Unspun with Matt Forde

Unspun with Matt Forde is a British political satire television series hosted by comedian Matt Forde.^[1][2] The first series was broadcast from 14 September to 19 October 2016 on Dave.^[3]

Unspun with Matt Forde
Also known as	Unspun XL with Matt Forde (extended version)
Presented by	Matt Forde
Composer	Dobs Vye
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	27
Production
Executive producers	Jon Thoday Richard Allen Turner
Producers	Robyn O'Brien (Series 1) Mark Iddon (Series 2–4)
Production location	ITV Studios
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts) (Series 1–2, XL) 30 minutes (inc. adverts) (Series 3–4)
Production company	Avalon
Original release
Network	Dave
Release	14 September 2016 (2016-09-14) – 18 March 2018 (2018-03-18)

The show features a house band, MP4, a rock band composed of British politicians.

Unspun began its second series on 1 March 2017, which concluded on 5 April 2017. The third series started on 17 May 2017, and ended on 7 June 2017. The fourth series started on 28 January 2018, and ended on 18 March 2018.^[4]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	6		September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)	October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19)
2	6		March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)
3	7		May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)	June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)
4	8		January 28, 2018 (2018-01-28)	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)

Series 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in series	Guest	Directed by	Original release date
1	1	Alan Johnson	Peter Orton	September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)
2	2	Anna Soubry	Peter Orton	September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)
3	3	Nick Clegg	Peter Orton	September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)
4	4	Chuka Umunna	Peter Orton	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)
5	5	Ruth Davidson	Peter Orton	October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)
6	6	Angus Robertson	Peter Orton	October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19)

Series 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in series	Guest	Directed by	Original release date
7	1	Tim Farron	Peter Orton	1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)
8	2	Michael Fabricant	Peter Orton	8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)
9	3	Harriet Harman	Peter Orton	15 March 2017 (2017-03-15)
10	4	Jess Phillips	Peter Orton	23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)[a]
11	5	Nicky Morgan	Peter Orton	29 March 2017 (2017-03-29)
12	6	Tony Blair	Peter Orton	5 April 2017 (2017-04-05)

Series 3 (2017)

No. overall	No. in series	Guest	Directed by	Original release date
13	1	John Woodcock	Peter Orton	17 May 2017 (2017-05-17)
14	2	Sayeeda Warsi	Peter Orton	21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)
15	3	Jacqui Smith	Peter Orton	24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)
16	4	Suzanne Evans	Peter Orton	28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
17	5	Chris Huhne	Peter Orton	31 May 2017 (2017-05-31)
18	6	Douglas Carswell	Peter Orton	4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)
19	7	Ann Widdecombe	Peter Orton	7 June 2017 (2017-06-07)

Series 4 (2018)

No. overall	No. in series	Guest	Directed by	Original release date
20	1	Nadine Dorries XL: Andrew Maxwell	Peter Orton	28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 31 January 2018 (XL)
21	2	Lord Andrew Adonis XL: Angela Barnes	Peter Orton	4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 7 February 2018 (XL)
22	3	Vince Cable XL: Richard Herring	Peter Orton	11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 14 February 2018 (XL)
23	4	Alastair Campbell XL: Jason Byrne	Peter Orton	18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 21 February 2018 (XL)
24	5	Yvette Cooper XL: Daliso Chaponda	Peter Orton	25 February 2018 (2018-02-25) 28 February 2018 (XL)
25	6	Justine Greening XL: Rose Matafeo	Peter Orton	4 March 2018 (2018-03-04) 7 March 2018 (XL)
26	7	Tom Watson XL: Mae Martin	Peter Orton	11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) 14 March 2018 (XL)
27	8	Anthony Scaramucci XL: Iain Stirling	Peter Orton	18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) 21 March 2018 (XL)

Notes

1. Originally scheduled to air on 22 March 2017 but delayed due to the Westminster attack earlier in the day.