The News Quiz: Ep 7. Tariff Turmoil

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Armando Iannucci, Ria Lina, Ian Smith and Cindy Yu for more topical comedy quizzing. This week they explore Trump’s tariff turmoil, the King’s Canadian holiday, mixed messages in the Middle East and how the Department of Justice is having trouble finishing its sentences.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Mike Shephard, Peter Tellouche, Sascha LO and Eve Delaney. Producer: James Robinson Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4

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0:00.0	No, but Tom, he says to me, what are you wearing?
0:04.2	He's like, you look ridiculous.
0:05.6	His invite said yoga party.
0:07.5	You were spot on, bro.
0:08.4	No, no, no.
0:09.1	His text auto-corrected.
0:11.0	So what was it meant to say then?
0:12.4	Toga party.
0:13.8	What?
0:14.2	Oh no.
0:14.6	So they all came as Romans.
0:16.4	Well, I never thought of it like that.
0:18.5	You about? Never thought of it like that. You About. Join me, Roman Kemp, and me, Tom Gremlin for our weekly catch-up, otherwise known as a podcast.
0:24.9	You About?
0:25.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.7	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:33.5	Hello, I'm Andy's Altman, and I have just applied to become the new head of Thames water.
0:39.6	All I have to do to prove that I have what it takes is drink this glass of water from the Thames.
0:47.3	Come on, Andy, be brave. I forget, is water supposed to be opaque?
0:53.0	I can't bring myself to do it.
0:55.1	I think even Hercules would draw the line at that one,
0:57.0	so instead I will have to stick with hosting the News Quiz.
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