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This week, Trump vs The World, Jenrick The Secret Traitor, No Way Nobel, and Peace Board Assemble!

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.

Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

This week - The Iranian Revolution Will Not Be Televised, the USA is on thin ICE, and Donald Trump meets Martin Roberts on a special episode of Greenland Under The Hammer.

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.

Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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..

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.

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.

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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

Fresh from a BAFTA nomination, the multi-award winning The Skewer burrows its way into the 2024 General Election, rounding it all up like a satirical sheepdog and cutting through all the noise.

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.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. Headphones on. This week - Spirit of Dark Thames Water, the Cruci-Hate Crime-Bill, and if you want blood, we've got it.

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 episode - We're Going On A Bear-emy Hunt, Peppa Pig Goes To Gaza, and fun with flags.

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 - Gove-O-Cop, Foghorn Rishi-horn, and Strange Women Lying In Ponds.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning, Bafta nominated 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 - Slide to the Right, Cars-tian Horner, and That Photo of Kate.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 Cat in the Hat Returns, and Rishi Sunak Speaks to The Nation.

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 - Lee Anderson falls into The Matrix, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle gets sent to Slough House (Slow Hoyleses?), Liz Truss the Doomslayer, and None of the Above.

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.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

This week - Monty Putin’s Flying Russians, Another Policy Bites The Dust, and Drake vs Prince Harry.

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.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

This week: Blake's 7 help the Sub-Postmasters, The Asylum Seeker of Dibley, Rebel Without A Policy, and a nod to Steve Wright.

Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 week: Oily Fools and Horses, Cleverly's Sh*thole, Where The Wilders things Are, and King Charles sees dead people (and takes their money).

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 week - Napoleon Braverman, the Time Team help the Israeli Defence Force dig for tunnels, and the BBC Autumnwatch team set up their cameras for Jeremy Hunt's statement.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 week - Nadine vs The Evil Dead, It’s Always Sunny in Philadeph-kier, and The Return of David Cameron.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

This week – among much more: Homer Simpson takes charge of the Cabinet cuts Nadine Dorries’s book is bound in human flesh from The Evil Dead I’m A Celeb contestant Nigel Farage meets the casts of Disney’s The Jungle Book Hagrid off of Harry Potter's dog falls foul of the Dangerous Dogs Act Kier Starmer is Always Sunny In Philadelphia Carol Vorderman takes to Countdown to vent her frustration at being axed from the BBC

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 week - the HaM&S Christmas advert, Matt Hancock: Infinity War, and Ray Mears goes camping with Suella Braverman.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

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CREDITS Jon Holmes Katie Sayer Darren Phillips Phil Lindsey David Riffkin Cooper Mawhinny Sweryt Dave Wol and Tony Churnside

ADDITIONAL Ali Panting Anna Martin Helen Brooks Alice Gregg Mike Battle Paul Kearney Gareth Ceredig Adrian Fisk Kevin Smith John Weston Beechar & Pullar Arfie Mansfield David Kidder John Upton Duncan Ladkin

On this week’s The Skewer: Matt Hancock (Thancock?) channels Thanos as he joins Avengers: Infinity War to decide who will live or die. Post their Christmas ad controversy, M&S back the other side. This isn’t just any advert, it’s a HamM&S advert As AI becomes a ‘cookbook for weapons’, Delia Smith meets Oppenheimer Ray Mears takes issue with Suella’s anti-tent homelessness strategy The T800 model Terminator interviews Elon Musk about AI The South Park kids advise Israel on good old-fashioned small town justice In The Adventures of Blinken Bill, the friendly cartoon Koala Blinky Bill helps US diplomat Anthony Blinken negotiate a ceasefire. and Donald Trump sees the Trailer Park Boys in court.

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 - The Ghost of Cummings Past, high level governmental swearing, and God meets Guns.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes.

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 week - 'Umble Starmer, Planet Earth III presents All Out War, and The Fall of The House of Sunak.'

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years, a brand new TV version of The Skewer looking back over the last three years is now available on BBC iPlayer.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes.

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 - Labour Possessed, Oh Mr Sunak, and The Lorax fails to save a tree.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes.

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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 production for BBC Radio 4

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 produced by Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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.

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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 Holmes Technicals: Tony Churnside

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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

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 Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Jon Holmes's multi-award winning satire twists itself into current affairs. This week - Boris on trial in A Few Bad Men, Eyes in the Wires, and Robot Culture Wars.

Producer; Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Jon Holmes' award-winning satire twists itself into current affairs. This week - PoliceMen Behaving Badly, Suella Braverman Thinks of a Number with Johnny Ball, and Gary, Gary, Gary.

Producer: Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4