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Alex Horne Breaks the News

The award winning Alex Horne Breaks the News podcast is full of comedians, songs, games and very little breaking news. It's a shame irony is so lost on us.

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Episodes

Alex Horne LIVE: Andy Zaltzman, Brett Goldstein and Ian Smith

Live from the Soho Theatre Alex Horne Breaks the News has taken his podcast to the people. In front of a live audience, Andy Zaltzman, Brett Goldstein and Ian Smith join Alex in taking the news to the proverbial cleaners and back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 11, 201442 min

Alex Horne's top 13 songs of all time

Jiggle and bop to some of the greatest songs of all time. Yes Alex has finally given in to the weighty pressure and put together an album, yes album, of producer Joel's favourite songs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 02, 201431 min

Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, John Robins and handsome scorer Cat

After an interminable seven day hiatus we welcome back the weekly news podcast with former, present – and hopefully future - host Alex Horne and guest comedians Romesh Ranganathan and John Robins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 27, 201434 min

Alex Horne, Andrew Maxwell, Matt Richardson and AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST and Alex Horne Breaks the News super fan LIZZY YARNOLD joins comedians Andrew Maxwell and Matt Richardson in the news cupboard this week. When everything else is a world cup special, we've gone against the grain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 20, 201434 min

Alex Horne, Katherine Ryan, Brett Goldstein and Ray Peacock

Alex is joined by three, yes three, comedians this week. Ray Peacock, Katherine Ryan and Brett Goldstein. Its a triumvirate of great comedy guests. Triumvirate! there we said it again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 06, 201435 min

Alex Horne, Adam Riches, Craig Campbell and Ian Smith

Adam Riches and Craig Campbell wade through the murky waters of the Commonwealth news, with Ian Smith giving a statistical analysis... of sorts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 201435 min

Alex Horne and The Walshes

Alex is joined by three of the members of Irish sketch wizards Diet of Worms; Shane, Amy and Niall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 16, 201430 min

Alex Horne, Mike Wozniak, Hal Cruttenden and the lovely Chloe

Yes this episode has it all. Just when you thought Alex Horne couldn't get any more topical he goes and tops the lot. AMAZING! With him to pick apart and play around with the news morsels like hungry yet playful hamsters are Mike Wozniak, Hal Cruttenden and the Lovely Chloe Howard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 09, 201432 min

Alex Horne, Roisin Conaty, Matt Forde and splendid scorer Seb

Roisin Conaty and Matt Forde try their hardest to out wit each other on the second episode of this amazing series. Yes AMAZING! This episode Alex and guests take the news bull by it's horns and grapple unsuccessfully with it, before giving up and going home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 02, 201435 min

Alex Horne, Gyles Brandreth, Simon Evans and Tim Key

Multi award winning Alex Horne is joined by Gyles Brandreth and Simon Evans as well as Tim Key as his beautiful assistant. Biscuits seem to be a hot topic of conversation this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 25, 201440 min

Live: Alex Horne, Miles Jupp, Angelos Epithemiou and Nick Helm

Live from the Soho Theatre, Alex Horne Breaks the news! Obviously not live in every sense, but live enough to call it live and joined by Three of the the best comedians England has to offer, Alex Horne see's in the Christmas season in style... ish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 26, 201340 min

Alex Horne, Lucy Porter, Max and Ivan

Lucy Porter, Max and Ivan and Alex Horne try to make sense of what can only be described as not news, but dressed up as news, news. Or what Alex refers to as a topical napkin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 201334 min

Alex Horne, Johnny Vegas, Brett Goldstein and Andy Zaltzman

Johnny Vegas and Brett Goldstein rattle the news cage this week, while Andy Zaltzman tries his hardest (and fails) at not joining in. It's our first 'Explicit' tag, so it must be a good one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 201333 min

Alex Horne, Milton Jones, Sara Pascoe and Sam Pearson the animal expert

Milton Jones and Sara Pascoe fight it out to be crowned the (USELESS) NEWS CHAMPION of 2013. The least prestigious award since Dave's 'Clothes Drying Champion 1994'. This week topics such as celebrity autobiographies, Quite Interesting questions and the Mind all rear there ugly heads, along with a lovely interview about the mind with Thomas Trader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 06, 201327 min

Alex Horne, David Baddiel, Mike Wozniak and Jim the F1 expert

David Baddiel and Mike Wozniak are in to tackle the small and very small news stories from the week. From a saluting grave digger to the big story of the week about Amazon shift workers. Wow, it really is news isn't it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 201334 min

