The News Quiz: Ep 1. Flags out, stamp duty. Stamped out, off duty.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alasdair Beckett-King, Andrew Maxwell, Lucy Porter and Coco Khan to break down the week in news. Topics include Angela Rayner skipping out on stamp duty, Xi Jinping's summit, the decline in cement, a new leader for the Green Party, and the rapid multiplication of St George's flags. Written by Andy Zaltzman. With additional material by: Rebecca Bain, Milo Edwards, Ruth Husko and Mike Shephard. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

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0:00.0	He scored goals, lifted trophies and broken records along the way.
0:05.4	And now he's got a podcast.
0:07.2	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.2	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kay Kerd and me, Kelly Summers,
0:12.6	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:15.6	As much as you'd like to say,
0:16.7	loyalty in football now is no existence, whether that's fun players or managers.
0:20.5	Plus, we'll hear the funniest, wildest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
0:25.2	The Wayne Rooney Show.
0:26.2	It's what everybody's talking about.
0:28.2	Watch an eye player, listen on sounds.
0:30.4	Welcome back to the news quiz.
0:31.9	Before we get started on this new series, I'm going to quickly catch up on the three months of news that we've missed using the new
0:38.9	BBC News Condenser AI Robot. I'll just program it in June to August. All the News. Go.
0:51.6	Right. Well, it's just printed off this.
0:56.4	An exact copy of Edvard Monk's smash-hit platinum-selling painting, The Scream.
1:02.1	This AI technology has got seriously good now.
1:06.9	Now we've wrapped up the summer. It's autumn time.
1:09.1	So welcome to this new series of the News Quiz.
1:16.6	Hello.
1:19.6	Our teams this week, as we recommence after a summer, not overly burdened with joy and optimism around the world,
1:24.6	we have team glass half empty, against team glass also half smashed,
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