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Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ

@tonychurnside.bsky.social

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BAFTA nominated radio maker. Immersive/interactive audio expert. Sound PhD. Sound Design #TheSkewer #MoneyGone

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Gareth Ceredig @garethceredig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's been a nasty old pleasure to sneak back into #TheSkewer like it's 2020 all over again. Turns out the password was still CovidLolz69. Ongoing congrats to @jonholmes.bsky.social and @tonychurnside.bsky.social, who are yet to answer for their crimes. 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - The Skewer - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Skewer on BBC Sounds.

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Peter @peterquinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Extraordinary episode of #TheSkewer last night. The opening charity appeal for Reform UK was particularly brilliant.

The Skewer - Series 17 - Money, Monkeys, and Jam - BBC Sounds

WARNING: There is a 10% chance that this show will kill all of humanity.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’m hearing even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out … even this has walked out …

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Skewer, tonight 11.15pm @BBCRadio4. I have formally submitted this week's closing music as my audition for the next Bond theme. No word yet from the producers. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - The Skewer - Available Episodes

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Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Quite a good article about #TheSkewer. www.chortle.co.uk/comedy-diary...

'Someone's job is to keep me out of prison' : Comedy Diary 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

'Someone's job is to keep me out of prison' - Jon Holmes on The Skewer

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J S Docherty @jsdocherty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ooh, just seen #TheSkewer is comedy of the week on BBC sounds. If you missed it, get fifteen minutes of audio brilliance in your ears www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

BBC Sounds - Comedy of the Week - Available Episodes

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Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Skewer is back — series 17, episode 2, tonight 11.15pm @BBCRadio4. Satire built from the week's news, pop culture and archive, stitched together by hand hours before broadcast. Headphones on. #TheSkewer 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - The Skewer - Available Episodes

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Peter @peterquinn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A welcome return for #TheSkewer last night with @jonholmes.bsky.social & co. Now, if only there was anything happening in the current news worthy of their attention...

The Skewer - Series 17 - New series. New term. New prime minister - BBC Sounds

New series. New term. New prime minister.

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Pravin Gorajala @pravg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Brilliant to have easily the best thing on radio back this week. #TheSkewer www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Skewer - Series 17 - New series. New term. New prime minister - BBC Sounds

New series. New term. New prime minister.

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David Rüder @strontelius.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

ohmigod it's #theskewer, and the kettle's cold. Must pay more attention to things generally. an unexpected pleasure. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (hit play from start)

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A computer/phone that detects if I’m wearing glasses or not and adjusts font size accordingly. #phoneideas

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Jon Holmes @jonholmes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

You may have seen that Keir Starmer apologised for the forced adoption scandal of the 50s/60s/70s this week. I made an (award winning!) documentary about my own forced adoption and now, with perfect timing, it’s back on Radio 4. Have a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Jon Holmes, Generation Shame

Jon Holmes investigates whether his birth mother was forced to give him up for adoption.

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Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Catch this week's Dead Ringers on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Dead Ringers - Series 27 - Much Ado About North-ing - BBC Sounds

Dead Ringers is in the North, at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield.

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Stephen Mawhinnney @sjmawhinney.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In case you missed it here's the last episode of the current series of #TheSkewer. And we do our best to make sure Ukraine still gets mentioned. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Skewer - Series 16 - 5. Married At First Sh*te - BBC Sounds

All hail The King of the North and all condemn Married At First Sh*te.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Wow. At the exact same time as we were awarded Silver at the ARIAs last night we also picked up SIX Golds at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for… Comedy Gold, Sound Art Gold, Editing Gold We just finished series 16 of The Skewer if you haven’t heard it yet… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Made for last night’s #TheSkewer…

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The King’s Speech. Starmer’s speech. Streeting’s lack of it. We’ve skewered this week’s news into something shorter than a meeting between Starmer and Streeting. Last minute news, up to the minute editing. BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds tonight at 11:15pm. 🔪 #TheSkewer www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - The Skewer - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Skewer on BBC Sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🎧 The Skewer is back! This week: 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. BBC Radio 4, tonight 11:15pm 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #TheSkewer

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 16, The Incredible Starmer. (You wouldn't like him when he's angry)

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

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I had a history joke, but now’s not the time.

