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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

The News Quiz - 2nd June

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.213.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

Hello, I'm not doing a start to the news quiz this week.

0:08.4

I've been asked a hand over the script for the start of the show,

0:11.3

but I really don't want to.

0:13.3

It was all in WhatsApp messages anyway.

0:15.3

LAUGHTER

0:17.1

You know, just sort of disappeared.

0:19.2

So I'm afraid there is no start to this week's show.

0:22.8

LAUGHTER

0:24.8

LAUGHTER

0:27.8

APPLAUSE

0:31.8

Welcome to the news quiz I am Andy Zoltzman.

0:36.8

I'm also three-quarters of the way to achieving my dream of flying fighter jets for the RAF.

0:41.8

I've got the useless white and male bits sorted.

0:44.8

Now I just need to pilot something.

0:46.8

Also, if anyone listening was trying to travel by train,

0:49.8

please download the special eight-hour extended version.

0:54.8

This week, our panelists are Andy Hamilton, Alice Fraser, Ian Smith,

0:58.8

and Deputy Political Editor of ITV News, Anushka Astana.

1:01.8

APPLAUSE

1:05.8

And in a week in which AI was claimed to be on the brink of bringing humanity to a complete stop,

1:10.8

we're dividing our panelists into Team A, Anushka, And Ian, Alice, against Team I, Ian.

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