The Naked Week: Ep2. Spin, Milestones, and Monopoly (Qatar edition)

We interrogate how many milestones make a mission, look at how some MPs fund their offices and with all the Gregg Wallace unpleasantness we put a crisis management expert under pressure to give celebrities tips on how to apologise.

Host Andrew Hunter Murray, Chief Correspondent Amy Hoggart, The Skewer's Jon Holmes and The Naked Week team deliver a topical news-nude straight to your ears.

The Naked Week team strip away the curtain and dive into not only the big stories, but also the way in which the news is packaged and presented.

Written by:Jon HolmesKatie SayerSarah DempsterGareth CeredigJason HazeleyAdam MacqueenLouis Mian

Additional material:Marc HaynesCornelius Mendez

Guests this week:Jordan GreenawayDr Beth Malory

Production Team: Laura Grimshaw, Tony Churnside, Jerry Peal, Katie Sayer, Phoebe Butler

Produced and Directed by Jon HolmesExecutive Producer: Philip Abrams

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Topical comedy from the sharpest satirical minds in the business. Listen first on BBC Sounds, every Friday.

Is the news driving you up the wall? You’re not alone. Let the comedians take the strain and work out what’s been funny this week. Features BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn’t Read.

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• No. of episodes: 257
• Latest episode: 2025-07-04
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