The Skewer

BBC

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.

  • 14 minutes 48 seconds
    Episode 8

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. Headphones on. This week - Spirit of Dark Thames Water, the Cruci-Hate Crime-Bill, and if you want blood, we've got it.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    3 April 2024, 10:30 pm
  • 14 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 7

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album. This episode - We're Going On A Bear-emy Hunt, Peppa Pig Goes To Gaza, and fun with flags.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    27 March 2024, 11:45 pm
  • 14 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 6

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album. This week - Gove-O-Cop, Foghorn Rishi-horn, and Strange Women Lying In Ponds.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning, Bafta nominated The Skewer. Headphones on.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    20 March 2024, 11:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 58 seconds
    Episode 5

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album. This week - Slide to the Right, Cars-tian Horner, and That Photo of Kate.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    14 March 2024, 1:14 am
  • 14 minutes 58 seconds
    Episode 4

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album. Headphones recommended.

    This week - The Budget Tale of Mr Jeremy, The Cat in the Hat Returns, and Rishi Sunak Speaks to The Nation.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    6 March 2024, 11:15 pm
  • 15 minutes 5 seconds
    Episode 3

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album.

    This week - Lee Anderson falls into The Matrix, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle gets sent to Slough House (Slow Hoyleses?), Liz Truss the Doomslayer, and None of the Above.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    28 February 2024, 11:30 pm
  • 14 minutes 39 seconds
    Episode 2

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

    This week - Monty Putin’s Flying Russians, Another Policy Bites The Dust, and Drake vs Prince Harry.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    21 February 2024, 11:58 pm
  • 14 minutes 52 seconds
    Episode 1

    The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album.

    Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

    This week: Blake's 7 help the Sub-Postmasters, The Asylum Seeker of Dibley, Rebel Without A Policy, and a nod to Steve Wright.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    14 February 2024, 11:15 pm
  • 15 minutes 20 seconds
    Episode 8

    Fresh from winning Gold for Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards (and Highly Commended as Podcast of the Year), Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album returns for its 10th series to remix the news into satirical shapes.

    This week: Oily Fools and Horses, Cleverly's Sh*thole, Where The Wilders things Are, and King Charles sees dead people (and takes their money).

    Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

    An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    30 November 2023, 11:19 am
  • 14 minutes 57 seconds
    Episode 7

    Fresh from winning Gold for Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards (and Highly Commended as Podcast of the Year), Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album returns for its 10th series to remix the news into satirical shapes.

    This week - Napoleon Braverman, the Time Team help the Israeli Defence Force dig for tunnels, and the BBC Autumnwatch team set up their cameras for Jeremy Hunt's statement.

    Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

    An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    22 November 2023, 11:54 am
  • 14 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 6

    Fresh from winning Gold for Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards (and Highly Commended as Podcast of the Year), Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album returns for its 10th series to remix the news into satirical shapes.

    This week - Nadine vs The Evil Dead, It’s Always Sunny in Philadeph-kier, and The Return of David Cameron.

    Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

    An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    This week – among much more: Homer Simpson takes charge of the Cabinet cuts Nadine Dorries’s book is bound in human flesh from The Evil Dead I’m A Celeb contestant Nigel Farage meets the casts of Disney’s The Jungle Book Hagrid off of Harry Potter's dog falls foul of the Dangerous Dogs Act Kier Starmer is Always Sunny In Philadelphia Carol Vorderman takes to Countdown to vent her frustration at being axed from the BBC

    16 November 2023, 11:23 am
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