The Skewer

Created and produced by Jon Holmes, the 15 or 30 minute episodes are a sound collage which combine topical soundbites with excerpts from popular culture, historical quotations and songs, often in unsettling or surreal ways.

The programme is created using Avid Pro Tools[1] and is designed to be heard through headphones, making use of binaural techniques.

[2] The series has an "open door" writing policy,[1] with ideas and soundscapes being added just a few hours before broadcast.

[6] "A surreal flow of snippets - news and views, music and memories - melded into a huge orchestral piece of compelling originality.

If you could listen to a Francis Bacon painting, this is what it would sound like.” - Radio Academy Awards