The News Quiz - 17th February

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Zoe Lyons, Angela Barnes, Hugo Rifkind and Nish Kumar. On the agenda this week is Nicola Sturgeon's surprise resignation, Jeremy Corbyn being barred as a Labour candidate and the case of 200,000 stolen Cadbury Creme Eggs. Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Catherine Brinkworth, Eleanor Morton, Peter Tellouche and Cameron Loxdale. Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:09.6	Hello.
0:13.4	To celebrate the twin landmarks
0:14.9	of it being 239 years and five months
0:17.1	since the first ever Hot Air Balloon flight
0:19.0	and 415 years and three months
0:20.8	since the launch of Jamestown,
0:22.0	the first British colony in America,
0:23.8	I'm hosting this special anniversary news quiz
0:26.4	from a Hot Air Balloon floating serenely above the USA.
0:30.0	LAUGHTER
0:34.0	Oops, that was asking for trouble.
0:35.4	Luckily, I have an emergency parachute.
0:37.6	That is shaped like a UFO.
0:44.1	Up to get, we better start the show.
0:45.7	I'll find my way back during the theme tune.
0:48.0	APPLAUSE
1:00.2	APPLAUSE
1:08.4	Welcome to the news quiz.
1:09.9	APPLAUSE
1:14.9	I think of a sandy tocks figure
1:16.2	insisted on the paddling pool,
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