Episode

The Naked Week: Ep2. The Naked Week team party like it's the 2003 Iraq War.

Podcast
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Duration seconds
1680
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n647bc
Audio
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n6k3t3.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/episodes/the-naked-week-ep2-the-naked-week-team-party-like-it-s-the-2003-iraq-war
Markdown
/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep2-the-naked-week-team-party-like-it-s-the-2003-iraq-war.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/episodes/the-naked-week-ep2-the-naked-week-team-party-like-it-s-the-2003-iraq-war/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep2-the-naked-week-team-party-like-it-s-the-2003-iraq-war.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

The Naked Week team party like it's the 2003 Iraq War, and then re-enact it with the help of a Viking. From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at. With award-winning writers and a crack team of contemporary satirists - and recorded in front of a live audience - The Naked Week delivers an topical news-nude straight to your ears. Written by: Jon Holmes Katie Sayer Gareth Ceredig James Kettle Jason Hazeley Additional Material: Karl Minns Ali Panting Helen Brooks Pete Redfern Cooper Mawhinny Sweryt Joe Topping Darren Phillips Investigation: Cat Neilan Guests: Rosie Holt, Jimmy The 11th Century Welsh Viking. Production Team: Tony Churnside, Jerry Peal, David Riffkin. Production Coordinator: Molly Punshon Assistant Producer: Katie Sayer Executive Producer: Philip Abrams Produced and Directed by Jon Holmes An unusual production for BBC Radio 4