This week on #skewer - The Iranian Revolution Will Not Be Televised, the USA is on thin ICE, and Donald Trump meets Martin Roberts on a special episode of Greenland Under The Hammer. An unusual production for @BBCRadio4, sound by us. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We've just launched our gripping new podcast revisiting defining stories of our recent past - The History Bureau, hosted by award-winning journalist Helena Merriman. 📅 Wednesday 21st Jan ⏱️ 09:30 🎧 @bbcradio4 Can't wait? 👍 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Robert Graves and 'I Claudius', L years on. Presented by Michael Symmons Roberts, our new doc for @bbcradio4 is being repeated today, just in case you missed it over the festive period. 📅 Today 🕡 23:00 🎧 @bbcradio4 Prod: Geoff Bird, Exec Prod: Jo Meek

Just in case you missed them in the festive frivolities, you can still catch the Dead Ringers Christmas Specials over on @bbcsounds. The team are back to train their festive firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tonight! Brand new #theskewer: There are Stranger Things... Jon Holmes mashes up news and pop culture into a multi-award-winning satirical comedy concept album. This week - Trump wants the life-giving Spice, and Grok is in the Upside Down. 📅 Tonight ⏱️ 23:15 🎧 @bbcradio4

The History Bureau: Putin and the Apartment Bombs Four bombs. Twelve days. Hundreds dead. What really happened in Russia in September 1999? Coming next week, listen to the trailer now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Robert Graves and 'I Claudius', L years on Archive on 4 Michael Symmons Roberts explores the extraordinary life and work of Robert Graves fifty years on from the TV adaptation of his novel ‘I, Claudius’. 📅 Tonight ⏱️ 20:00 🎧 @bbcradio4 A Naked production.

Happy new year from Naked! Our new documentary Hearing Aids is being repeated due to the brilliant reviews. Missed it first time? Don't worry, you can catch it again today, whilst you nurse your sore head! 📅 Today ⏲️ 15:30 🎧 @BBCRadio4

Coming back due to demand... Jon Harvey celebrates 50 years since Jaws first surfaced in cinemas with a hilarious history of shark fiction, quite possibly the maddest genre in entertainment. 📅 Today ⏱️ 12:00 🎧 @bbcradio4

Our 2025 galactic not-quite-romcom drama Collapsing Orbits is up for Best Series and Best Actor at the 2026 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Missed it first time round? You can still catch it on @bbcsounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Sending all of our friends and colleagues a big Merry Christmas from all of us at Naked! Big thanks to everyone who has been part of the last year. It's been a good one. See you in the new year!

Series 15 of #theskewer is on its way to kick the new year off. Jon Holmes award-winning comedy concept album brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. 📅 7th Jan '26 ⏱️ 23:15 🎧 @bbcradio4

Coming soon: Robert Graves and 'I Claudius', L years on Michael Symmons Roberts explores the extraordinary life and work of Robert Graves fifty years on from the TV adaptation of his novel ‘I, Claudius’. 📅 3rd Jan '26 ⏱️ 20:00 🎧 BBC Radio 4 A Naked production.

Don't miss the final #deadringers Christmas Special Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens. 📅 Tonight ⏲️ 18:30 🎧 @BBCRadio4

🦈💦😱 Jon Harvey celebrates 50 years since Jaws first surfaced in cinemas with a hilarious history of shark fiction, quite possibly the maddest genre in entertainment. Our @BBCRadio4 documentary Into The Sharkiverse bites once more... 📅 29th Dec ⏲️ 12:00 🎧 @BBCRadio4

👨‍🚀 You can still listen to both episodes of Collapsing Orbits, one of our entries on the BBC Audio Drama Awards shortlist. 🚀 One of the world's wealthiest men has decided this planet isn’t enough, and it’s time to leave it. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This week on @bbcradio4's Crossing Continents: The struggle of Israel's peace movement. Death threats, arrests and violence: Israeli and Palestinian activists say that’s the cost of calling for peace across the divide. Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Sound by us.

