The Naked Week: Ep5. A Budget, A Bombshell, and a Bedtime Story.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week, The Naked Week fingers some fudge, profits from the spoils of war, and reads everyone a lovely bedtime story with a very special guest.

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: Kate Cheka, Janet Ellis

Investigations Team: Cat Neilan, Cormac Kehoe, Freya Shaw

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

Additional Material: Karl Minns Molly Punshon Helen Brooks Pete Redfern Cooper Mawhinny Sweryt Kevin Smith David Riffkin

Additional Music: Jake Yapp

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.
0:07.3	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.3	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kayeard and me, Kelly Somers,
0:12.4	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:15.5	Coming to the Premier League, he's shown one called Play, he isn't.
0:18.2	He's been probably the sound of the season.
0:19.6	Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career. I had two seasons when I played as the number nine and scored 34 goals in both the seasons. But I was bored. Wayne Runey shown. It's what everybody's talking about. Watch an eye player, listen on sounds.
0:44.3	Hello!
0:51.3	I'm Andrew Hunter Murray and welcome to The Naked Week. Imagine news round if it had been bullied at school by Nigel Farage.
0:56.2	Coming up on the Naked Week this week, if you can remember him, spare a thought for poor old
1:00.2	quasi-quarting.
1:01.3	Even the leader of his own party, Kemi Badernock, has forgotten all about him.
1:05.7	After this budget, she will go down as the country's worst ever.
1:10.6	Second worst, Kemi. Second worst, Jenny.
1:13.3	Second worst. Credit where it's due.
1:16.2	And after more accusations of BBC bias,
1:18.5	foreign affairs correspondent Mary Dijewski
1:20.3	made sure she only shared information
1:22.0	she had personally fact-checked in her world atlas.
1:24.9	It looks still as though Russia and Ukraine
1:27.0	may be quite far away.
1:29.3	They're right next to each other, Mary.
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