Spinning The News | |
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The opening topic from series 7, episode 1 | |
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Participants № |
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First episode |
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Final episode |
TBA |
№ of episodes |
197 (Excluding clip shows) |
Spinning The News is a game that takes place in the Performance Area and first appeared in the first episode.
Gameplay[]
On the screen is a Random News Generator with several topics on it. A topic is picked at random, and one of the players has to perform a piece about the topic it has landed on.
Number of participants[]
In the first series all six players took part, but from the second series onward, either three or four take part. From the seventh series there have been some episodes where more then one panelist from a team participate instead of an equal number from each team. Since Series 12 the number is reduced to only one per team (usually a guest).
Deciding the winner[]
Until series three, Dara would judge whether the audience had laughed enough at the routine, and decide whether or not the person was allowed to sit down. The first team to have all their players sat down would win. If one player from each team was left standing, sudden death would come into effect. A random topic was picked and both players had to talk about it. The team of whoever got the biggest laugh would win. Since series three, this has been removed, and the biggest laugh now decides the winner.
List of topics and panelists[]
- Main article: List of Spinning the News topics
Name[]
Since series two, Dara has changed the name of this round each episode, sometimes as a reference to a recent event. Examples of this include Dara's Supercasino: Make-a-Joke Roulette in the week that the Manchester Supercasino was announced, and the Four By One Joke Relay with which jokes are judged upon difficulty and artistic merit, during the Beijing Olympic Games, as well as the NHS Revolving Door of Happiness
Complete list of names[]
This is the list of every name for this round in alphabetical order.
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Notes[]
This round is one of three that has appeared in every regular episode, the others being Headliners and Scenes We'd Like To See.
Mock the Week – Rounds | |
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Regular rounds | Headliners (List) · Spinning The News (List) · If this is the answer, what is the question? (List) · Scenes We'd Like To See · Picture of the Week |
Occasional rounds | Between The Lines · Newsreel · What On Earth |