Breaking the News

Revision as of 17:07, 9 October 2022

Host

Des Clarke

Broadcast

BBC Radio Scotland, 5 June 2015 to present

also BBC Two Scotland, 30 November 2018 and BBC Scotland, 31 March 2019 to present

(see Trivia below)

Synopsis

Topical comedy panel show.

If you can help us to expand this entry, please provide as much information as possible, using the feedback form below.

Trivia

The seventh episode of the eleventh series was tested out as a TV pilot for BBC Two Scotland on 30 November 2018 as part of the Funny Firsts season. The twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth series were broadcast on radio and TV on the newly launched BBC Scotland. These were essentially the same programme: it remained a radio show first and foremost, but the recordings were also filmed and broadcast on TV a few hours after the radio show went out.

The Covid-19 pandemic caused the show to revert to radio-only; the 15th and 16th series had the guests contributing from home. Three TV specials appeared in 2021 (a look back at 2020 on New Year's Day, a Valentines special in February and a Euro 2020 edition on 17 June) but otherwise the show is once again audio-only. It seems in no immediate danger of being pulled from radio, but equally it appears unlikely to return to television, bar the occasional one-off.

Web links

Official site

British Comedy Guide entry (Radio)

British Comedy Guide entry (TV)

Feedback

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 == Trivia ==
-The seventh episode of the eleventh series was tested out as a TV pilot for BBC Two Scotland on 30 November 2018 as part of the ''Funny Firsts'' season. From the twelfth series onwards, the show was broadcast on radio and TV on the newly launched BBC Scotland. These are essentially the same programme: it remains a radio show first and foremost, but the recordings are also filmed and broadcast on TV a few hours after the radio show goes out.
+The seventh episode of the eleventh series was tested out as a TV pilot for BBC Two Scotland on 30 November 2018 as part of the ''Funny Firsts'' season. The twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth series were broadcast on radio and TV on the newly launched BBC Scotland. These were essentially the same programme: it remained a radio show first and foremost, but the recordings were also filmed and broadcast on TV a few hours after the radio show went out.
-The 15th and 16th series went out during [[Impact of Covid-19|the Covid-19 pandemic]], with guests contributing from home. For these series the show reverted to radio-only, eventually returning to TV for the end-of-year special which had panellists in the studio but no audience. A Valentines Day special followed the same format, but the 17th series which began in March 2021 went back to radio-only.
+The [[Impact of Covid-19|Covid-19 pandemic]] caused the show to revert to radio-only; the 15th and 16th series had the guests contributing from home. Three TV specials appeared in 2021 (a look back at 2020 on New Year's Day, a Valentines special in February and a Euro 2020 edition on 17 June) but otherwise the show is once again audio-only. It seems in no immediate danger of being pulled from radio, but equally it appears unlikely to return to television, bar the occasional one-off.
 == Web links ==