The News Quiz - 8th September

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are, Ian Smith, Lucy Porter, Hugo Rifkind, and Zoe Lyons. In this episode Andy and the panel test the state of schools, the resiliance of a reshuffle, and value of vets. Written by Andy Zaltzman With additional material by Cody Dahler Mike Shepard and Eleri Morgan Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.6	Hello, I'm Andy Zoltzman.
0:09.6	I'm on my way to start the new series of the news quiz,
0:12.1	and I'm travelling in the now fashionable manner
0:14.5	by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck.
0:17.1	LAUGHTER
0:19.6	I really didn't want to be late for the recording,
0:21.6	and as any half decent prison escape he will tell you,
0:24.8	the underside of food delivery trucks
0:26.6	has proved to be the only reliable form
0:28.9	of public transport in Britain this summer.
0:31.0	LAUGHTER
0:32.9	Come to the news quiz.
0:34.2	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39.2	Hello.
0:41.7	Welcome to the new series of the news quiz.
0:44.3	I have rejected a multi-trillion pound offer
0:46.7	to host a topical news show on Saudi Arabian state radio.
0:49.9	LAUGHTER
0:51.0	I'm back, and to commemorate the state of the nation
0:53.6	as we begin our new series,
0:54.9	our two teams this week are team crumbling
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