The Skewer Explained

The Skewer
Format:Topical/Sketch comedy
Runtime:15/30 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Home Station:BBC Radio 4
Producer:Jon Holmes

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.

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 eleven 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Skewer contributor guide. Unusual Productions. 17 February 2021.
  2. Web site: The Skewer: Pilot. BBC Radio 4. 4 April 2019.
  3. jonholmes1 . 1351970970253328391. 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.).
  4. Web site: The Skewer. British Comedy Guide. 15 February 2021.
  5. Web site: The Skewer, Series 1, Episode 1. BBC Radio 4. 8 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Sawyer. Miranda. Miranda Sawyer. The week in podcasts and radio. The Observer. 26 January 2020.
  7. Web site: The ARIAS - Nominees . 2022-06-04 . Radio Academy.
  8. Web site: 2021 ARIAS . 2022-06-04 . Radio Academy.

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