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 45 seconds
    Ep 5 - It's Actually Romantic

    The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into the current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture in a satirical mash-up.

    This week - Marvin the Paranoid Android goes to the Tory Conference and, thanks to Taylor Swift, Nigel Farage is Actually Romantic.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    8 October 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 14 minutes 35 seconds
    Ep 4 - How to Be PopuLABOUR.

    The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into the current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture in a satirical mash-up.

    This week - Peacemaker Trump, How To Be PopuLABOUR and David Lammy crosses the streams.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    1 October 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 45 seconds
    Ep 3 - Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious

    The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into the current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture in a satirical mash-up.

    This week - Donald Trump is Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    24 September 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 14 minutes 49 seconds
    Ep 2 - Back, Sack and Crack, and An American Idiot Abroad

    The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into the current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture in a satirical mash-up.

    This week - Back, Sack and Crack, Nigel's House Party, and An American Idiot Abroad.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    17 September 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 47 seconds
    Ep 1 - Jet 2 Migrant Holidays, The Magic Patriotic Roundabout, and a Putin Loop

    The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into the current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture in a satirical mash-up.

    This week - Jet 2 Migrant Holidays, The Magic Patriotic Roundabout, Mandelson's 'Special Friend', and a Putin Loop.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    10 September 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 55 seconds
    Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest.

    Fresh from winning a Best Comedy Award at the Radio Academy Awards for the sixth time, Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a satirical mash up.

    This week - Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    21 May 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 49 seconds
    Starmer Turns Right, and a Mission from God.

    Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning satirical mash up.

    This week - we're on a Mission From God, Starmer Turns Right, and the Tragedy of Donald Caesar.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    14 May 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 50 seconds
    Alca-Trump Prison, Reform the Children, and Nosfaragetu

    Jon Holmes remixes the news into a current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning satirical mash up.

    This week - we re-open Alca-Trump Prison, Reform the children, and embrace the coming of the Prince of Darkness Nosfaragetu.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    7 May 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 49 seconds
    Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth

    Jon Holmes remixes the news into a current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning satirical mash up. This week - Local Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    30 April 2025, 10:15 pm
  • 14 minutes 50 seconds
    Gender, Easter, and The Dead Pope's Society.

    Jon Holmes remixes the news into a current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning satirical mash up. This week we go into the wrong toilets, Donald Trump enters Last One Laughing, and we join the dead Pope's society.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    23 April 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 14 minutes 51 seconds
    Man of Steel and Art of the Deal

    Jon Holmes remixes the news into a current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning mash up. This week: Charlie XCX is bumpin' that with Donald Trump, Minecraft Movie vs Russia, and Starmer: Man of Steel.

    Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

    17 April 2025, 8:03 am
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