The News Quiz - 27th October

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are Ian Smith, Ria Lina, Hugo Rifkind, and Robin Morgan In this final episode of the series Andy and the panel discuss some problematic protests, the looming general election, and BRITS IN SPACE! Written by Andy Zaltzman With additional material by Cody Dahler Mike Shephard and Adam Greene Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Doleepa, and I'm at your service.
0:04.7	Join me as I serve up personal conversations with my sensational guests.
0:08.8	Do a leap interviews, Tim Cook.
0:11.2	Technology doesn't want to be good or bad.
0:15.0	It's in the hands of the creator.
0:16.7	It's not every day that I have the CEO of the world's biggest company in my living room.
0:20.7	If you're looking at your phone more than you're looking in someone's eyes, you're doing the wrong thing.
0:26.0	Julie, at your service, listen to all episodes on BBC Sales. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:35.0	Oh, comedy gods.
0:37.0	L'O comedy gods, L'Aftor, Methusela, Soterical Artis, Quipubis, Punciden, Jeremy Ardi and Slapstico.
0:46.2	Grant me your loyal servant Andy's Holtzman, some hopeful news to talk about in this week's news
0:50.8	quiz, the last of this series. To you, I humbly sacrifice this, oh bagine,
0:56.0	the most comedic of all vegetables.
0:59.0	So bequeathe under this quiz at least a shred of optimism send, amen, sorry.
1:07.0	Andy?
1:11.0	Oh, Laughter, oh great one.
1:14.0	Can't help, sorry.
1:15.0	Why not?
1:16.0	We're taking the Millennium off.
1:18.0	What you, as well?
1:19.0	Is there a single deity actually at work these days?
1:22.0	Well, the book deals dried up, so what's the point?
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