News Quiz 8th October 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kerry Godliman, Anand Menon, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ola Labib join host Andy Zaltzman to pore over the week's news. This week, they get their teeth into the Tory party conference, the scrapping of the Universal credit uplift in the week it was announced fuel prices could go up by 30%, Facebook's 6hr lost weekend and the Nobel Prizes. The chair's script is written by Andy Zaltzman, with additional material by Alice Fraser, Heidi Regan, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Tasha Dhanraj. Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies Production Co-ordinator: Katie Baum Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.7	I am a pig.
0:11.0	I was not expecting to be alive for this week's news quiz, but thanks to the government,
0:23.7	here I am.
0:25.6	The Prime Minister for disrespecting the pig farming industry and misrepresenting a serious issue.
0:33.6	However, I will give him credit.
0:36.1	Longer lives for piggies is the most provable and measurable of all Brexit bonuses.
0:45.5	He could have been a little more sensitive about the Bacon Sammages thing, but hey, hope.
0:50.9	Enjoy the news quiz.
0:54.9	Andy, over to you.
0:56.7	Big fan.
0:59.9	Thank you, Supercivil, and welcome to the news quiz.
1:07.0	Hello, I am Andy Zoltzman.
1:09.4	Our teams this week we have team discontent against team no content.
1:14.6	On team discontent we have Curie Pritchard McLean and Ola LeBib.
1:21.1	And on team no content it and and men on and Kerry Goddardman.
1:28.6	And we start with a question for team no content for and and and,
1:32.0	Kerry, who, depending on what you read, gave a barnstorming,
1:36.2	totally empty speech that was compellingly economically illiterate
1:39.8	in an embarrassing vintage, vacuous brilliant performance in which he laid out a vivid ambitious
1:44.2	and inspiring vision that was nothing but hot air.
1:48.8	Well, quite a few people.
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