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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Topical comedy from the sharpest satirical minds in the business. Listen first on BBC Sounds, every Friday.Is the news driving you up the wall? You’re not alone. Let the comedians take the strain and work out what’s been funny this week. Features BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn’t Read. Listen on BBC Sounds, seven days earlier than anywhere else, and subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss an episode.

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28:37

The News Quiz: Ep 3. Power Outrage

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/05/09

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Lucy Porter, Ed Byrne and Marie Le Conte to unpack the week in news. Topics include the loss of power in the Iberian Peninsula, the gaining of power in the Canadian election, the US-Ukraine mineral deal, cyberattacks on M&S, and the medical benefits of Champagne.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Ruby Clyde, Eve Delaney, Cameron Loxdale and Laura Major.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator:

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28:51

The News Quiz: Ep 2. Elections (Local and Papal)

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/05/02

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Andrew Maxwell, Zing Tsjeng, Jessica Fostekew and Pierre Novellie to unpack the upcoming local elections, the Conclave in the Vatican, Trump's planned UK visit, and Yorkshire Gladiators.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Chris Ballard, Cody Dahler, Eve Delaney and Alice Fraser.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc WillcoxA BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4.

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28:34

The News Quiz: Ep 1. Space, Steel and Strikes

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/04/25

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel, Athena Kugblenu and Hugo Rifkind to unpack bin workers strikes in Birmingham, pop stars popping to the stars, talks of tariffs, steeling oneself in Scunthorpe, and how Toby took his carvery one step too far.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Mike Shephard, Christina Riggs, Eve Delaney and Ben Pope.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Production Coordinator: Beanna

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28:42

The Naked Week: Ep6. Tariffs, Theme Parks, and Twister.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/04/18

The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.This week we mourn the death of globalisation, take a tour of Keir's new theme park, and play a game of BBC Balance Local Elections Naked Week Joke Twister.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at.With

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28:30

The Naked Week: Ep5. Tariffic Trump retaliation, and...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/04/11

The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.This week we 'woop woop' at the sound of the Thought Police, enjoy a spot of 'tariffic' retaliation, and bang a gong for the local elections.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at.With award-winning writers

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28:58

The Naked Week: Ep4. Performing, Potholes, and...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/04/04

The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.This week we Spring (Statement) into action with a timely tune for - and by - Rachel Reeves, explore a pothole that's opened up in the programme, and accidentally get added to Radio 4's Group Chat.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it

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28:34

The Naked Week: Ep 3. Benefits, Borders, and a game...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/03/28

The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.This week we apply for a job in the parliamentary Work and Pensions office, play a game of 'Liz Truss or new ride at Alton Towers', and make a military incursion into Ambridge to steal territory from The Archers.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and

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28:32

The Naked Week: Ep 2. Brick Walls, Dead Wood, and...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/03/21

The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.This week we use a housebrick to explain what's happened with the Reform Party, carve literal dead wood to explain what's happening with the civil service, and explain more news with haikus.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for

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28:52

The Naked Week: Ep 1. Oval arguments, awful...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/03/14

The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals. This week we fail to wear a suit, dance around the problems with TikTok like no one's watching, and guest correspondent Rosie Holt radicalises some children.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at.With

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28:53

The News Quiz: Ep8. Mr. Starmer Goes To Washington

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/03/07

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Scott Bennett, Sara Barron, Alex Massie and Lucy Porter for The News Quiz recorded from Scarborough. In the last of the current series, the panel unpack the Prime Minister's Washington visit, aid cuts and defence pastes, silent albums and AI-generated essays.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Simon Alcock, David Duncan, Laura Major, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Jodie

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28:32

The News Quiz: Ep7. Lying and Reassurance

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/02/28

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Zoe Lyons, Ian Smith, Laura Lexx and Hugo Rifkind as they unpack Trump and Putin in talks in Saudi Arabia, the solutions to prison overcrowding, and the Welsh solution for parliamentary empty promises.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Simon Alcock, David Duncan, Laura Major, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc WillcoxA BBC Studios Audio

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28:58

The News Quiz: Ep6. Corruption Leagues and Leaked...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/02/21

Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.

