BBC Brexitcast podcast to become weekly TV show in place of Andrew Neil’s This Week The first podcast to be commissioned as a BBC television programme, Brexitcast delivers ‘geeky and cheeky insights into Brexit’

The BBC’s award-winning Brexitcast podcast, an irreverent round-up of the latest machinations co-presented by Laura Kuenssberg, will replace Andrew Neil’s This Week programme on Thursday nights.

The first BBC podcast to be turned into a BBC television series, Brexitcast delivers “geeky and cheeky insights into the complicated world of Brexit from Westminster and Brussels.”

‘Visual event’

BBC Political Editor Kuenssberg, Europe Editor Katya Adler, Europe Correspondent Adam Fleming and Political Correspondent Chris Mason contribute to the discussion.

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A British Podcast Awards-winner, Brexitcast will be turned into “a visual event as well as an audio one” for its television debut, the BBC said.

It will run at 11.30pm on Thursdays in the post Question Time slot vacated by This Week, which ends next month after 16 years.

This Week axed

The BBC cancelled the late night political chat show, which attracted a loyal audience of one million viewers, after rejecting presenter Andrew Neil’s request that it be broadcast earlier.

Kuenssberg said: “Who says no one’s interested in politics?! Brexitcast has grown and grown because our audience loves and deserves detailed explanations of enormous events, but likes a bit of devilment too.”

She added: “It’s an absolute thrill to bring the show to BBC1, and a privilege to invite the legendary and committed This Week audience to join us, following on from Andrew, the supreme late night host.”

Brexitcast means Brexitcast

Dino Sofos, Series Editor, said: “Making a TV version of the podcast doesn’t mean the format will change… after all, Brexitcast means Brexitcast.”

Brexitcast will continue to run beyond October 31, the date the UK has been given to leave the EU. “Brexit certainly won’t be over then, so Brexitcast will still be around on BBC1 and as a podcast,” said an insider.

‘Accessible & fun’

The expert Brexitcast team will also be ready to cover other major political events outside the world of Brexit on occasions, the BBC said.

Gavin Allen, Head of BBC News Output, said: “Brexitcast is exactly what political coverage should – and in this polarised climate – needs to be about: expert, accessible, treating politicians like grown-ups and politics as complex. Seeking to learn not lambast, and yet still with plenty of fun thrown in.”