The News Quiz: Ep4. By-elections, hello defections

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.1 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On the agenda this week is Starmer vs Burnham in Labour's latest civil war, Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform, and working out how to save The Great British pub. To get to the bottom of all this, Andy is joined by Daliso Chaponda, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Hugo Rifkind and Holly Walsh.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Christina Riggs, Cameron Loxdale and Sarah Mills Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Pete Strauss 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.
0:07.2	This is Radio One's All Day Breakfast with Greg James.
0:12.1	That sounds awesome.
0:13.3	Breakfast show highlights with an extra serving of silly stuff.
0:16.6	I'm going to eat six bags of crisp.
0:18.2	Hey!
0:19.2	Featuring the biggest guests on the planet. It's Tyler Swift. I was like we got to call Greg. It's been too long. Dr. Johnson. What's up, brother? And all the important questions. What's the length of my FEMA? What? Get Greg Energy anytime. With Radio 1's all day breakfast. New episodes, weekdays on BBC Sounds.
0:39.3	Hello, I'm Andy Zaltzman. On his trip to China this week, the Prime Minister has apparently
0:43.7	been using old-style burner phones to avoid the risk of sensitive information getting into the wrong
0:48.0	hands. So here on the news quiz, to stop any Chinese Communist Party topical radio comedy panel
0:52.5	shows hacking into our jokes,
0:56.2	we are also using old-fashioned technology to make this week's shoe.
0:57.6	Oh, hang on, there's a spelling mistake in the script.
1:00.0	Chisel, please.
1:02.3	Thank you.
1:09.0	This week's show.
1:10.4	There we go.
1:11.6	So without further ado, welcome to...
1:13.4	I need page two.
1:18.5	Welcome to...
1:19.2	Hang on, I'll just wind up the grammar phone for the theme tune.
1:23.7	The news quiz.
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