The Skewer with Dan Sweryt

In this penultimate episode of our Summer 2026 run, we break from the normal format for a deep-dive with comedy writer Dan Sweryt, who returns after his previous appearance on our Breaking the News episode, into writing for BBC Radio 4’s satirical tour de force The Skewer. Dan runs a course alongside Dave Cohen, designed to help aspiring writers gain their first writing credit for The Skewer. More information can be found here: https://www.davecohen.org.uk/pick-up-your-first-bbc-writing-credit/. During the episode, Dan provides an insight into what writers can expect from the course via feedback and reflections on previous unsuccessful submissions to The Skewer from host Luke Edwards and Reject Pile alumni Nik Ilukkumbere and Mike Grace. We also hear a couple of examples of successful pitches made to The Skewer by Dan. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lredwards.substack.com