Breaking the News

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2018–

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The popular, long-running BBC Radio Scotland topical panel show comes to television. Host Des Clarke is joined by guests to take a satirical look at the week's news.The popular, long-running BBC Radio Scotland topical panel show comes to television. Host Des Clarke is joined by guests to take a satirical look at the week's news.The popular, long-running BBC Radio Scotland topical panel show comes to television. Host Des Clarke is joined by guests to take a satirical look at the week's news.

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Des Clarke

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• 2018–2025

Jay Lafferty

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• 2018–2024

Ashley Storrie

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• 2019–2025

Susie McCabe

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• 2019–2024

Jim Smith

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• 2018–2023

Susan Riddell

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• 2022–2023

Athena Kugblenu

Self - Panelist

• 2022–2025

Jamie MacDonald

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• 2022–2023

Mark Nelson

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• 2022

Ray Bradshaw

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• 2019–2023

Raymond Mearns

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• 2021–2023

Val McDermid

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• 2022–2024

Marjolein Robertson

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• 2022–2023

Gareth Waugh

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• 2023–2024

Connor Burns

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• 2023

Eleanor Morton

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• 2022–2023

Esther Manito

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• 2022

Rosco McLelland

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• 2022–2023

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Jim Smith Rocks (the ferm!)

Cheeky chappy Des Clarke is a great host on this Scottish attempt at a Have I Got News For You type thing. Always has great guests (like the ridiculously hilarious Elaine Malcolmson), covers things relevant to Scotland and comedian/"that big hot fermer" Jim Smith steals the show with his farming tales, dry sense of humour and droll delivery in every single episode. More of him in any future series would be brilliant.

Never heard this show originally when it was on the radio as I don't listen to "the wireless" these days but am very glad I discovered it's transition to TV.

Excellent comedy!

(Someone needs to update the episode list on here as the current BBC Scotland episodes are nowhere to be seen.)

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Breaking The News has been broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland from 2015. On St Andrew's Day 2018 the 7th episode of series 11 of the radio show was also broadcast on BBC Two Scotland. The launch of a new BBC Scotland television channel saw a television version of the radio programme commissioned for 2019. Episodes are from the same studio recording as the radio broadcasts featuring the same guests in a slightly different edit. Therefore the TV Series "starts" with the twelfth series instead of a series 1.