The Skewer

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The Skewer
GenreTopical/Sketch comedy
Running time15/30 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Home station BBC Radio 4
Produced by Jon Holmes
Original release8 January 2020 (2020-1-8)

The Skewer is a topical radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and as a podcast on BBC Sounds. Created and produced by Jon Holmes, the 15 or 30 minute episodes are a sound collage which combine topical soundbites with excerpts from popular culture, historical quotations and songs, often in unsettling or surreal ways.

Contents

The programme is created using Avid Pro Tools [1] and is designed to be heard through headphones, making use of binaural techniques. [2] The series has an "open door" writing policy, [1] with ideas and soundscapes being added just a few hours before broadcast. [3]

Following a pilot episode on 4 April 2019 [2] [4] The Skewer has run for twelve series since 8 January 2020. [5]

Reception

Miranda Sawyer in The Observer describes the programme as "Nightmare, or dream? Funny and strange, like all good things." and compared it to the work of Chris Morris. [6]

"A surreal flow of snippets - news and views, music and memories - melded into a huge orchestral piece of compelling originality. The Skewer is satire at its cleverest, both biting and beautiful. If you could listen to a Francis Bacon painting, this is what it would sound like.” - Radio Academy Awards

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "The Skewer contributor guide". Unusual Productions. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "The Skewer: Pilot". BBC Radio 4. 4 April 2019.
  3. ↑ @jonholmes1 (20 January 2021). "With apologies for late delivery to the Duty Producer @BBCRadio4, we're just doing the final tech listen to tonight's #TheSkewer. (There was some sort of event in America we had to deal with.)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ "The Skewer". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Skewer, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC Radio 4. 8 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (26 January 2020). "The week in podcasts and radio". The Observer.
  7. ↑ "The ARIAS - Nominees". Radio Academy. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  8. 1 2 "2021 ARIAS". Radio Academy. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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