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Stephen Mawhinnney @sjmawhinney.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Here is this week's episode of #TheSkewer which features a little something from us about the Greatest Showman Farage and his circus of freaks. (The sound team have done an INCREDIBLE job with the music for it) (with @swerytd.bsky.social and @stucooper1.bsky.social ) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Skewer - Series 15 - 3. Greenland, Traitors, and Trump - BBC Sounds

Greenland, Traitors, and Trump.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

#TheSkewer is back tonight. This week the Iranian Revolution won’t be televised, the USA is on thin ICE, Trump puts Greenland Under the Hammer… & I even play a guitar solo 🎸 🕚 BBC Radio 4, 11:15 PM. Use 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 15, 2. ICE, ICE, baby

Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical comedy concept album.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

So we made the first episode of #TheSkewer 6 years ago. And now, 14 Series, numerous radio awards (we’ve seriously lost count) and a BAFTA nomination (yeah I know it’s not even TV!) later, you can hear every single episode on @bbcsounds, including this week’s. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🗡️ The Skewer is back tonight at 11:15pm on @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds. This week it’s all about oil: Trump wants the life-giving Spice, Grok wanders into the Upside Down, and Countryfile’s photo contest sees some unusual entries. 🎧 Headphones recommended. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #TheSkewer

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 15, 1. There are Stranger Things...

Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical comedy concept album.

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Gareth Ceredig @garethceredig.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Episode 3 of No-Platformed floats onto Radio 4 tonight at 23.15. Episode 4 has been delayed indefinitely by stupid Christmas, so 3 is your lot for now. Contains surface water, stupid jokes about spelling, and a badly behaved Formula 1 pit crew. You know. Normal stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - No-Platformed - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of No-Platformed on BBC Sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Proud that projects I’ve been part of — Collapsing Orbits & The Skewer — are nominated at the 2026 BBC Audio Drama Awards! 🎧 •Collapsing Orbits: Best Original Series or Serial •Burn Gorman: Best Actor •The Skewer: Best Use of Sound #BBCAudioDramaAwards #AudioDrama

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Freya Shaw @freyashaw.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Or listen to our findings on episode of The Naked Week www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Naked Week: Ep4. Immigration, Espionage, and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition. - BBC Sounds

The Naked Week tackles immigration, espionage and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Don’t quite know how we swung it but this week’s The Naked Week has secured Taylor Swift as a special guest. Listen at 18:30 on @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Naked Week, Series 3, 2. Trains, Tice, and Taylor Swift

The team shoehorn an agenda, get out of jail free, and Taylor Swift is LIVE IN THE STUDIO!

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Digital things I would pay money for… a) an ad blocker but for all AI generated content. b) an ad blocker but for stores about Lily Allen and David Harbour.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Flags near me. If you’re gonna pretend to be patriotic you should probably learn which way up the flag goes. 🤦

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Gareth Ceredig @garethceredig.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Delighted to wind back the clock and slip into this week's #TheSkewer. It's like slipping into your favourite uncle. Still the best 15 minutes of noise out there by an absolute sodding mile. Listen and weep. 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Episode 5: It's Actually Romantic

Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirical shapes and sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

On #TheSkewer this week, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Torys, Actually Romantic Farage and Trump is the Greatest MotherF*cker you’re ever gonna meet listen on 🎧 at 11:15pm on @BBCr4 & @BBCSounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Episode 5: It's Actually Romantic

Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirical shapes and sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

On #TheSkewer tonight we Reform Labour into something more popular, make Trump into a Peacemaker and tear your soul apart! Liston on @BBCRadio4 @ @BBCSounds from 11:15pm tonight. Use 🎧. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Ep 4: How to Be PopuLABOUR.

Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirically shapes and sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

On BBC Sounds now…

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

On #TheSkewer tonight The state of Palestine is recognised, we shine a light on what PeaDo in the Shadows & Reform protect our women & girls & swans. On @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds at 11:15pm. Grab your 🎧 & go & listen. It’s Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Ep 3: Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious

Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirically shaped sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Well I’m glad that, unlike in the US, we have a strong history of freedom of speech in this country, otherwise it might be #TheSkewer that was taken off air!

