The News Quiz – 20th January

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Shaparak Khorsandi, Helen Lewis and Ian Smith. This week they discuss Keir Starmer's plans for the NHS, teachers' strikes and the political row over Scotland's gender recognition reform bill. Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Mike Shephard, Katie Storey, Vicky Richards and Cameron Loxdale. Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: James Robinson 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.
0:05.0	Before we start this week's news quiz,
0:07.0	under the terms of the new public order bill,
0:09.0	I have to make sure I'm not about to accidentally protest against something.
0:13.0	Under the bill, you could be a restative police think you might be about to disrupt something.
0:17.0	So I'm going to use the all-new government protest self-test kit
0:21.0	it's a bit like using a DIY breathalyzer before driving.
0:23.0	I'm going to think into this bag...
0:25.0	LAUGHTER
0:27.0	..and...
0:28.0	LAUGHTER
0:29.0	..using the public order bill app on my phone.
0:32.0	It's going to tell me if I might be about to protest.
0:36.0	LAUGHTER
0:39.0	I'm getting a reading.
0:41.0	It says that the device came in a cardboard box and I own a marker pen,
0:45.0	so that's a potential placard right there.
0:48.0	Public safety reasons, therefore, this episode of the news quiz
0:51.0	will take place with me glued to my chair
0:54.0	to stop me gluing myself to anything else.
0:57.0	Now that we're safe, welcome to the news quiz.
1:00.0	APPLAUSE
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