Breaking the News

Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.

Des and the teams break apart this week's news, with the latest from the US midterms, freezer hacking and a 28-year journey to Hull!
Lead Writer: Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright
Additional Material: Lucienne Cummings, Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Chris Willshaw, Jane Walker, Jules Pestano, Simon Paul Miller, Jennifer Walker, Alex Buchanan & Mark Granger, Alan Hazlie, Chris Stanners, Gregor Paton, Ben Moore, Nathan Cowley, Ian Searle
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay
Series Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production.

Des and the teams break apart this week's news, including: a successful student uprising in Serbia; some outrageous claims from Liz Truss; the best cover band names and the surprising reason mummies have been removed from a Scottish museum.
Lead Writer: Jennifer Walker
Additional Material: Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Chris Willshaw, Dan Welton & Sarah Tattersall, Alan Hazlie, Lucienne Cummings. Mike Cooper, Claire Cox, Nathan Cowley, Neil Bratchpiece and Gregor Paton
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay
Series Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production

Join Des Clarke and his special guests - Susie McCabe, Stuart Mitchell, Ifrah Qureshi and Chris Thorburn - as they break down the news and put it back together again!

Join Des and the team as they break up the week's news, including: Should Brexit get an unwanted reboot? Can Scotland's pubs survive? Is 71 the perfect age to enter a beauty contest? And has Tom Cruise finally met his match in Digger?
Lead Writer: Madeleine Brettingham
Additional Material: Adam Fuller, Andrew Duthie, Polly Owen, Dan Welton and Sarah Tattersall, Graham Bretman, Paul Brown, Claire Cox, Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright, Lucienne Cummings, Nathan Cowley, Gregor Paton, Gordon Watson, James Docherty, Holly Hellman, Blair Michael, Stuart Beale.
Producer: Jodie White
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Series Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Katie Forsyth
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production.