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Apr 2021
27m 52s

The News Quiz - Friday 16th April 2021

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Andy Zaltzman squares up to the week's headlines with panellists Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Daliso Chaponda and Lucy Porter.

Panellists lobby for points as they answer questions on the Greensill affair and the theft of a giant rabbit.

Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Simon Alcock, Tasha Dhanraj and Jenan Younis.

Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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