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1. There are Stranger Things...

1/7/2026

The Skewer

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The four-time Gold Comedy winner at the Radio Academy Awards returns as Jon Holmes mashes up news with pop-culture into a current affairs comedy concept album.

This week - Trump wants the life-giving Spice and stranger things are afoot as Musk's AI bot Grok is in the Upside Down. Also, Countryfile's photography competition takes a curious turn.

Producer: Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

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