The News Quiz - Friday 14th May 2021

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines with Danny Finkelstein, Zoe Lyons, Catherine Bohart and Darren Harriott. This week, the panel dissect the Queen's Speech, unpick the local election results, and enjoy a rare quickfire round. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Max Davis, Rajiv Karia and Hannah Platt. Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies Production Coordinator: Cherlynn Andrew-Wilfred Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Before we start, this week's edition of the news quiz,
0:07.5	I am required to ask anyone listening at home
0:09.9	to show their photo ID to their radio
0:12.6	before they're allowed to listen.
0:14.2	LAUGHTER
0:17.4	All done?
0:18.4	Oh, good. It's just what we have to do
0:19.9	that to get rid of the people who don't.
0:21.2	Sorry, to make sure that everything is completely above board.
0:25.0	Welcome to the now entirely corruption-free news quiz.
0:28.9	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34.1	Hello, everyone. I'm Andy Zoltzmann.
0:35.8	Have you all had a good week?
0:37.1	Yes!
0:38.1	Oh!
0:39.1	You have? Oh.
0:40.1	Personally, I prefer weeks that don't involve a massive
0:42.3	and terrifying upsurge in violence in the Middle East.
0:44.6	But, you know, each to their own, not gonna judge you.
0:48.7	Time to be our teams for this week.
0:50.6	We have team Long Overdue Hug against team Long Overdue in Quarry.
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