Episode 2 is the second episode of series two of No Such Thing As The News. It features presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber, and was filmed at Up The Creek Comedy Club, in Greenwich, London.
Facts[]
During the programme the four hosts each present their favourite fact from the week's news.
- The first time the British cabinet approved plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, the check-in was still a row of tents. (Murray)
- This week's leaked Hillary Clinton speeches only exist because her staff were sending them to each other saying: "What are we going to do if these get leaked?" (Harkin)
- This week scientists have discovered the reason why the sky goes dark at night. (Schreiber)
- There is a four-metre wide hole in Sir David Attenborough's bottom. (Ptaszynski)
Opening[]
At the opening of the episode, Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala read some obscure news stories.
- 439 items of lost property at a Staffordshire theme park include a spring onion.
- Police in Newfoundland have arrested a man for trying to break into prison.
- 1,300 Swiss carpenters have set a new world clapping record.
- The headline of the week, from the Torquay Herald, Paignton man offers reward after speed bump stolen.
Special Correspondence[]
These facts were sent in by audience members.
- From the Times: Police are looking for two female pensioners suspected of stealing a 6-foot-high portrait of the actor Steve McQueen from an Irish hotel, with the aid of a zimmer frame. Sadly they found it was too big to fit into their car, and it was discovered with slight damage outside a nearby restaurant. (Murray)
- From Matthew Lowe: A group of crows in Hull have turned violent and started attacking pigeons due to the closure of their favourite branch of McDonald's. (Harkin)
- From the Leicester Mercury via Dan Johanssen: A Leicester man has admitted stealing thirteen blocks of cheese, worth £39, from a local supermarket. He said he was not sure at the time how much cheese he had taken, or what he would have done with it. (Ptasynski)
Extra Facts[]
At the end of the programme, the presenters each give one more fact they did not have time to discuss.
- A billboard erected in Michigan reads, in Arabic: "Donald Trump, you can't read this but you're scared of it." (Harkin)
- BBC Breakfast has apologised for showing a picture of an escaped gorilla instead of Nicola Sturgeon. (Ptaszynski)
- The Vladimir Putin calendar for 2017 has been released, showing him in a tree, in a wetsuit, with a kitten, and getting into a combine harvester. (Murray)