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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

The News Quiz - 5th May

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

BBC

Comedy

4.213.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Topical comedy quiz show, where Andy Zaltzman & a crack panel dive into this week's news.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:04.7

Before we start the show, I'm just going to invite our live studio audience

0:08.3

to swear allegiance to me as host of the news quiz and to all my descendants.

0:15.2

It's fine. It's voluntary. I'm in charge and to prove it,

0:18.2

I'll put on my special hat.

0:23.3

There we go. It is that simple. Welcome to the news quiz.

0:31.0

Hello. I'm Andy Zoltzmann.

0:33.6

Before we start this week's show,

0:35.0

some news just reaching us that a second claimant to the throne has emerged

0:39.0

just hours before the schedule start of this weekend's coronation.

0:43.2

So it will have to be settled by a joust at dawn in the Isle of Westminster Abbey

0:48.0

between King Charles and Mrs. Truss.

0:50.8

LAUGHTER

0:53.2

Never let go of your dreams.

0:55.0

Our teams this week, we have team pomp and circumstance against team Stuffer Nonsense.

0:59.8

On pomp and circumstance, we have Andy Parsons and from the New Statesman, Rachel Cunliffe.

1:05.1

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:08.1

On team Stuffer Nonsense, we have Ria Lina,

1:10.9

which I believe translated from the Latin means royal line.

1:14.1

Really? No.

1:15.3

Er, and er...

1:17.1

I was going to say that's better than what it is backwards, which is anal air.

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