NewsBiscuit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NewsBiscuit is a British satirical news website. It was founded in September 2006 to create a new outlet for British humour on the internet by a group of mainly comedy writers including John O'Farrell.
It publishes one new article every day and all articles are available free-to-view in its archives. The site also develops new writing using a submissions board where readers can rate each other's material and suggest rewrites or edits. These user submissions are rated by other subscribers and the most popular are reworked for the article boards. Several teams of contributors, such as Team Biscuit and The Hit Squad, have developed since the site's launch writing co-operatively online to produce articles for the site. Rewriting and alternative punch lines etc, are also encouraged on the site's submission's board. [1]
The articles and features range from satirical takes on current affairs [2] to various silly [3] and bizarre ideas [4].
There are 14 main boards:
- Arts/Entertainment
- Business
- Celebrity
- Education
- Environment
- Features
- Health
- Isle of Wight News
- Lifestyle
- Politics
- Science/Technology
- Sport
- UK News
- World News
The BBC has just recorded a "NewsBiscuit" pilot for transmission on Radio 4 later in the year, and this may be followed by a series. It starred John O'Farrell as the host of fictional radio station NewsBiscuit Dot.Com, and Anna Crilly as it's co-presenter. It was, according to O'Farrell, an opportunity for new writers and actors to show their talent.
