The News Quiz
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 4
- 1977 - 2024
- 1059 episodes (113 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 114
The News Quiz 2011 - The Complete Series 73, 74 & 75
Three more series of the satirical radio panel show chaired by Sandi Toksvig, "probably the funniest person in the English-speaking world" (The Guardian), is our host for these 25 episodes of the perennially popular comedy news quiz, first broadcast between New Year's Eve 2010 and 4th November 2011.
Joining her to poke fun at stories big and small are a panel of illustrious players including Roisin Conaty, Dominic Lawson, Richard Herring, Tom Wrigglesworth, Henning Wehn, Imran Yusuf, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Laura Solon, Sarah Millican and Paul Sinha.
Among the headlines grabbing their attention are Sky Sport's own goal, bankers' bonuses, shrinking clinks, cohabitee's rights, iPhone's tracking abilities, celebrity gagging orders, Wikileaks whistleblowing, the Higgs-Boson particle, internet dating scams and Mary Portas's charity shop challenge - plus David Cameron's KGB recruitment attempt and Theresa May's cat spat.
Giving us a round-up of the comic cuttings sent in by listeners are newsreaders Carolyn Brown, Harriet Cass, Corrie Corfield, Peter Donaldson, Charlotte Green, Rory Morrison and Neil Sleat.
First released: Thursday 10th August 2023
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 728
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