Show overview
The Skewer has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 93 episodes. That works out to roughly 25 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 15 min and 15 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 53% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 weeks ago, with 10 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 24 episodes published. Published by BBC.
From the publisher
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 2020An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4
Latest Episodes
View all 93 episodesMarried At First Sh*te
Hard Labour
3. Local Elections and a Middle Eastern Ship-Show
2. Lie Back and Think of England
The Incredible Starmer. (You wouldn't like him when he's angry)
5. This Charming Mandelson
EPeter Mandelson meets The Smiths, Sleeping Beauty is inappropriately awoken by a former Prince, and a Chinese spider welcomes a British fly.The multi-Gold Comedy winning satire 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
4. The Jaws of Andy Burnham
ERylan takes Keir Starmer dating naked, Trump is an Agent of Chaos, Putin has a job interview, and we open the jaws of Andy Burnham.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
3. Greenland, Traitors, and Trump
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
2. ICE, ICE, baby
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
1. There are Stranger Things...
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
Ep 5 - It's Actually Romantic
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
Ep 4 - How to Be PopuLABOUR.
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
Ep 3 - Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious
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
Ep 2 - Back, Sack and Crack, and An American Idiot Abroad
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
Ep 1 - Jet 2 Migrant Holidays, The Magic Patriotic Roundabout, and a Putin Loop
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
Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest.
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
Starmer Turns Right, and a Mission from God.
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
Alca-Trump Prison, Reform the Children, and Nosfaragetu
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
Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth
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
Gender, Easter, and The Dead Pope's Society.
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