The News Quiz: Ep 3. Power Outrage
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Lucy Porter, Ed Byrne and Marie Le Conte to unpack the week in news. Topics include the loss of power in the Iberian Peninsula, the gaining of power in the Canadian election, the US-Ukraine mineral deal, cyberattacks on M&S, and the medical benefits of Champagne.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Ruby Clyde, Eve Delaney, Cameron Loxdale and Laura Major. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Giovanna Fletcher and I am a runner, which feels odd as I still find getting |
| 0:07.1 | out the door quite a challenge, but I'd love to help you become a runner too. My new Coucher 5K |
| 0:12.9 | podcast from BBC Sounds has inspirational guests like Lindsay Burrow, Joe Wiley and Charlie Marlow. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm really trying to reframe my brain. |
| 0:21.2 | This is my time and I get to do this. |
| 0:23.7 | And hopefully I can motivate you to go from Couch to 5K. |
| 0:27.6 | You never really regret a run. |
| 0:29.3 | Might do at the time. |
| 0:31.3 | The Couch to 5K podcast. |
| 0:33.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:40.2 | Hello, in order to make sure we get through this week's recording of the news quiz |
| 0:43.5 | without being interrupted by one of those very trendy, massive nationwide power cuts |
| 0:47.1 | that are all the rage in Europe these days, we are using our emergency backup power generator, |
| 0:52.1 | which is this giant hamster wheel there's a |
| 0:56.0 | left over from when blue peter tried to crossbreed a gerbil with a willy mammoth in a |
| 0:59.2 | test tube never work off sadly powered by this gary linnaker we've been told to use him as much as |
| 1:06.0 | possible while he's still on the payroll right it's still the only noisy response to. |
| 1:17.0 | Come on, Gary. Crank it up. We've got a show to do. Theme tune, please. |
| 1:27.2 | Faster, Gary. Faster. Better. Pretend you're playing for spurs again. Oh, that was a mistake. |
| 1:28.8 | Pretend you play for England again. |
| 1:32.0 | Now we're there. Welcome to the News Quiz. |
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