The News Quiz - Friday 23rd October 2020

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman and guests Anand Menon, Chris McCausland, Lucy Porter and Sara Barron. It's the last in the present series as Andy and some oven-ready teams tackle Trump and Tiers and try to predict some future news. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material by Max Davis, Alice Fraser and Mike Shephard. Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.9	Hello, I am Andy Zoltzman.
0:07.2	Not for the first time in 2020.
0:09.1	It has been a week that has really emphasised, once again,
0:11.5	to us exactly why it is that Radio 4 always takes the precaution
0:15.6	of bleeping out the first six words of the news.
0:19.1	So, for the last time, in this ridiculous year,
0:24.0	welcome to the news quiz.
0:25.7	APPLAUSE
0:30.4	We are recording this, as you hear, with a live online audience
0:35.2	on a giant Zoom course.
0:37.0	So, can everyone please remember, assume your video is on.
0:41.6	Right.
0:43.0	Has everyone put it away?
0:46.1	Then, let's begin.
0:47.2	By meeting our two teams, and in a week in which blame has been thrown around,
0:52.2	like an arthritic 93-year-old Nanu,
0:54.0	mistakenly entered a professional wrestling competition,
0:56.6	we have team blame against team recrimination on team blame.
1:00.7	It's Anand Menon and Lucy Porter.
1:02.9	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:04.9	And on team recrimination, Sarah Baron and Chris McCorzland.
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