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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.

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 2020

An Unusual production for 成人快手 Radio 4

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Episode 3Series 9

    Wed 5 Jul 2023

    3/8 Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes.

  • Episode 2Series 9

    Wed 28 Jun 2023

    2/8 Jon Holmes's current affairs concept album remixes news into award winning noise shapes.

  • Episode 1Series 9

    Wed 21 Jun 2023

    1/8 Jon Holmes's current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning noise shapes.

  • Episode 8Series 8

    Wed 29 Mar 2023

    8/8 The award-winning satire twists into current affairs. This week, Laughing Gas Policeman.

  • Episode 7Series 8

    Wed 22 Mar 2023

    7/8 The Skewer twists itself into current affairs. This week, Boris on trial in A Few Bad Men.

  • Episode 6Series 8

    Wed 15 Mar 2023

    6/8 Jon Holmes' multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • Episode 5Series 8

    Wed 8 Mar 2023

    5/8 Jon Holmes's The Skewer twists itself into current affairs. This week - Refugee Regatta.

  • Episode 4Series 8

    Wed 1 Mar 2023

    4/8 Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • Episode 3Series 8

    Wed 22 Feb 2023

    3/8 Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • Episode 2Series 8

    Wed 15 Feb 2023

    2/8 Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • Episode 1Series 8

    Wed 8 Feb 2023

    1/8 Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • The Skewer: 100 Years of the 成人快手

    Wed 2 Nov 2022

    Jon Holmes' The Skewer twists itself into the past as it dismantles 100 Years of the 成人快手.

  • Episode 7Series 7

    Wed 26 Oct 2022

    7/7 Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning satire. This week - Tory Cabinet Swap Shop.

  • Episode 6Series 7

    Wed 19 Oct 2022

    6/7 Jon Holmes's award-laden satire. This week, Kwarsimodo and Liz Truss: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Episode 5Series 7

    Wed 12 Oct 2022

    5/7 Jon Holmes's satirical news mash-up. This week - Burning Bridges and Dark, Dark Streets.

  • Episode 4Series 7

    Wed 5 Oct 2022

    4/7 Satire from Jon Holmes. This week: U-Turns, Peaky Tories, and Are You Local Radio?

  • Episode 3Series 7

    Wed 28 Sep 2022

    3/7 Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning Skewer continues to twist itself into current affairs.

  • The Skewer: The QueenSeries 7

    Wed 21 Sep 2022

    2/7 The award-laden satire twists into the media noise surrounding the death of HM The Queen.

  • Episode 1Series 7

    Wed 7 Sep 2022

    1/7 Award-laden satirical soundscape returns as Jon Holmes remixes the news into weird shapes.

  • Episode 8Series 6

    Wed 25 May 2022

    8/8 Jon Holmes remixes news into weird shapes. This week, Partygate, and a bowl of Monkeypox.

  • Episode 7Series 6

    Wed 18 May 2022

    7/8 Jon Holmes remixes the news into fascinating audio shapes. This week: Bears vs Mermaids.

  • Episode 6Series 6

    Wed 11 May 2022

    6/8 Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week, Doctor Who vs The Racists, and Ambient Spaghetti.

  • Episode 5Series 6

    Wed 4 May 2022

    5/8 Jon Holmes remixes the news with The Skewer. This week, mostly Tractor Porn, tbh.

  • Episode 4Series 6

    Wed 27 Apr 2022

    4/8 Jon Holmes's The Skewer remixes the news. This week - Terrors of the Earth and Titchmarsh

  • Episode 3Series 6

    Wed 20 Apr 2022

    3/8 Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - Boris is besieged by owls bearing police FPNs.

  • Episode 2Series 6

    Wed 13 Apr 2022

    2/8 Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - Hashtag Partygate and Kicking Against The Pickles

  • Episode 1Series 6

    Wed 6 Apr 2022

    1/8 Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • Episode 7Series 5

    Wed 15 Dec 2021

    7/7 Jon Holmes remixes the news into a disturbing, satirical, current affairs concept album.

  • Episode 6Series 5

    Wed 8 Dec 2021

    6/7 Your new news fix. Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

  • Episode 5Series 5

    Wed 1 Dec 2021

    5/7 Your new news fix. Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.

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The Skewer: Three Twisted Years

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years

Jon Holmes鈥檚 multi award-winning satire twists its way onto the screen for the first time

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