The News Quiz - 26th May

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.1	Welcome to the news quiz.
0:06.4	Recorded this week at the Hay Festival,
0:08.5	and with the Chelsea Flower Show also taking place this week,
0:11.4	we hope finally to have a conclusive answer to the question,
0:14.3	which is better, books or shrubs.
0:17.3	LAUGHTER
0:18.5	What do you think, hey?
0:20.3	LAUGHTER
0:21.0	Well, the final definitive verdict will be revealed at the end of this week's news quiz.
0:25.0	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:30.1	Hello, I'm Andy Zottson.
0:31.3	This show is taking place under the watchful fist of the new BBC Verify Service,
0:35.3	which alerts listeners to when something less than 100% true might be being broadcast
0:40.0	under the new system,
0:41.2	as long as what I say is completely true,
0:43.4	the sound of a moving cow will be audible.
0:46.2	LAUGHTER
0:47.1	Point proved.
0:48.2	LAUGHTER
0:49.0	In this hay versus Chelsea week, pitting literature,
0:51.8	some of which is very sad against gardening,
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