The News Quiz - Friday 25th September 2020

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman and guests including Francis Wheen, Neil Delamere, Lucy Porter and Fern Brady. Andy Zaltzman looks at the latest COVID-19 advice ("this is not a repeat, I repeat, this is not a repeat") and investigates dodgy bank dealings and even dodgier Welsh broadband. Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Suchandrika Chakrabarti, Charlie Dinkin, Alice Fraser and Mike Shephard. Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, everyone. Are you sitting comfortably?
0:07.5	No. Of course you're not. It's the year 2020.
0:10.4	No one is sitting comfortably anymore.
0:12.4	Welcome to the news quiz.
0:19.9	I'm Andy Zoltzman, and please remember,
0:21.6	in case you find yourself wondering over the next half hour,
0:24.3	this show is not a repeat.
0:26.5	I repeat.
0:27.8	To prove it, I'm holding up a copy of a newspaper from this week.
0:32.2	September 2020, do that sound like a newspaper from March? No.
0:36.2	This week, going to watch sport might have been banned for the foreseeable future,
0:42.0	but the news quiz can fill the void, simply choose one of our two teams
0:45.8	to support based on which one your parents probably would have liked the best.
0:49.6	And then convince yourself you absolutely hate the other one for no real reason.
0:53.8	I'll sport.
0:55.8	I'll sport. Please don't leave us.
0:59.2	Are two teams this week? We have team two little versus team two lights.
1:04.8	On team two little, we have Fern Brady and Neil Delamere,
1:08.4	and on team two lights, Frances Wien and Lucy Porter.
1:11.3	Yes!
1:17.3	Right, time for question one in this week's news quiz.
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