The News Quiz: Ep8. Flight risks and fly-tips

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.1 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Joining Andy for the final episode of this series are Simon Evans, Zoe Lyons, Cindy Yu and Ahir Shah and not one of them can be deemed a flight risk. Along with the latest on Peter Mandelson’s arrest they discuss how UK politics is no longer a two-party system with the Greens and Reform taking centre stage in Gorton and Denton, why Trump’s State of the Union address could have been mercifully shorter and why the Chagos Islands are off limits.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Mike Shephard and Pravanya Pillay Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	On BBC Sounds.
0:09.0	Football from Five Live.
0:11.0	Join the Five Live sport team for exclusive commentaries from the Premier League,
0:15.1	FA Cup and Champions League.
0:16.8	Nice for the Colonel!
0:18.2	Watch a goal!
0:19.7	And stay on top of everything football every day with the Football Daily podcast
0:24.2	and twice weekly join the Wayne Rooney show breaking down the biggest stories from the
0:28.5	Premier League and beyond football from five live listen on BBC sounds
0:34.3	Hello I am Andy Zaltzman.
0:42.3	Welcome to the news quiz.
0:48.1	I can guarantee after another disappointing few post-bathed days at the BBC. This show will be edited hypercautiously
0:56.3	this week. Well, let's meet our teams for this final show of the series. This week,
1:01.7	historically marked 28 and 3 quarter years since the release of Radiohead's landmark album OK
1:07.5	computer. So to commemorate this and to pay tribute to two things Peter Mandelson has experienced recently,
1:12.6	our teams this week are Team Karma
1:14.3	against Team Police.
1:18.8	On Team Karma, we have Zoe Lions and Ahishah.
1:24.3	And on Team Police, Simon Evans and Times columnist, Cindy U.
1:32.3	Our first question, what do we not yet know?
1:42.3	How this all ends?
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