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28:56

The News Quiz: Ep5. Tariffs, Tabloids and Typewriters

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/02/14

On The News Quiz this week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Ayesha Hazarika, Susie McCabe, Geoff Norcott and Pierre Novellie to discuss Britain's attempts to court the US and the EU, Trump's tariff turmoil, new report cards from Ofsted, and Starmer's uncovered voice coaching.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Jade Gebbie, Alex Kealy, Christina Riggs and Stuart McPherson.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc

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28:30

The News Quiz: Ep 4. Gear shifting and Shoplifting

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/02/07

This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Simon Evans, Athena Kugblenu, Susie McCabe and Hugo Rifkind to unpack the week's new stories. In the week Keir Starmer set his sights on growth, the panel looked at backing of a third runway at Heathrow, a shoplifting epidemic, and the decline of urban chess in the streets of Nottingham.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Cameron Loxdale, Sascha LO, Meryl O'Rourke and Peter Tellouche.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer:

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28:38

The News Quiz: Ep 3. The Donald and The Dons

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/01/31

This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Andrew Maxwell, Val McDermid, Jay Lafferty and Stuart Mitchell to unpack the week's new stories. Recorded from the Gardyne Theatre in Dundee, the panel look into Donald Trump's first week of his second term, Prince Harry's legal victories, Scottish Health Minister Neil Gray's sporting excursions, and the honour of the Glaswegian accent.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Rebecca Bain, Cody Dahler, Alexandra Haddow and Peter

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28:33

The News Quiz: Ep 2. Unconditional Discharge In Charge

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/01/24

This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Nish Kumar, Sara Barron, Glenn Moore and Zing Tsjeng to unpack the week's new stories. The panel look into Donald Trump's unconditional discharge and his looming inauguration, as well as Keir Starmer's unleashing of AI, and Tulip Siddiq's resignation.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Christina Riggs, Mike Shephard and Ben Pope.Producer: Rajiv Karia Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Jodie

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28:28

The News Quiz: Ep 1. Checked Facts & Unfettered Fictions

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/01/17

This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Paul Sinha, Angela Barnes and Anushka Asthana to unpack the week's new stories. The panel look into Donald Trump's international ambitions, Keir Starmer looking ahead to the not-too-distant, yet not-too-close future, and the relentless interjections to British politics from Elon Musk.Written by Andy Zaltzman.With additional material by: Jade Gebbie, Christina Riggs Mike Shephard, and Angela Channell.Producer: Rajiv

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28:28

Best of The News Quiz 2024

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/01/10

A satirical smorgasbord of The News Quiz's best bits of the year. Covering international tensions, a UK General Election, and of course the question on everyone’s lips, what exactly was a ‘Brat Summer’?With Andy Zaltzman in the chair, full of whimsical animal metaphors and cricket stats, we’ll hear highlights from the crème de la crème of British and international comedy and journalism to dissect the news. It's a chance to return to, and revel in, some of 2024's funniest moments, starring Ian Smith,

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28:40

The Naked Christmas Week: Books, Trump, and When Is...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2025/01/03

Landing slap-bang in the no-man’s land between Christmas and New Year, the Naked Week team will be heading out of the trenches to challenge the news to a game of football. This week, we find out which of the year's political memoirs passes our special test, and we ask the big Christmas question 'When Is Bins?'Expect festive advice, guests full of joy and wonder, and a little drummer boy (budget depending), as the show sticks its hand into all the Christmas current affairs, pulls out a bag of

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28:37

The Naked Week: Ep4: Spies, Uncanny Ghosts, and...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 ·

2024/12/27

The team give the news a hard stare as they try to recruit a spy and steal some of the Uncanny podcast's listening figures by contacting Nigel Farage with a ouija board.From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes comes The Naked Week, a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at.Host Andrew Hunter Murray and chief correspondent Amy Hoggart will strip away the curtain and dive into not only the big stories, but also the way the news is packaged and

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