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

Episode 7

23 days ago 14m 50s

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-awar

Episode 6

30 days ago 14m 50s

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, Ba

Episode 5

Mar 14th, 2024 14m 58s

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 Ske

Episode 4

Mar 6th, 2024 14m 58s

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

Episode 3

Feb 28th, 2024 15m 46s

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 t

Episode 2

Feb 21st, 2024 14m 39s

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 Polic

Episode 1

Feb 14th, 2024 14m 52s

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 Asyl

Episode 8

Nov 30th, 2023 15m 20s

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 wee

Episode 7

Nov 22nd, 2023 14m 57s

Episode 6

Nov 16th, 2023 14m 50s

Episode 5

Nov 9th, 2023 14m 54s

Episode 4

Nov 2nd, 2023 16m 9s

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

Episode 3

Oct 26th, 2023 15m 7s

Episode 2

Oct 19th, 2023 14m 59s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - An Arse on a Plate, Corbyn Neutral, and Peter Bone-y M.Created and produced by Jon HolmesAn unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Episode 1

Oct 12th, 2023 14m 48s

Episode 8

Aug 10th, 2023 14m 48s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week: This week: Fawlty Migrants, You've Been Droned, and Horror of Mogg.Created and produced by Jon HolmesAn unusual production for BBC Ra

Episode 7

Aug 3rd, 2023 14m 48s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - Bad Blood, Trump's Troubles, and Jordan Henderson of Arabia. Created and produced by Jon HolmesAn unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Episode 6

Jul 27th, 2023 14m 40s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - Hot Greece, Making Banking Plans For Nigel, and Oppenheimer meets Ed Davey's cardboard cannon. Created and produced by Jon HolmesAn

Episode 5

Jul 20th, 2023 14m 43s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - The Coming of Cerberus, The Racist Adventures of Portland Bill, and The Spirit of Local Radio. Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual produ

Episode 4

Jul 13th, 2023 14m 50s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - He Who Shall Not Be Named (at the time of writing), George Osbourne's Big Day, Do Ray Me Kier, and Taliban Barbie. Created and produ

Episode 3

Jul 6th, 2023 15m 2s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week- Jacob Rees Mogwai, My Sweet KGB Lord, and It's A Wonderful Nige.An unusual production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Episode 2

Jun 29th, 2023 14m 40s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award winning satirical shapes. This week - Apocalypse Nyet, a Succession of sewage, and oh, those Russians... Creator and Producer: Jon HolmesTechnicals: Tony Churnside An un

Episode 1

Jun 22nd, 2023 14m 39s

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album returns for a brand new series to remix the news into multi award-winning noise shapes. This week: Satan's peerages, submarines, and an Even Flow. An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Episode 8

Mar 30th, 2023 15m 5s

Jon Holmes's award-winning satire twists itself into current affairs. This week - Laughing Gas Policeman, Death Wish Starmer, and Inflation Goes Up To 11. Producer: Jon HolmesAn unusual production for BBC Radio 4