‘Serious and silly’: Radio 4 team behind Now Show replacement plan to break news as well as joking about it

The broadcaster's recently launched Naked Week will mix satirical humour and topical investigative journalism

Radio 4's new topical comedy show, which replaces the long-running The Now Show, will break the news, not just make jokes about it, its creators have said.

The Naked Week, which has taken the broadcaster's Friday night comedy slot, has brought Private Eye journalists onboard to dig up scoops.