The Skewer - Radio 4 Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
Star
Writers
Jon Holmes, Phil Lindsey, Paul Kearney, Davian Dent, Mugger Harris, Dave Wol, Ash Williamson, Tony Churnside and more
Producer
Company
An open-door topical show from the mind of broadcaster, producer and audio-fiddler Jon Holmes of Listen Against and The Now Show - with digital consultancy and audio support from the Technical Director of the relaunched Radiophonic Workshop. It's also a radio comedy access point for a new generation of satirists who don't write sketches, jokes and one liners, but instead channel their talents into playing around with sound.
Sketch-writing has long been the way into radio comedy but, for the new generation of satirists who don't put pen to paper and instead beaver away on laptops using self-taught skills to toy with the news-scape, The Skewer, with it's guerrilla approach to satire, is their new playground - bringing diverse voices together with soundscaping from a gardener, a call-centre worker and a supermarket delivery driver.
The sounds of The Skewer have been designed to be enhanced through headphones, attaching you to a late night drip of current events as they melt into your brain, evoking that feeling of drifting off but with the occasional uncomfortable sleep-twitch, as though you've accidentally stepped off a kerb.
Freeform, dreamlike, curious, scathing, The Skewer is the home of the new news jokers.
Catch-up
Additional details
Also known as
- The Halloween Skewer
Production
Studio
Website links
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Thursday 4th April 2019 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
- Wednesday 6th November 2024 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 12, Episode 8
- Wednesday 30th October 2024 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 12, Episode 7
- Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 12, Episode 6