 2019 (Sound Design) Audio Production Awards 2020An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4
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The Skewer: The 2024 Election
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Man of Steel and Art of the Deal
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Gender, Easter, and The Dead Pope's Society.
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Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth
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Alca-Trump Prison, Reform the Children, and Nosfaragetu
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Starmer Turns Right, and a Mission from God.
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Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest.
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Ep 1 - Jet 2 Migrant Holidays, The Magic Patriotic Roundabout, and a Putin Loop
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Ep 2 - Back, Sack and Crack, and An American Idiot Abroad
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Ep 3 - Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious
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Ep 4 - How to Be PopuLABOUR.
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Ep 5 - It's Actually Romantic
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1. There are Stranger Things...
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2. ICE, ICE, baby
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3. Greenland, Traitors, and Trump
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4. The Jaws of Andy Burnham
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1. The Incredible Starmer. (You wouldn't like him when he's angry)
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2. Lie Back and Think of England
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3. Local Elections and a Middle Eastern Ship-Show
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4. Hard Labour
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New series. New term. New prime minister
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We don't know. Like Nigel Farage, we weren't listening.
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Money, Monkeys, and Jam
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Hope, Pope, and Clarkson's Terrorism Farm
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Sign inA twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on.The multi-award winning, 'dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving' satirical comedy returns to twist itself into these turbulent times.With contributions from brand new and diverse audio talent, The Skewer is the sound the abyss makes as it stares back at you through your ears.'A kind of concept album made of music and news. There's simply nothing else like it.'AWARDS New York Festival 2020 Audio Production Awards 2020 British Podcast Awards 2020 Audio Production Awards 2019 (Sound Design) Audio Production Awards 2020An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
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- Podcast
- Language
- en
- Episodes
- 90
- Format
- episodic
- Website
- www.bbc.co.uk
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