The News Quiz Ep5. Starmer psychodrama
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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4.1 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
What a week it's been for the Prime Minister. In the aftermath of seismic local elections results, there's been non-stop Labour party in-fighting. Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary so the race for Labour leader is seemingly on - who will throw their hat in the ring? Will Andy Burnham, i.e. the King of the North, make his move? In other news, the panel discuss Trump's state visit to China and why the Royal Navy has to redesign women's uniforms over 'inappropriately placed' buttons.
Helping Andy make sense of it all this week is Nish Kumar, Ian Smith, Katy Balls and Mhairi Black.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Alex Kealy, Ruth Husko and Claire Rammelkamp Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter Sound Editor: Marc Willcox Recorded by David Thomas
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
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| 0:43.3 | Hello, welcome to the news quit. |
| 0:46.6 | Quiz, sorry, you know how it is when a word's been on your mind. |
| 0:48.5 | I'm Andy Zaltman. Let's get cracking. |
| 0:50.3 | We've got a lot to get through. |
| 0:55.7 | We have team. There's still time to turn this ship around against team captain. |
| 0:58.1 | This ship is already a submarine. |
| 1:01.9 | On team ship, we have Mary Black and Ian Smith. |
| 1:05.4 | And on |
| 1:06.3 | team submarine, Nish Kumar, |
| 1:08.4 | and back on the correct side of the Atlantic |
| 1:09.9 | for one week only, |
| 1:13.1 | the Times-Washington correspondent, Katie Balls. |
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