The News Quiz Ep7. Heat and NEETs

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.1 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by his panel of political satirists to unpack the critical essays of Tony Blair, the spending habits of Peter Murrell and the SNP, the sweltering heat, social media ban proposals for under 16's and young people in record levels of unemployment.

This week’s panellists are Scott Bennett, Cody Dahler, Ayesha Hazarika and Bella Hull.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Angela Channel, Sam Nicoresti, Pravanya Pillay and Peter Tellouche. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.0	Experience football like never before on BBC Sounds.
0:09.5	Join the Football Daily podcast to dive into the fallout
0:12.2	from an unforgettable Premier League season.
0:14.6	Wow, these fans have got absolutely wild.
0:18.1	And all the build-up to an incredible football summer to come.
0:21.7	Overhead King!
0:23.6	That is sensational!
0:28.3	Expert Insight and the biggest names in the game on the Wayne Rooney show.
0:31.0	Just coming to the club was already a dream control, a privilege,
0:33.5	never saw or dreamed about being the captain of the club.
0:35.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.6	Hello, I'm Andy's Haltzman.
0:39.8	This is the news quiz.
0:45.3	Oh, I've melted.
0:48.1	It's been that kind of week.
0:51.8	Whilst we pop me in the freezer to recongeal, welcome to this week's news quiz.
1:00.3	Hello, I am Andy Zaltzman.
1:01.5	Welcome to the news quiz.
1:03.2	Later on, we will be giving you all tips on how to tell if your spouse is buying
1:05.1	a higher than average number of motorhomes
1:07.2	compared with what they usually tends to buy.
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