The News Quiz
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1977 - 2025
- 1100 episodes (116 series)
A long-running satirical Radio 4 panel show that takes a look at the week's more humorous news stories. Stars Andy Zaltzman, Angela Barnes, Nish Kumar, Miles Jupp, Sandi Toksvig and more.
- Returns on Friday 3rd January on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Series 116, Highlights Special
Episode menu
Series 103, Episode 2
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 11th September 2020
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Andy Zaltzman | Host / Presenter |
| Hugo Rifkind | Guest |
| Angela Barnes | Guest |
| Alun Cochrane | Guest |
| Athena Kugblenu | Guest |
| Andy Zaltzman | Writer |
| Catherine Brinkworth | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Charlie Dinkin | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Jeffrey Aidoo | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Alice Fraser | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Runi Talwar | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Richard Morris | Producer |
Press
Andy Zaltzman: Impartiality is difficult in comedy
Last week the BBC's new director-general, Tim Davie, used his introductory speech to stress the importance of impartiality - prompting articles asking whether the corporation's comedy was impartial enough. Zaltzman's response is characteristically thoughtful and level-headed. "Impartiality is a difficult thing in comedy, because I don't know how you define it. In a sense, what is being sought is a balance of partialities. You can't have all the comedy being neutral - you need to balance the opposing views." That balance is "clearly needed", he says - and he's working hard to make sure The News Quiz has "a balance of pundits - politically, geographically" (though he can't yet confirm who will appear in future episodes).
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 11th September 2020