Sam Delaney's News Thing | |
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Sam Delaney presenting News Thing.
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Genre | Satire |
Created by | RT UK |
Presented by | Sam Delaney |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 55 |
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Executive producer(s) | Ben Rigden |
Location(s) | London |
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Original network | RT |
First shown in | 5 November 2015 – present |
External links | |
Website |
Sam Delaney's News Thing is a weekly television programme produced by RT UK and presented by British journalist and broadcaster Sam Delaney that has aired every Saturday night since November 2015.
Each show typically consists of: three monologues from the presenter on topical issues followed by a discussion with a panel of comedians, journalists and celebrities; an interview with a political guest; video reports from comedian Bobby Mair; and other sketches. A running feature is an extract from the diaries of Jeremy Corbyn, played by character actor Alex Lowe.
Regular panelists include Angela Barnes, Susie Boniface, Holly Burn, Des Clarke, Giles Coren, Iain Lee, Luisa Zissman, David Mills and Felicity Ward.
On 3rd June 2016, the show was guest hosted by John Prescott and temporarily titled "John Prescott's News Thing".