The Naked Week: Ep2. Trains, Tice, and Taylor Swift

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, The Naked Week shoehorns an agenda, gets out of jail free, and in a genuine Radio 4 first - Taylor Swift pays a visit to the studio!

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.

Host: Andrew Hunter Murray Guests: Paul Dunphy, Taylor Swift (no, really!)

Investigations Team: Cat Neilan, Cormac Kehoe, Freya Shaw

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

Additional Material: Karl Minns Ali Panting Helen Brooks Molly Punshon Kevin Smith David Riffkin

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

Assistant Producer: Katie Sayer Producer and Director: 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.
0:05.7	Right, start at the beginning.
0:07.7	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.7	Okay, hello.
0:10.6	And if you're into true crime.
0:12.3	The message was clear.
0:13.7	You might like to investigate BBC sounds.
0:16.1	Somebody must know something.
0:18.0	Because there's a caseload of award-winning podcasts.
0:20.7	Do you think this is actually going to go to trial?
0:22.8	That cast light on shady cyber criminals,
0:24.9	mysterious drownings and unsolved murders,
0:27.4	from Bergen to Belfast.
0:29.0	I didn't know who I could trust.
0:30.8	Search, true crime on BBC Sounds.
0:33.3	The only thing left to do now is run.
0:46.6	No, The only thing left to do now is run. Hello, I'm Andrew Hunter-Murion.
0:48.1	Welcome to The Naked Week.
0:49.4	Imagine Panorama after it's been murdered in plain sight by Alan Carr.
0:55.2	Coming up on the Naked Week this week,
0:56.9	Rachel Reeves gathers the UK press to share this game-changing,
0:59.9	nay, groundbreaking economic revelation.
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