Alex Horne, Tom Basden, Rob Broderick and James Hancock

Just when you thought this podcast couldn't get anymore global we go and make a truly international special. It's highbrow for the lowbrow generation. Think world news for the under 8s but with adult content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 22, 201329 min

Alex Horne, Iain Lee, Nish Kumar and Chris Parmiter

Nonsensical, whimsical and (un)topical as ever. Alex breaks the news with more funny celebrities (or comedians). Nish Kumar and Iain Lee join the musical wizard in his quest for news perfection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 201329 min

Alex Horne, Mark Watson, Romesh Ranganathan and Alex Carter

Mark Watson and Romesh Ranganathan vie for the title of best news quizzer. It gets rather heated and a little competitive fortunately Alex Carter is on hand to calm everyone down. Oh and Alex Horne is great as ever. but you knew that already. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 08, 201335 min

Alex Horne, Jarred Christmas, James Acaster and James Lovett

Welcome to episode two which is a Saint Jude storm special... well we at least discuss the super storm which makes it special in our eyes. Plus stories about a beer enthusiast and James Acaster describing the Badger cull in 44secs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 01, 201335 min

Alex Horne, Tim Key, Andrew Maxwell and Lawrence Booth

Alex Horne is back breaking the news, more in the manner of a 8 year old boy testing the tensile strength of a flimsy twig. It's definitely gets broken but nobody is sure why. For episode one of this brand new series Tim Key and Andrew Maxwell provide nothing and everything in equal measure. Its topical podcasting... of sorts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 25, 201335 min

Alex Horne, Sara Pascoe, Charlie Baker and Sam Pearson

How can this be the FINAL episode of the series? The fun just hasn’t stopped, has it? Except for that time when Miles ate rice for a week. That wasn’t fun - that was for a good cause. Well done Miles Jupp. For the final episode of the series we have Sara Pascoe and Charlie Baker. Two hilarious people with a staunch knowledge of obscure news... hopefully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 05, 201336 min

Alex Horne, Angelos Epithemiou, Nat Luurtsema and Mark Everitt

Nat Luurtsema and Angelos Epithemiou join Alex in our very first news special. Not wanting to miss out on the main talking point of last year, we thought we'd reminisce and join the bandwagon, even if it is 11 months too late. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 201329 min

Alex Horne, Sean Hughes, Katy Wix and Joaquin Phoenix(ish)

It's a special Anglo-Irish-Welsh edition of the podcast this week as presenter Alex Horne, who hails from West Sussex, is joined by stand-up Sean Hughes (who was born in London, but spent most of his youth in Firhouse, Dublin) and comedian Katy Wix, who you'll recognise from the sitcom Not Going Out but who grew up in Cardiff. Thankfully the team are joined by a Joaquin Phoenix lookalike rather than the real Joaquin Phoenix otherwise it would have been an Anglo-Irish-Welsh-North American themed ...

Jun 21, 201339 min

Alex Horne, Tim Key, Dan Antopolski and Nigel White

Tim Key and Dan Antopolski rattle through the news with Alex Horne at the Helm. It's news but not as you know it. Mainly because it's barely news. It's the type of news that you find behind your sofa when looking for your phone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14, 201330 min

Alex Horne, Nick Helm, Tony Law and Will Collier

Nick Helm and Tony Law join Alex in dismantling the week's big news topics; mosquitos, education, long words... yup we've got it all and if that's not enough to keep your earphones in we have a guide to Selby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 07, 201339 min

Alex Horne, Miles Jupp, Rob Beckett and Stephen Brown

Alex Horne is joined by comedians Miles Jupp and Rob Beckett and 'professional thinker' Stephen Brown to cut out random stories from the newspapers and paste them into a slightly threatening but always hilarious podcast-shaped letter that demands your attention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 31, 201337 min

Alex Horne, Tim Key, Ardal O’Hanlon and James Alexander-Sinclair

Tim Key and Ardal O’Hanlon join Alex Horne in our weekly light-hearted exploration of the week’s events - if you imagine that the week’s events are a supermarket aisle - maybe dairy - then we’d be sort of trotting down that aisle, picking up yoghurts, scooting along on the back of the trolley and then occasionally having a proper discussion about which milk to buy - because there is always time for actual opinions on this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 24, 201338 min

Alex Horne, Katy Wix, Phil Nichol and Elizabeth Graham

Katy Wix and Phil Nichol are in the hot seats this week to delve deep into the news from all over the globe in our world news special. Lost cities, cunning fugitives, remote control turtles… it’s got it all. With such cutting edge stories, there’s no need to follow the real news anymore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 17, 201337 min
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