The News Quiz - Friday 16th October 2020

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman. This week Andy is joined by an international panel of comedians including regular guest Andrew Maxwell alongside Anuvab Pal from India, Olga Koch from Russia and Alice Fraser from Australia. The panel tackle the global response to COVID-19, the (no) chance of a deal between Britain and the EU and some controversially "boring" Indian cuisine. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Simon Alcock, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Mike Shephard. Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.3	Hello, this is The News Quiz.
0:06.8	I am Andy Zoltzman. Let's be honest,
0:08.3	the UK has not had the cheeriest week in our history.
0:11.4	So what's the best way to cheer yourself up
0:13.0	when things aren't going well?
0:14.5	By reminding yourself that other people
0:16.6	are completely bullsing things up as well.
0:18.8	Welcome, therefore, to the first ever,
0:20.6	we are not alone global edition of The News Quiz.
0:23.8	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29.0	You heard our virtual online audience
0:31.5	there joining us live,
0:32.8	dancing around their bedrooms in their danger mouse pajamas,
0:35.4	and on this global news quiz special,
0:38.0	we have two teams. Firstly, team emerging
0:41.0	Asia-Pacific power block from Australia,
0:43.4	Alice Fraser and from India, Anuva Power.
0:46.3	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49.9	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51.4	And taking them on, it's team uneasy EU-Russia USA alliance.
0:57.1	Representing the European Union, our former Imperial overlords
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