Francesca Martinez made her debut appearance on BBC Radio 4's topical panel show "The News Quiz", alongside regulars Jeremy Hardy and Sandi Toksvig. She appeared on "The News Quiz" again in January and July 2013. Martinez has become a regular face on television, including appearances on "The Frank Skinner Show," in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's comedy series "Extras", "Russell Howard's Good News" BBC Three, The Jonathan Ross Show, ITV's Loose Women, "Free Speech" BBC3, RTÉ's "The Saturday Night Show" with Brendan O'Connor, "Adam Hills Tonight" and "Spicks & Specks". On 8 December 2012, Martinez launched a campaign "War on Welfare" which
The News Huddlines As of November 2018, "The News Huddlines" has started to be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and can also be found on internet radio stations including ROK British Comedy Channel http://rokradio.com/ (under the ambiguous title "Roy Hudd shows"), The material of "Huddlines" was in a traditional British comedy style, usually aimed at an older audience, with every gag ending on a recognisable punchline. Each show is loosely based around a series of ‘news items’ — usually convenient pegs on which to hang one-liners of greater or lesser topicality — and sketches about events in the week’s news. The sketches