12 Facts About Brexitcast

Brexitcast is a British political talkshow and television programme produced by BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC News.

Originally aired on radio, it was announced on 3 June 2019 that Brexitcast had been commissioned as a television programme for BBC One.

On 5 January 2020 it was announced that Brexitcast would be renamed Newscast after the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January.

Online, episodes of Brexitcast had amassed cumulative 8 million downloads by 1 September 2019 and over 18 million by January 2020, and its first edition on BBC One attracted over a million viewers.

Brexitcast was launched in June 2017 as a podcast, replacing Electioncast which had started on 8 May 2017 to cover the 2017 general election.

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The first episode of Brexitcast was released on 19 June 2017 after the conclusion of the election.

In May 2019, Brexitcast was the recipient of the Listeners' Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards.

Brexitcast is the first BBC podcast to be commissioned as a television programme, and follows other podcasts such as The Ricky Gervais Show and My Dad Wrote a Porno in making the transition to screen.

On 23 January 2020 it was announced that Brexitcast would be renamed Newscast following the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January.

Brexitcast returned for an edition on 12 November 2020 to discuss the latest Brexit developments.

On Thursday 24 June 2021 Brexitcast returned yet again for a special edition to mark the 5 years since the Brexit referendum result of 23 June 2016.

At the time of its BBC One launch, the Brexitcast podcast had been downloaded over eight million times, and the Financial Times reported that it regularly topped both the weekly podcast and iTunes charts, particularly editions recorded after significant events in the Brexit process.