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The week's news stories lovingly moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public.

The week's news stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public.

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Newsjack, Series 16, Episode 1

This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches and one-liners.

Made for 4 Extra. This week's stories bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches, one-liners and vox-pops. Trying to make sense of it all is new host, Angela Barnes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show Newsjack returns for its 16th series with brand new host Angela Barnes. 

Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and then bought to life by a revolving cast of sketch performers.
In this week's show the cast discover alternative facts in the White House, Meet The Spiralizer and go Trainspotting on Southern Rail.

Cast: George Fouracres, Freya Parker and Jason Forbes.
Producers: Adnan Ahmed and Abby C. Kumar
Script Editors: Ed Amsden and Tom Coles

The programme continues to be a showcase for new comedy writing: anyone can submit material (sketches and one-line jokes) -- these can be submitted every week of the six week run.

Details for submitting material can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r

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The week's news stories lovingly moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public

The week's news stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public. Trying to make sense of it all is our host, Angela Barnes

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