The News Quiz - 8th January 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week as 2021 stumbles, blinking into the daylight, Andy is joined by Zoe Lyons, Catherine Bohart, Geoff Norcott and Alun Cochrane. On the agenda, the concept of democracy, lockdowns, schools, and the Oxford comma. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Mike Shephard, Charlie Dinkin and Celya AB Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.4	Hello, I am Andy Zoltzman.
0:07.2	The year 2021 is barely even a week old,
0:10.6	and it already has a lot of questions to answer.
0:13.6	Welcome there for To The News Quiz.
0:15.9	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20.9	Yes, we are just one week into 2021,
0:25.3	the shorter-weighted sequel to 2020 here.
0:29.0	In the UK, a school term has been defined in England
0:32.2	as a time-unit-lasting seven hours.
0:34.8	In America, former Bugsie Malone child actor, Scott Bio,
0:39.6	has called for the president to impose martial law.
0:42.9	There is a sentence I'd never envisage myself.
0:46.4	And meanwhile, obviously, Denmark is tearing itself apart
0:50.0	over the launch of a children's cartoon
0:51.6	about a man with a 10-meter-long dingle-dungle
0:54.0	with which he, of course, attacks an escaped liar.
0:56.4	So, the first question of the news quiz this new year.
0:59.9	This goes to all of you listening at home is,
1:02.6	waaah!
1:04.4	Waaah!
1:06.4	Orders...
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