A screenshot of an online trailer for The News at Bedtime featuring Jack Dee (left) as John Tweedledum and Peter Capaldi (right) as Jim Tweedledee.
Other names
News at Bedtime
Running time
15 minutes
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Language(s)
English
Home station
BBC Radio 4
Starring
Jack Dee Peter Capaldi Lucy Montgomery Vicki Pepperdine Dan Tetsell Lewis MacLeod Alex MacQueen
Written by
Ian Hislop Nick Newman
Produced by
Simon Nicholls
Recording studio
Maida Vale Studios
Original release
24 December 2009 – 31 December 2010
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
8
Opening theme
A remix of the BBC News theme playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".[1]
Website
BBC website
The News at Bedtime is a satirical comedy series on BBC Radio 4 written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, writers of the satirical Private Eye magazine. The series is a spoof of news programs, in particular shows such as The Today Programme, set in "Nurseryland", a place in which all nursery rhymes and children's stories are real. The News at Bedtime stars Jack Dee and Peter Capaldi as the main newsreaders, John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee. The series was broadcast over the Christmas period in 2009, from Christmas Eve 2009 to New Year's Day 2010 with a special "Year in Review" episode broadcast on 31 December 2010.
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