The News Quiz: Ep8. Mr. Starmer Goes To Washington

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Scott Bennett, Sara Barron, Alex Massie and Lucy Porter for The News Quiz recorded from Scarborough. In the last of the current series, the panel unpack the Prime Minister's Washington visit, aid cuts and defence pastes, silent albums and AI-generated essays.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Simon Alcock, David Duncan, Laura Major, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche. Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4 An Eco-Audio certified Production.

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0:35.9	Hello, in a protest against the government's failure
0:38.3	adequately to protect Britain's creative industries
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0:42.8	and in support of the 1,000 music artists
0:45.4	who released an album of nothing to make this point,
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