Catch up on series 3 of The Naked Week. A bold, audacious take not only on the week’s news, but also the way it’s packaged and presented. Episode 6 available now! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🤪 We're excited to have four entries in the BBC Audio Drama Awards shortlist! 👉 Best Series - Collapsing Orbits 👉 Best Actor - Burn Gorman 👉 Best Use of Sound - The Skewer 👉 Best Podcast Series - Buzz 📅 The winners will be announced on Sunday 1 March 2026.

🥇We're still buzzing from our Best Audio Drama: New/Original Work award at the #speakies for Restless Dreams, written by Dan Rebellato, produced by Polly Thomas. 👏 "Dramatically thrilling, surreally funny, historically fascinating and philosophically compelling" - the judges.

Are you enjoying Materials of State? In today's episode, we delve deeper. David Cannadine looks at the history and symbolism of Black Rod. 📅 Today ⏲️ 13:45 🎧 @BBCRadio4 A Zinc Audio production for BBC Radio 4, sound by us.

Whoop! We won the Best Audio Drama: New/Original Work award at @thespeakies.bsky.social for our drama Restless Dreams by Dan Rebellato, produced by Polly Thomas. Restless Dreams follows Max Brod into a Kafkaesque journey of shifting identities. Congrats to the team!

Wow, some great reviews of our new documentary Hearing Aids, including a⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from @DailyMail! Thanks to @thetimes for the great write ups. Missed it on Sunday? Don't worry, you can catch it again this evening! 📅 Tonight ⏲️ 21:30 🎧 @BBCRadio4

We're thrilled that BBC Radio 4's One Week in Gaza has been shortlisted for Radio/Podcast of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Media Awards, which take place this evening. Missed it? You can still listen: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Produced by Simon Maybin, sound by Naked.

Today! Illuminated: Hearing Aids Paul Farley is of an age where he’s losing his hearing, and the world around him is shrinking. It’s time for him to find out what difference hearing aids could make to his life. Get @BBCRadio4 on at 19:15

Coming next week: Materials of State David Cannadine examines the history of the British constitution through the objects that make it so unique. 📅 Mon - Fri next week ⏲️ 13:45 🎧 BBC Radio 4 A Zinc Audio production for BBC Radio 4, sound by us.

Aaand phew, it's the weekend. Why not kick off with the latest episode of The Naked Week? A bold, audacious take on the week’s news, with a blend of the silly and the serious. 📅 This evening ⏲️ 18:30 🎧 @BBCRadio4

Thanks for the review @radiotimes.bsky.social! Illuminated: Hearing Aids Paul Farley is of an age where he’s losing his hearing, and the world around him is shrinking. It’s time for him to find out what difference hearing aids could make to his life. 📅 Sunday ⏲️ 19:15 🎧 BBC Radio 4

You can still catch the last episode of the brilliant Carbon Lifeforms. Jon Long and Dr Tara Shine are joined by special guests Athena Kugblenu and Joe Iles to tackle the topic of Waste Management and Recycling. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Episode 5 of Father Figuring, today. Darren Harriott is a 37-year-old comedian from the Black Country. In the last episode, Darren grapples with the idea of becoming a dad himself. Would he be a good dad? Does he even want to be a dad? 📅 Today ⏲️ 13:45 🎧 @BBCRadio4

Episode 4 of Father Figuring, today. Darren finds out about his dad’s criminal history and the tragic circumstances of his death. 📅 Today ⏲️ 13:45 🎧 @BBCRadio4 An unusual production for BBC Radio 4, sound by us.

Father Figuring on @BBCRadio4 Through stand-up and interviews with his family, friends, social scientists and psychologists, comedian Darren Harriott interrogates what it means to be a dad. Available now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... An unusual production, sounds by us.

Let's take a trip back to 2023... @DanRebellato's 7 Ghosts is a contemporary ghost story that uses the supernatural to explore human relationships and connections. Feat Kobna Holdbrook Smith, Ani Nelson, David Annen and Don Gilet. Enjoy: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tonight! Episode 2 of brand new The Naked Week. From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's @jonholmes1, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns. This week - rowdy riots, randy royal recourse, and witches. 📅 Tonight ⏲️ 18:30 🎧 @BBCRadio4 Sound by us.

