The News Quiz: Ep 3. The Donald and The Dons

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Andrew Maxwell, Val McDermid, Jay Lafferty and Stuart Mitchell to unpack the week's new stories. Recorded from the Gardyne Theatre in Dundee, the panel look into Donald Trump's first week of his second term, Prince Harry's legal victories, Scottish Health Minister Neil Gray's sporting excursions, and the honour of the Glaswegian accent.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Rebecca Bain, Cody Dahler, Alexandra Haddow and Peter Tellouche. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Manager: Sean Kerwin Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4 An Eco-Audio certified Production.

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0:00.0	Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time.
0:05.0	Nobody is above him or this football club.
0:08.0	So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history?
0:15.0	His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him.
0:18.0	He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening.
0:21.4	I'm Kelly Cates,
0:22.5	and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson.
0:25.8	I didn't want to feel.
0:26.9	I couldn't feel.
0:27.9	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.9	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:38.4	Hello, my hand is off. Hello, I have had this office.
0:40.7	Before we start this week's musicalist, I have sneaked into the offices of the Oxford English Dictionary,
0:45.1	where they got all the words in our language.
0:47.4	In this new age of Trump, I'm just having to make some updates to their dictionary.
0:51.9	Right, all combative compassion.
0:55.0	Uh, compassion.
0:56.0	We won't need that one anymore.
0:57.0	Uh, how old hucks to huge.
1:01.0	Oh, here is humanity.
1:03.0	Humane.
1:04.0	Humerus.
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