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

3/20/202628 min

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 Gare...

Clips

Epstein distraction twist
Digging for oil gag lands
Host undercuts war pageantry
Sucking up to America bit
The Blair whiff reveal

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Donald Trump· Soundbite0:00

    This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  2. Donovan Woods0:03

    [gentle music] Hi, Donovan Woods here.

  3. Tom Power0:07

    Hey, hey, it's me, Tom Power.

  4. Donovan Woods0:08

    We're here to tell you about our brand-new podcast. It's called The Big Five.

  5. Tom Power0:11

    So, Donovan, what is The Big Five?

  6. Donovan Woods0:12

    Yeah, exactly. What is The Big Five? That's what The Big Five is all about. Every week, Tom and I will sit down with a special guest and dive into new topics, debating things like what are the big five farm animals, the big five types of hat, the big five guys named Paul.

  7. Tom Power0:24

    Martin, Revere, Mezcal, McCartney, John Paul II.

  8. Donovan Woods0:28

    The debate is settled by a listener from somewhere across the country. It's like a game show.

  9. Tom Power0:32

    It is a game show.

  10. Donovan Woods0:32

    The Big Five, available now wherever you get your podcasts.

  11. Andrew Hunter Murray· Host0:35

    [upbeat music] [audience cheering] Hello, and welcome to The Naked Week. Imagine John Craven's Newsround trying to navigate the Strait of Hormuz in a pedalo. [laughs] Coming up on The Naked Week this week, with very little known about Iran's newly selected supreme leader, Rory Stewart reckons he could be Russell Crowe.

  12. Rory Stewart· Soundbite1:01

    This is Khamenei, and he is, uh... you know, he's the son of a murdered father. [laughs] He's the husband of a wife who's been killed.

  13. Donald Trump· Soundbite1:10

    [laughs] And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

  14. Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:14

    [laughs] Are you not entertained? Of course not, it's Rory Stewart. [laughs] And Nigel Farage celebrates International Women's Day with...

  15. Tom Power1:21

    A picture of a beaver.

  16. Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:23

    [laughs] Looking forward to

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