The News Quiz: Ep 4. A Lib Dem Conference and a Seagull Summit

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the week where Trump addressed the UN, Lib Dems conferred on the beaches of Bournemouth, and a Seagull Summit came to Inverness, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Simon Evans, Neil Delamere, Tiff Stevenson and Cindy Yu to break it all down. Expect talk of the Burnham from behind, the Boriswave, and the wettest generation since the floods.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Jade Gebbie, Miranda Holms, Ruth Husko and Peter Tellouche. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	Your time starts now.
0:07.2	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.4	Absolutely right.
0:11.5	So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts.
0:15.6	Really?
0:16.4	Wow.
0:17.2	Many of them are very funny.
0:19.1	Which I think means...
0:20.3	A hatful of ha-hars. And energy. Even if you do say so ourselves. I agree 100% to that. Find them all on BBC Sounds. Just tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Tell us a joke. Come on. Tell us a joke. Just search comedy on BBC Sounds. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. There now follows a public health announcement
0:37.6	on behalf of the Farage Institute of British BirdLife Safety.
0:41.6	Are you a swan?
0:44.2	Are you feeling strange tooth-like sensations
0:46.9	somewhere on your body?
0:48.9	And are you concerned about rapid weight loss?
0:52.1	Then you might be being eaten by a foreigner.
0:57.3	Don't worry, it's perfectly normal. It happens all the time. It's just part and parcel of
1:02.2	being a British swan these days. The best thing to do is relax, try not to worry about it,
1:07.6	and remember that you're just a pawn in a political game as you listen to this week's news quiz.
1:19.3	Hello, welcome to the news quiz. I am, actually hang on, I've got to tap in with my new prototype
1:23.6	digital ID to make sure I'm who I think I am.
1:27.4	Sandy Toxby.
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