The News Quiz: Ep2. The art of vetting
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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4.1 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Some hot topics of conversation this week include the ever evolving Peter Mandelson vetting saga, phones being banned in schools and robots who can take over the world... sorry robots who can take over sports. Helping Andy make sense of it all are Daliso Chaponda, Catherine Bohart, Hugo Rifkind and Ria Lina.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Jade Gebbie, Christina Riggs, Henry Whaley and Angela Channell Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinators: Asha Osborne-Grinter & Caroline Barlow Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | They're on a journey into the unknown. |
| 0:09.0 | We've got a checkpoint to get to. |
| 0:11.0 | Hey, stop, stop the race. |
| 0:13.0 | If you're loving race across the world, |
| 0:15.0 | then unpack every episode on our brand new video podcast with me, Tyler West. |
| 0:19.0 | And me, Alfie Watts, with all the highlights, all the low lights, more stories and more behind the scenes. |
| 0:24.7 | And if there's space, we'll squeeze in a few travel tips too. |
| 0:27.3 | It's the video podcast you can't miss. |
| 0:29.4 | Race across the world, the detour. |
| 0:31.4 | Watch an eye player, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.6 | Hello, I am Andy Zaltzman. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm here at a very austere and serious state occasion, |
| 0:43.0 | the official ceremonial passing of the buck. |
| 0:48.3 | And there is the Prime Minister. |
| 0:50.1 | He has the buck with him. |
| 0:52.8 | And it looks like Zakir is now ready for the passing |
| 0:55.6 | as is traditional he will pass it to the Duke of Buckingham |
| 0:58.2 | the Lord Royal Bucky |
| 0:59.7 | Emeritatus of course who will then himself of course |
| 1:01.9 | pass the buck further onwards to a |
| 1:03.7 | randomly selected civil servant |
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