Coming soon! Hearing Aids. Paul Farley is of an age where he’s losing his hearing, and the world around him is shrinking. It’s time for him to find out what difference hearing aids could make to his life. 📅 23rd November 🎧 @BBCRadio4

The Naked Week is back! From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy returns. This week: rowdy riots, randy royal recourse, and witches. Ep1 available now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Join us Fridays at 18:30 on @bbcradio4.

🗝️ This weekend is your last chance to explore our new sound installation at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, bringing to life the Furnace and the Tilt Room. 📢 It's LOUD. Come see us, or you'll have to wait until next spring 🐏 🪻... 🛣️ Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield, S7 2QW

Available now: The Great Influencer Experiment For years, "influencer" conjured a certain kind of image: curated, aspirational, and easily dismissed. But quietly, social media has outgrown the influencer era, and in its place is the "creator economy". 🎧https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j5qg

Who is the Door-to-Door Poet? Rowan McCabe is the world’s first Door-to-Door Poet. Think the Avon lady, but with rhymes. Talking to strangers on their doorsteps, hear the poems they inspire. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... A Reform Radio production for @BBCRadio4, sound by Naked.

🌴If you missed The Island, don't fret! 🏝️ Stephen Mangan washes up on the actual island from Desert Island Discs. He is not alone. Living there is every former guest of the show - and it's all gone a bit Lord of the Flies. Catch up this weekend. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you missed it, catch up on Ep 5 of the latest series of #theskewer is available now. Marvin the Paranoid Android goes to the Tory Conference and, thanks to Taylor Swift, Nigel Farage is Actually Romantic. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tonight! Jon Long and Dr Tara Shine are joined by Strictly and Bafta winner Chris McCausland, and special guest Mike Berners-Lee, to discuss The Carbon Cost of Tech, The Internet and AI. 📅 Tonight ⏲️ 18:30 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... An Unusual prod, sound by us.

We loved working on @iheartpodcastunion.bsky.social brilliant BUZZ! This gripping audio thriller peels back the myth of Apollo 11 to reveal the raw, untold story of Buzz Aldrin. Still available... 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Congratulations to those shortlisted for the @EditorsUK Media Freedom Awards 2025! We're excited that Marianna in Conspiracy land 2 for @BBCRadio4 is up for #podcastoftheyear. If you missed it, the final episode is out now: 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Sound by Naked.

The conclusion of Marianna in Conspiracyland 2 is available now. It’s been more than a year since Paloma Shemirani died after rejecting chemotherapy in favour of alternative methods. Could Paloma have been saved? 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Sound by Naked.

👜 Coming on October 14th to @BBCRadio4 : The Door to Door Poet ✒️ Rowan McCabe travels the streets, knocking on doors, asking if people would like a poem written about them. Produced by Reform Radio, mixed by us. Stay tuned for more.

Tonight! Ep 4 of the latest series of #theskewer. Jon Holmes mashes up the news into an award-winning comedy concept album. This week - Peacemaker Trump, How to Be PopuLABOUR and David Lammy crosses the streams. 📅 Tonight ⏲️ 23:15 🎧 @BBCRadio4

Love Across the Ages. Shahid Iqbal Khan’s afternoon drama tackles love between two Muslim men in 815 through to modern-day Bradford using classical poet Abu Nuwas as our guide, our Cupid. Nominated for an Aria 'Best Drama' Award in 2023. 📅 Today! ⏲️ 14:15 🎧@BBCRadio4

Tonight! Ep 3 of the latest series of #theskewer: Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious. Jon Holmes mashes up the news into an award-winning comedy concept album. This week - Donald Trump is Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious. 📅 Tonight ⏲️ 23:15 🎧 @BBCRadio4

Our 2022 drama, Love Across The Ages, is back. A drama about gay love through the ages inspired by poet Abu Nuwas. ⭐️ Raad Rawi, Esh Alladi, Darren Kuppan, Nadia Emam. ✒️ Shahid Iqbal Khan, dir: Nickie Miles-Wildin, prod: Polly Thomas 🎧 @BBCRadio4 📅 25th Sept ⏲️ 14:15