The News Quiz - 29th January 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alice Fraser, Fern Brady, Hugo Rifkind and Daliso Chaponda to quiz the week's news. This week's episode features the vaccine latest, a quick state of the union update and a News Quiz debut for the Scapegoater Vx57, the Machine of Ultimate Blame. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Charlie Dinkin, Mike Shephard and Mo Omar. Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.3	Britain, January 2020, one year ago, a land mired in furious resentments and recrimination,
0:12.8	a country driven by division, disagreement and inequality where generation squabbled
0:17.6	with generation, a nation bickered with nation, uncertain about the future, divided about
0:22.2	the past.
0:23.2	But enough wistful nostalgia about happier times.
0:26.2	To 2021, we have some news to quiz.
0:33.2	Hello, I am Andy Zoltzman.
0:39.9	Welcome to the news quiz.
0:41.5	And spoiler alert amongst the wrong answers on this week's quiz.
0:44.3	Please don't tell our panelists.
0:45.7	Are, yes, no.
0:48.2	Just plain old bad luck as well with top of that particular list.
0:51.3	The wave William Wallace's private parts back, vaxx enough and Michael Gove in a flaming
0:55.2	chariot of destiny.
0:59.3	Time to meet this week's teams.
1:01.6	We have firstly the Union Jax who are, DeLiso Sheponda and joining us from Australia, Alice
1:07.4	Fraser.
1:10.4	And taking on the Union Jax, it's the Union Cracks who are Fern Brady and Hugo Riftland.
1:19.4	And question one this week is this, according to the government, what should happen as soon
1:31.2	as possible?
1:33.2	April.
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