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Feb 2024
28m 49s

The News Quiz - 5th January

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

A look back on some of the best bits of News Quizzing from 2023

In this compilation episode Andy Zaltzman casts his satirical eye over the highs and lows of the year, in which the UK managed to hold of a Prime Minister for more than a year (well done us), The Economy moved about as erratically as a paper plane in a snow storm, and there were some events in the Middle East that made doing a light-hearted topical news show a bit of a challenge at times...

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman.

Producer: Sam Holmes Executive Producer: James Robinson Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman

A BBC Studios Production

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