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

On #TheSkewer this week, we highlight Housing Hypocrisy, join Nigel’s House Partyand more innuendo than you can shake your stick at in Back, Sack and Crack. On @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds at 11:15pm. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 14, Episode 2 - Back, Sack and Crack, and An American Idiot Abroad

Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week, Back, Sack and Crack and An American Idiot Abroad.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Starting now on Radio4 t.co/Elq1a8Q2gN

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j5wk

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Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We’re doing a DJ Set at Crossed Wires Festival this Sunday. Come and have a cocktail while we twist the news into some of that popular music the kids are all talking about. #TheSkewer crossedwires.live/podcast/afte...

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After Party: The Skewer DJ Set — Crossed Wires Festival 2025

Jon Holmes and Tony Churnside from Radio 4’s multi-award-winning satire mix music with news in an exclusive bespoke DJ set. Expect cocktails by Public, freshly poured Guinness and food trucks from Pea...

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I mixed Dead Ringers yesterday. The 1st episode of this programme I’ve made, but also the 1st episode of the programme made since its creator, Bill Dare passed away earlier this year. It’s really sad he’s gone but I hope we’ve made a show he’d have been pleased with. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

BBC Sounds - Dead Ringers - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Dead Ringers on BBC Sounds.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Jon Harvey celebrates 50 years since Jaws first surfaced with a hilarious history of shark fiction. Into the Sharkiverse 📅 7th June ⏲️ 20:00 🎧 @BBCRadio4 Silly fact I discovered during the making of this programme - Apple Music has added lyrics to the Jaws theme…

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

“Exposition Impossible: The Final Reckoning” #AmIRight?

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Mike Cooper @mikecooperrp.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

If you just saw a middle-aged man walking along with what may have appeared to be tears in his eyes, blame @jonholmes.bsky.social and his team for the incredibly powerful ending to the week's #TheSkewer. Christ, that got me.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Do I know anyone on here who knows about building gaming PCs? My son wants to building one and neither of us have a clue.

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

As the weeks go by the skewer seems to be voicing my internal monologue processing the news - absolute core listening to remedy the bilge that the news cycle throws out. If only all BBC news was this considered. Well done @jonholmes.bsky.social and his excellent

The Skewer - Series 13 - Alca-Trump Prison, Reform the Children, and Nosfaragetu - BBC Sounds

Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

On #TheSkewer tonight, a visit from Nosfaragetu, an escape from Alcatrump and a VEform party. Plus I turn the programme off and on again. On @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds at 11:15pm. Use 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 13, Alca-Trump Prison, Reform the Children, and Nosfaragetu

Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

And we have another episode of #TheSkewer coming up on BBC Radio 4 at 11:15pm tonight… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 13, Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth

The news remixed. This week - Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth.

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Jon Holmes, Adam Parry and I made this video for Pancreatic Cancer UK… www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/news-and-blo...

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Something is Missing

We’ve launched a powerful parody film trailer, ‘Something is Missing’, to shine a spotlight on pancreatic cancer and the need for early detection.

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Jon Holmes @jonholmes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

New #TheSkewer enters the wrong broadcasting toilet at 11.15pm BBC Radio 4. The week’s news all remixed up the whatnot. Also (obvs) @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 13, Gender, Easter, and The Dead Pope's Society.

The week's news - satirically remixed. This week: The wrong toilets and a dead Pope.

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Pravin Gorajala @pravg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

So good to have this back. Easily the best thing on radio by a distance! #TheSkewer

Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ @tonychurnside.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

We’re back tonight for a thirteenth series. And I’d like to think despite the last 12 series we’re still as sharp and as blunt as ever. This week: Man of steel, it’s dumb that you feel, and the art of the deal. 11:15pm on @radio4rne.bsky.socials #TheSkewer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 13, Man of Steel and Art of the Deal

The week's news - remixed. This week Charlie XCX's Trump Bump and Starmer: Man of Steel.