News Quiz 17th September 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by comedians Paul Sinha, Neil Delamere and Zoe Lyons to discuss the week's news, including Boris Johnson's reshuffle, winter covid plans and Emma Raducanu's heroics in New York Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material by Alice Fraser, Max Davis, Richard Stott and Rajiv Karia. Producers: Sam Michell and Gwyn Rhys Davies Production Coordinators: Caroline Barlow and Katie Baum Sound Editing: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Before we begin this week's news quiz,
0:07.0	we have an urgent appeal on behalf of Oliver Dowden,
0:10.0	the former Culture Secretary, now Minister without Portfolio.
0:13.0	If you have a spare Portfolio,
0:15.0	please send it to Westminster in Lidia.
0:20.0	Furthermore, if you have any idea what the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster actually does,
0:26.0	please report in person to Lancaster Police Station as soon as possible,
0:31.0	ideally with something a bit dutch.
0:35.0	Welcome to the news quiz.
0:42.0	Hello, I am Andy Zoltzman,
0:45.0	and before we start this week,
0:47.0	can I just check that neither of our teams wants to suddenly pull out right before the start of the show
0:52.0	for no doubt genuine, but still not entirely comprehensible reasons before jetting off to do a better paid radio comedy panel show in Dubai?
0:59.0	Good.
1:02.0	Sorry, I think, once in the last week or so, ready best to check.
1:05.0	You start by cricket.
1:06.0	Anyway, our two teams.
1:08.0	This week we have team SACT against team BACT on team SACT.
1:13.0	We have Paul Sinhar and Neil Delamere, and on team BACT we have Zoe Lyons.
1:18.0	We should also have had Joe Coffey, but I'm afraid Mr Internet has not played ball, so it is just Zoe.
1:27.0	And we are also joined by our online audience from all known corners of the universe.
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