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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

NEWS QUIZ: Mixed Messages, Death Stars and Teenage Dogs

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.213.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Angela Barnes welcomes Helen Lewis, Andrew Maxwell, Sindhu Vee and Andy Zaltzman.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:04.8

Hello, I'm the award-winning Gary Bellamy, host of Radio 4's Premium Phone In Show, Down

0:10.3

the Line. And, like all those retired doctors and other heroes, I have returned in this

0:14.6

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

0:20.2

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

0:26.0

Hello, I'm Angela Barnes and you're listening to the Friday Night Comedy Podcast.

0:30.1

This week I'm recording from the classroom, not an actual classroom, of course, but my

0:34.0

home-school classroom where I've been teaching my cock-a-poutinous of new tricks during lockdown.

0:39.2

I really don't want to fall behind the other dogs in a year, you see? So that's why we've

0:42.8

been learning all sorts of new commands like sit and fetch and stay alert, control the

0:47.4

virus, save lives. So whether you're recovering from a week of pet home-schooling or gearing

0:52.4

up for a weekend of quizzes on Zoom, I hope you enjoy this episode of The News Quiz.

1:03.4

Welcome to The News Quiz with your host Angela Barnes.

1:07.2

Hello and welcome to another lockdown edition of The News Quiz. We're still very much working

1:11.9

from home here, but rest assured we are also staying alert. I for one have been waking

1:17.0

up every morning and singing Staying Alert to the tune of Staying Alive by the Bee Gees

1:21.2

with Fulture Valter Dance Moves and I've never felt better. So let's start with this

1:25.9

notice from a free cycling website in Leeds, Read by Diana Speed.

1:30.1

Offer, padlock, no key, could be useful for an aspiring escape artist.

1:36.0

And thank you to Martin Zucker for sending that in. Now let's meet the teams in TMA. We

1:40.3

have Andrew Maxwell and Helen Lewis and in Team B it's Andy Zortsman and Cindy V. Hello,

1:46.3

everybody. Hi. Hello. Oh, how are you all doing? Good.

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