大象传媒

Episode 6, Podcast Part 1

A satirical river of sound and a platform for diverse new talent, this is topical satire like you鈥檝e never heard it before. A new open-door comedy for a fresh generation of satirists who don鈥檛 write sketches, jokes and one liners, but instead channel their talents into playing around with sound.

Following an award-winning pilot and an award nominated Halloween Brexit special, the "disorentating, dizzying, dazzling" Skewer returns for a full series.

"A freeform assault on the senses.. deeply haunting..an eerily beautiful discombobulating mosaic of spin" - comedy.co.uk

Creator and producer Jon Holmes curates contributions from brand new and diverse talent in a show where the experience is enhanced through headphones, attaching the listener to a late night drip of current events as they melt into the brain, evoking a feeling of drifting off, but with the occasional uncomfortable sleep-twitch.

Sketch-writing has long been the way into radio comedy but, for the new generation of satirists who don鈥檛 put pen to paper and instead beaver away on laptops using self-taught skills to toy with the news-scape, The Skewer's guerrilla approach to satire is their new playground.

鈥淚f ever there was an audio version of Coldwar Steve, it might well be this! Incredible.鈥�

鈥淐assette Boy meets Blue Jam. Superb.鈥�

鈥淎 whole new genre of radio comedy programme invented right there. Clever, funny and scary all at the same time.鈥�

鈥淲eirdly, hypnotically funny. More please.鈥�

鈥淧ushes the boundaries of satirical radio into the murky depths. The world needs exactly this kind of creative commentary right now. Looking forward to more.鈥�

鈥淲ith this new show, Jon Holmes asserts his place as king of outsider radio art. Its woozy, punch drunk style operates as a perfect satire of our times. Headphones on and fall down it鈥檚 K-hole, friends. Exceptional stuff.鈥� Rufus Hound

Producer: Jon Holmes
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