The Naked Week: Ep1. Royal lodges, asylum hotels and witches.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week we provide recourse for a randy royal, organise an on-air riot and, for Halloween, get confused over which witch is which.

From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via guest correspondents and investigative journalism it's a bold, audacious take not only on the week’s news, but also the way it’s packaged and presented.

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4

Host; Andrew Hunter Murray Guests: Bella Hull, Lisa Webb

Investigations Team: Cat Neilan, Cormac Kehoe, Freya Shaw

Written by: Jon Holmes Katie Sayer Gareth Ceredig Jason Hazeley James Kettle

Additional Material: Karl Minns Vivienne Hopley-Jones Cooper Mawhinny Sweryt Helen Brooks Ali Panting Kevin Smith Sophie Dickson

Live Sound: Jerry Peal Post Production: Tony Churnside Clip Assistant: David Riffkin Production Assistant: Molly Punshon

Assistant Producer: Katie Sayer Producer: Jon Holmes

Executive Producer: Phil Abrams.

an unusual production for BBC Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	Hello, Living Legends, I'm Laura Whitmore.
0:09.5	And I'm Ian Sterling. It's officially cozy season, people.
0:13.1	The perfect time for hot chocolate, blankets, and a little bit of true crime.
0:18.4	Get your fix on murder they wrote, our weekly podcasts diving into the wildest true crime stories.
0:23.7	From a murderous granny to the con man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice.
0:28.2	Oh, and don't forget Murder You wrote.
0:30.1	Crazy cases from where you live.
0:32.3	That one's only on BBC Sounds.
0:33.9	Murder They Wrote.
0:35.1	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:42.4	Music Science. Murder they wrote. Listen on BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Andrew Hunter-Murray, and welcome to The Naked Week.
0:49.2	Imagine the news agents if they'd rented out their studio without getting the proper
0:52.5	landlord's license.
0:55.4	Coming up on the Naked Week this week,
0:57.3	Prime Minister Keir Stama shared his main takeaways from a recent Swinger's Cruise.
1:01.1	It taught me skills such as watching somebody's eye, so you know where to come in.
1:11.0	How did they know it was Keir?
1:12.5	Because he threw his keys in the bowl and missed.
1:15.1	In other news, in other news, the BBC confirms news strictly presenters.
1:20.3	The king and the Pope.
1:22.1	Wow.
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