The News Quiz - 19th February 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman and guests Andrew Maxwell, Ayesha Hazarika, Scott Bennett and Kiri Pritchard-McLean It's the last in the current series and there are pressing issues on the agenda from climate change to the story of an incorrectly measured man. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Simon Alcock and Runi Talwar. Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	And now it's time for the news where you are.
0:08.0	The news quiz has just begun, and you're listening to it.
0:12.0	There, dold you.
0:16.0	Hello, I'm Andy Dottson, welcome to the news quiz.
0:21.0	Thank you. We have propped up, broom against the door,
0:24.0	just in case the foreign secretary tries to gate crash the recording.
0:27.0	We liked it. And we start this week with a cutting.
0:30.0	£1 billion of funding for youth services in the past 10 years.
0:34.0	And that cutting was sent in by a Mr the Treasury from Westminster.
0:38.0	And thank you very much for that.
0:41.0	Do keep sending those cuttings in as and when vital public schemes are whittled back to the point of futility.
0:45.0	And now it's time to meet our teams.
0:47.0	Well, there are signs of hope with Covid, but still the worry of further variance to come.
0:51.0	And this is the last news quiz of this first series of the year.
0:54.0	The teams this week are Team Thank Heavens It's Over, and Team Yeah,
0:57.0	it'll be back in April anyway.
0:59.0	Firstly, on Team Thank Heavens It's Over,
1:03.0	it's Andrew Maxwell and Iisha Hazareka.
1:09.0	And taking them on on Team Yeah, it'll be back in April anyway,
1:13.0	Kiri Pritchard McLean and Scott Bennett.
1:15.0	And we start with a question for Team Thank Heavens It's Over.
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