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The Skewer

BBC

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.

Episodes

20 of 98 episodes

Hope, Pope, and Clarkson's Terrorism Farm

Multi-award-winning satirical soundscapes as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album. This we...

14:04Sep 30, 2026

The Days of Earl(y) Spencer

Multi-award-winning satirical soundscapes as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album. This we...

14:04Sep 23, 2026

Money, Monkeys, and Jam

Multi-award-winning satirical soundscapes as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album. This we...

14:04Sep 16, 2026

We don't know. Like Nigel Farage, we weren't listening.

The multi-award-winning satire returns, as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album. This week...

14:04Sep 9, 2026

New series. New term. New prime minister

The multi-award-winning satire returns, as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album. This week...

14:04Sep 2, 2026

5. Married At First Sh*te

All hail The King of the North and all condemn Married At First Sh*te. The multi-award-winning satire is back as Jon Holmes mashes up the ne...

14:04May 20, 2026

4. Hard Labour

Streeting wants in and Starmer styles it out. The multi-award-winning satire is back as Jon Holmes mashes up the news with pop-culture to cr...

14:04May 13, 2026

3. Local Elections and a Middle Eastern Ship-Show

Local elections here and a complete ship-show in the Middle East. The multi-award-winning satire is back fas Jon Holmes mashes up the news w...

14:04May 6, 2026

2. Lie Back and Think of England

Starmer has a problem, Trump has a ballroom blitz, and Charles lies back and thinks of England. The multi-award-winning satire is back for a...

14:09Apr 30, 2026

1. The Incredible Starmer. (You wouldn't like him when he's angry)

Cogs in the War Machine, Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Mandelson, and The Incredible Starmer. (You wouldn't like him when he's angry.)...

14:04Apr 22, 2026

5. This Charming Mandelson

Peter Mandelson meets The Smiths, Sleeping Beauty is inappropriately awoken by a former Prince, and a Chinese spider welcomes a British fly....

14:45Feb 4, 2026

4. The Jaws of Andy Burnham

Rylan 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...

14:45Jan 28, 2026

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 R...

14:48Jan 21, 2026

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...

14:50Jan 14, 2026

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...

14:49Jan 7, 2026

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...

14:45Oct 8, 2025

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...

14:35Oct 1, 2025

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...

14:45Sep 24, 2025

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...

14:49Sep 17, 2025

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...

14:47Sep 10, 2025