The News Quiz: Ep3. Work & Play
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
BBC
4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Simon Evans, Ian Smith, Aditi Mittal and Anushka Asthana join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the news.
This week on The News Quiz the panel go through the PM's wardrobe, take a splash into the Lib Dems' conference, and take on the year's greatest mystery... where are all the butterflies?
Written by Andy Zaltzman
With additional material by: Cameron Loxdale, Sarah Campbell, Owen Pullar and Peter Tellouche Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: Pete Strauss 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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| 0:00.0 | They were the toy of the late 90s. |
| 0:03.0 | Furry, lovable and cute, but what if those furbies had a secret? |
| 0:08.0 | Rumors swirled that these creatures were the cover for something much much much darker? |
| 0:13.0 | So they got banned. |
| 0:15.0 | They felt Burby had the capacity to listen to children. |
| 0:18.0 | In the new series of Joam McNally investigates, |
| 0:20.0 | I'm going to ask, were these little guys spies the whole thing is crazy to my |
| 0:26.1 | McNaddy investigates did Furby spy on us listen on BBC sounds |
| 0:32.0 | BBC sounds music radio BBC Sounds. Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:36.0 | We present the news quiz with me and these Altzman. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, I'm Andy Zopsman. Welcome to a special world soothing edition of the news quiz |
| 0:48.8 | during which I will continually rub an aromatherapy massage oil into this voodoo globe. |
| 0:54.1 | So if things start smelling of eucalyptus and lemon vabina whilst you're listening at home, |
| 1:00.5 | it's obviously working. Our teams this week paying tribute to Ed |
| 1:04.3 | Davies's walk-on music and Kiea stamers wealthy supporters we have team take a |
| 1:08.6 | chance on me versus team take a free outfit and tickets to a Taylor Swift gig on me. |
| 1:14.1 | On team chance we have Simon Evans and deputy political editor of I TV news |
| 1:17.6 | a Nuska Astana. |
| 1:18.6 | And team free outfit, Ian Smith Smith and visiting us from India Aditi Mittal. |
| 1:26.6 | And given that some of the news from the rest of the world isn't entirely |
| 1:34.3 | laugh-out-loud funny this week let's start close to home Anushka and Simon |
| 1:37.5 | can have the first question. Who has been finding out this week the cost of free clothes? |
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