It's been a nasty old pleasure to sneak back into #TheSkewer like it's 2020 all over again. Turns out the password was still CovidLolz69. Ongoing congrats to @jonholmes.bsky.social and @tonychurnside.bsky.social, who are yet to answer for their crimes. 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - The Skewer - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Skewer on BBC Sounds.

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As is my wont (because I must wont my head examined), I have once again randomly dipped my toe into the fishy waters of The The One Show Show to be wryly nibbled-at by the always excellent @jonholmes.bsky.social and this one’s a doozy! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

You may have seen that Keir Starmer apologised for the forced adoption scandal of the 50s/60s/70s this week. I made an (award winning!) documentary about my own forced adoption and now, with perfect timing, it’s back on Radio 4. Have a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Jon Holmes, Generation Shame

Jon Holmes investigates whether his birth mother was forced to give him up for adoption.

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Well, as someone who’s been through both and made programmes about both, I’m having quite the day.

Living @andyburnham.bsky.social’s new earrings

Some good news from across the pond. (We won some stuff - congrats to our teams on these shows!) www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/05...

Very pleasingly, this has won a gold thing for best documentary at the New York Festivals awards, despite not being (but also being) a documentary. Hard to explain, just go listen. Co-worded with the excellent @anc1entmarinade.bsky.social and @jonholmes.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Illuminated - Fantasy Park: Fifty Years On - BBC Sounds

The greatest rock concert ever? Bob Harris hears the story.

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HEAD OF TEETH

Don’t do the ‘socials’ much anymore BUT tonight’s ep of #TheSkewer on that Radio 4 is really fucking good - given the week’s turbulent news. LISTEN TO IT. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 16, Hard Labour

Streeting wants in and Starmer styles it out as Jon Holmes mashes up the week's news.

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As it’s another slow news week with nothing going on, we’ve decided to bring back (the multi-award-winning) #TheSkewer tonight on Radio 4 at 11.15pm. Obvs also @bbcsounds.bsky.social

We covered an important (and upsetting) story on the last Radio 4 #TheNakedWeek of the series, all about forced adoption and a drug called DES. You can read about it in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today, written by our very own @catneilan.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Public inquiry called over forced adoptions and women exposed to the synthetic hormone DES

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Anyone want some dodgy licence plates? Look no further than The Naked Week Number Plate Criminal Enterprise... thenakedweeknumberplatecriminalenterprise.com @jonholmes.bsky.social @andrewhunterm.bsky.social

The Naked Week Number Plate Criminal Enterprise

THE NAKED WEEK NUMBER PLATE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE

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Would you like an award-winning mash up of news and pop culture to deal with the current shitshow that the world is in? Well you’re in luck as a BRAND NEW series of #TheSkewer starts tonight 11.15 on BBC Radio 4. Also BBC Sounds. Enjoy.

One of my favourite moments on the late lamented The 'The One Show' Show podcast was @jonholmes.bsky.social observing the appearance of Walliams "sporting a beard that somebody else has grown for him"

Ivan@hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It’s the feelgood Christmas story we all needed

Genuine one of my favourite things I’ve made. All hail the team.

Gareth Ceredig@garethceredig.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Episode 3 of No-Platformed floats onto Radio 4 tonight at 23.15. Episode 4 has been delayed indefinitely by stupid Christmas, so 3 is your lot for now. Contains surface water, stupid jokes about spelling, and a badly behaved Formula 1 pit crew. You know. Normal stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Vocal noises by the tremendous Ali Mardell, @gmcgiv.bsky.social, @timdownie.bsky.social, Naomi McDonald, @jakeyapp.bsky.social and Hugh Dennis, tweaked by @tonychurnside.bsky.social and prodded by @jonholmes.bsky.social. Listen to (almost) the whole silly saga for a limited time on BBC Sounds. 📻

Episode 3 of No-Platformed floats onto Radio 4 tonight at 23.15. Episode 4 has been delayed indefinitely by stupid Christmas, so 3 is your lot for now. Contains surface water, stupid jokes about spelling, and a badly behaved Formula 1 pit crew. You know. Normal stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - No-Platformed - Available Episodes

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V pleased to win a couple of awards at last night’s Audio Production Award #APAs. Gold for comedy and Silver for the cancer series me and Laura Grimshaw made for Radio 4!

Well, this is a lovely surprise. Next month* there will be another chance to hear a show I wrote called No-Platformed which I assumed had been consigned to audio oblivion. As I recall, it contains quite a lot of strange jokes. 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... *assuming the BBC makes it to December

BBC Radio 4 - No-Platformed

Comedy that drives a train through sitcom-land via a platform crowded with silly jokes.

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TONIGHT- 6.30pm - #TheNakedWeek only bloody well welcomes actual TAYLOR SWIFT to the show as recorded last night in London. Listen #bbcradio4 #bbcsounds @taylorswift13 @MMAFighting #taylorswift

Think they might want to rephrase this

In personal (work) news I’m directing the Dead Ringers 25th Anniversary Live Tour - and tonight we open in Brighton. Very much looking forward to it. Dates here, if you fancy fieryentertainment.com/our-shows/de...

Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family? It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted

A bit from last night’s #TheSkewer on Radio 4: The Magic St George Roundabouts. Full ep www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Brand new series of the award-winning satirical comedy #TheSkewer starts tonight on BBC Radio 4, 11.15pm. Expect the news, all remixed. *checks news to see if there is any* (also BBC Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Ep 1 - Jet 2 Migrant Holidays, The Magic Patriotic Roundabout, and a Putin Loop.

Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical current affairs concept album.

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This morning’s random episode of TTOSS featured a collapsing sofa, anti-entertainment and an all-child “suicide squad” @jonholmes.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

S6E11 - Surprise Suicide Squad, Brunioli Toniolio and Alex Tases Gyles Brandreth

Podcast Episode · The The One Show Show · 27/10/2021 · 44m

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If you’re in Edinburgh, go see Robin. He’s one if those ‘excellent comedians’ you sometimes hear about.

Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · last yr.

Very few people coming to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth but I have decided not to worry - I will create different experiments every night- and if there are eight people there , so be it -I will be fully committed www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Streisand Effect in action with this online age verification thing. I've just found out what "porn" is (pictures of people shagging!!) and it's brilliant. A real own goal for Keir Starmer if you ask me. But don't bother asking me, I'll be too busy enjoying "porn"! 😎

Surely SURELY she did not say this? Way to go, Ofcom.

Final #DeadRingers for this series in the can. Yes, the audience made *that* uncomfortable laugh noise at a couple of points. Here’s what the live recording looks like in pretty colours form. Second pic is waveform of *that* uncomfortable laugh noise. Hear the results 6.30pm #Radio4