The News Quiz: Ep1. Labour’s Brat Summer

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Neil Delamere, Lucy Porter, Mark Steel and Marie Le Conte join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the news.

In this first episode of a brand-new series, Andy and the panel catch up on the events of Labour's first Brat Summer, take a look at a Tory leadership election, and have a brief check in on the rest of the world to make sure it's still there.

Written by Andy Zaltzman

With additional material by: Mike Shephard, Meryl O'Rourke, Sarah Dempster & Peter Tellouche Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

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

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0:46.0	So to get this series underway, our Commissioned a spectacular extra
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1:35.0	Well, our teams this week in the week that we've heard that Oasis are getting back together and as Labour continues
1:44.8	to search for a solution to the never-ending political pensions problems, our teams are team
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1:53.0	On back together we have Mark Steele and the political journalist Marie Lacont. Kant.
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