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The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman
The News Quiz

The News Quiz

  • Radio panel show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1977 - 2024
  • 1092 episodes (115 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.

  • Due to return for Series 116

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Series 113, Episode 3

Andy Zaltzman quizzes news from Swansea this week. Providing all the answers are Lucy Porter, Robin Morgan, Tadiwa Mahlunge and Ayesha Hazarika.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 19th January 2024
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
  • Wednesday 17th January 2024, 19:30 at Taliesin Arts Centre (Swansea)

Catch-up

Cast & crew

Cast
Andy Zaltzman Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Lucy Porter Guest
Ayesha Hazarika Guest
Robin Morgan Guest
Tadiwa Mahlunge Guest
Writing team
Andy Zaltzman Writer
Cameron Loxdale Writer (Additional Material)
Cody Dahler Writer (Additional Material)
Callum Jones Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Sam Holmes Producer
James Robinson Executive Producer
Marc Willcox Sound Designer

Press

Rail minister Huw Merriman sppeared on Kay Burley's Sky News show and fingered Radio 4's satirical News Quiz as flagrantly unbalanced for, er, attacking the governing party. Although he later acknowledged that "it may not have been The News Quiz", he did say it was "totall biased". Which is odd, as the producer of The News Quiz, a young comedian named Sam Russell-Holmes, came to the show as an audio producer fresh from a role at Conservative bible The Spectator! Oddly, the Spectator - normally keen to weigh in on such matters, such as last summer when Rod Liddle declared that Auntie's "unceasing wokeish bias is exacerbating the national stampede for the off switch" - seems to have given the Beeb an easier ride this time.

Private Eye, 31st January 2024

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