The News Quiz - 16th February

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Zoe Lyons, Andrew Maxwell, Rachel Parris, and Danny Finkelstein.

In this week of Lent and Love Andy and the panel address Labour's difficult relationship with itself, Trump's flirtations with Putin, and giving up on the idea of home ownership.

Written by Andy Zaltzman

With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Ben Clover, and Jade Gebbie

Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

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0:00.0	John, how would you describe the Ellis James and John Robbins podcast on BBC Sounds?
0:07.0	In a word, hmm, award-winning chat for a digital Britain.
0:10.0	How about you, Ellis?
0:11.0	Hmm, for me it's a pulsating hub of world-class content respected by generations to come as the
0:16.2	absolute zenith of digital artistry.
0:19.7	You don't think we're over-selling it, do you?
0:21.2	Yeah, by quite a lot. The Ellis James and John Robbins
0:24.0	podcast out on Tuesdays and Fridays. Listen on BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:34.7	Hello, after an official assessment of this week's news,
0:40.1	the human race has been relegated.
0:42.1	We have sadly just dropped out of the top
0:44.4	thousand cleverest species on earth. Therefore I and his altman a known human
0:48.8	and being assisted as host of this week's news quiz by a dolphin. Okay, right, you give us by pets and peace of your mind.
0:57.8	Oh, geez, that is harsh.
1:00.2	All right, no, I understand you are worried about the price of fish.
1:05.0	No, it's a great sport, you just don't understand it.
1:09.0	Anything else?
1:12.0	Family showdolph, right?
1:15.0	We need to get this thing started.
1:17.0	Can you just please say welcome to the news quiz? Hello, I'm Andy's Olsen and later on we will have the latest on the rumors that in an effort to become title challenges again,
1:30.0	Manchester United have put in a 180 million pound bid for Taylor Swift.
1:34.0	We'll be testing whether our panelists can echo locate a small fish 200 meters.
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