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Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, The Now Show and Dead Ringers.

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Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, The Now Show and Dead Ringers.

    The Now Show - 15th March

    The Now Show - 15th March

    Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Featuring Marcus Brigstocke unpacking screen addiction and Ria Lina on the International Women's Day - Oscars overlap, and an original song from Ed MacArthur.
    The show was written by the cast with additional material from David Duncan, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Jade Gebbie and Christina Riggs.
    Voice Actors: Gemma Arrowsmith and Jason Forbes.
    Producer: Rajiv Karia
    Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow
    A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

    • 27 min
    The News Quiz - 8th March

    The News Quiz - 8th March

    Mark Steel, Marie Le Conte, Simon Evans and Zoe Lyons join Andy Zaltzman for the last episode in the present series.
    This week the panel give their 2p on the budget, the battle for the White House and what it might sound like if George Galloway joined the News Quiz.
    Written by Andy Zaltzman
    With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Meryl O'Rourke, Molly McGuinness, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs.
    Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies
    Executive Producer: Richard Morris
    Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
    Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
    Recorded by Marc Willcox and Neva Missirian
    A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

    • 28 min
    The News Quiz - 1st March

    The News Quiz - 1st March

    Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Stuart Mitchell join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the week's news from Aberdeen.
    This week the panel discuss Gordon Brown’s vision for a second renaissance in Aberdeen, why Lee Anderson has lost the Tory whip, and the difference between Mob Rule and Ja Rule.
    Written by Andy Zaltzman
    With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Rebecca Bain, Alex Garrick-Wright, Krystal Evans, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs.
    Producer: Georgia Keating
    Executive Producer: James Robinson
    Production Coordinators: Sarah Nicholls & Jodie Charman
    Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
    Recorded by Sean Kerwin
    A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

    • 28 min
    The News Quiz - 23rd February

    The News Quiz - 23rd February

    Andrew Doyle, Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Ria Lina join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the week's news.
    This week the panel tackle how a parliamentary debate about peace descended into constitutional conflict, why Donald Trump is actively urging his supporters to put their foot in it, literally this time, and how Britannia nuked the waves.
    Strap in.
    Written by Andy Zaltzman
    With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Cameron Loxdale and Viv May
    Producer: James Robinson
    Executive Producer: Richard Morris
    Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls & Dan Marchini
    Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
    A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

    • 28 min
    The News Quiz - 16th February

    The News Quiz - 16th February

    Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Zoe Lyons, Andrew Maxwell, Rachel Parris, and Danny Finkelstein.
    In this week of Lent and Love Andy and the panel address Labour's difficult relationship with itself, Trump's flirtations with Putin, and giving up on the idea of home ownership.
    Written by Andy Zaltzman
    With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Ben Clover, and Jade Gebbie
    Producer: Sam Holmes
    Executive Producer: James Robinson
    Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls
    Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
    A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

    • 28 min
    The News Quiz - 9th February

    The News Quiz - 9th February

    Coming to you from Belfast this week, Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news with Zoe Lyons, Neil Delamere, Diona Doherty, and Alex Kane.
    In this episode Andy and the panel will be asking if turning the Northern Ireland Assembly off and on has made it work again?
    Why Labour is keeping the red flag flying?… a Formula 1 style red flag, that is, which they’re waving at their own environment policy to tell it it’s off.
    And whose chopper has got them in trouble?
    Written by Andy Zaltzman
    With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Alison Spittle, John Meagher, and Claire Sullivan
    Producer: Sam Holmes
    Executive Producer: Richard Morris
    Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls
    Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
    A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4

    • 28 min

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