one million viewers. On 10 October, the journalist and musician Rhodri Marsden appeared as a guest on the programme where he debuted tracks from his Brexit-inspired disco concept album The Hustle. It then appeared on the iTunes UK Album Chart, where it quickly began to outsell ABBA Gold. In November 2019, a discussion on Brexitcast about "shitposting" attracted some media comment after Kuenssberg gave an incorrect description of the term. 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. The edition aired on 30 January, the day before the UK's exit, was recorded before a live audience at London's BBC Radio Theatre. The final edition of Brexitcast, recorded as a podcast for radio and titled "Over and Out!", was released on 1 February 2020. The first edition of Newscast aired on 6 February, and while continuing to discuss Brexit, also focused on other events such as the 2020 Irish general election. 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 (replacing the continuing Newscast) to mark the 5 years since the Brexit referendum result of 23 June 2016. The four presenters were again Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg, Chris Mason and Katya Adler. Reception 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. By the end of January 2020 it had received eighteen million downloads. Writing about Brexitcast for the New Statesman in March 2018, Antonia Quirke described its style as "fairly relaxed" and commented on its impartiality: "Probably the best thing about Brexitcast is that there isn't a great deal of lamenting going on". Prospect magazine named the podcast among the best podcasts for June 2019, describing it as "a funny, up-to-the-minute and behind-the-scenes guide to Brexit from the BBC's political correspondents". Charlotte Runcie, writing in The Daily Telegraph, described Brexitcast as "excellent...funny, well-informed and refreshingly sane", but questioned whether the format would transfer successfully to television. The i newspaper included it in a list of podcasts to "help guide you through Brexit and beyond". The television version has received