The Skewer
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 2020 An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4
Episodes
The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album.
This week - Trump wants the life-giving Spice and stranger things are afoot as Musk's AI bot Grok is in the Upside Down. Also, Countryfile's photography competition takes a curious turn.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical concept album.
This week - Budget, Bluffs, and Fight Club.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical concept album.
This week - Hamas and the Argonauts, Puff Daddy The Magic Dragon, and As You Wish, Wesley Streeting.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical concept album. This week: The Economy in Wonderland, Choppy Days, and The Invasion of the European Commission on Human Rights.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news remixed into a satirical comedy concept album.
Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. This week - Sooty and Sue Gray, and Iranian Avengers Assemble.
Headphones on.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news remixed into a satirical comedy concept album.
This week - Jo-Keir: Folie à Deux, Netanyahu's Way, and Whole Lotta Rosie (Duffield).
Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. Headphones on.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news remixed into a satirical concept album. This week, Labour Sausage Party and The Little Shop of Harrods.
Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. Headphones on.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news remixed into a satirical comedy concept album. This week: Strictly Come Bullying, Fifi and the Flowertories, and the playing of the Blame Game.
Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. Headphones on.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album. This week - Deadpool and Starmerine, Black Holes, Americans eat cats, and Gathering Winter Fuel Bills.
Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.
Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
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