The News Quiz: Ep4. The people have spoken
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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4.1 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Recorded on Friday morning, Andy and the panel dig into the election results from 7th May. Who’s done well? Who’s done not so well? And how does this have anything to do with The Grand National? Also up for discussion is The Met Gala and the legend that is Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Mike Shephard, Cameron Loxdale, Stephanie Kemp and Angela Channell Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter Sound Editor: Marc Willcox Recorded by Jerry Peal and Jon Calver
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| 0:39.3 | Hello I am Andy Zaltzman. |
| 0:42.5 | Ahead of this week's election special news quiz, |
| 0:45.4 | I am commemorating the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough |
| 0:48.8 | by hiding in some undergrowth, |
| 0:51.9 | at Labour Party headquarters, |
| 0:57.0 | trying to find at least some sign of life. Nothing as of yet, but as Sir David would testify, you sometimes have to be patient when trying to catch sight of endangered species. |
| 1:08.0 | Very patient. |
| 1:15.0 | Oh, I think that might have been West Street in making a move. |
| 1:19.0 | No, no, it was a lemming, the party's new mascot. |
| 1:23.4 | Anyway, whilst we wait for something definitive, here is the news quiz. I am Andy Zaltzman. We are recording before most of the results of Thursday's elections are known, but we do know some of the results, plus it's 2026. Partially informed speculation is all the rage. |
| 1:45.0 | In fact, it's way of average, if anything. |
| 1:47.1 | Our teams this week, in tribute to the state of the traditional political powerhouses of British politics, |
| 1:52.5 | we have Team Rock Bottom. |
| 1:54.3 | Against Team Paper and Scissors didn't do too well either. |
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