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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

NEWS QUIZ: Castles, Twitter and Furloughed Horses

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.213.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Angela Barnes welcomes Professor Anand Menon, Lucy Porter, Neil Delamere and Zoe Lyons.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Hello, I'm the award-winning

0:06.3

Gary Bellamy, host of Radio 4's Premium Phone In Show, Down the Line.

0:11.2

And like all those retired doctors and other heroes, I have returned in this country's

0:15.1

hour of need, broadcasting live from my own home with a lockdown special.

0:20.1

And you can find an exclusive extra episode by searching for Down the Line on BBC Sounds.

0:25.8

Hello, it's me, Angela Barnes, host of The News Quiz.

0:29.1

A bit of a change of scenery for me is I have recorded the first half of the week's

0:32.3

episode live from Barnard's Castle in County Durham.

0:35.9

Took me almost six hours to drive there, but at least I know once and for all that my

0:40.2

eyes do work. Unfortunately, it did mean I had to record the second part of the show

0:45.2

in the Rose Garden at Downing Street. So wherever you are, sit back at my other

0:49.4

castle, smell the roses and enjoy a brand new Friday night comedy podcast.

0:53.8

Music Radio Podcasts Welcome to The News Quiz with your

1:00.9

host, Angela Barnes.

1:02.9

Hello and welcome to another lockdown edition of The News Quiz.

1:06.9

I hope you've all been managing to enjoy the sunshine this week.

1:10.0

I'm very jealous of people who've got a garden right now.

1:13.3

In a block of flats I live in, we're all sitting out on our balconies.

1:16.3

If you look at my place from the road, we look like an open-air zoom call.

1:19.7

But I mustn't grumble, I'm lucky to have a balcony and it's great for getting a bit of fresh air,

1:24.1

but I find it's a real challenge for a decent game of swingball.

1:27.2

Let's kick things off today with this Facebook marketplace ad read by Corey Corfield.

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