In his first series, Miles Jupp is in the chair for eight episodes of BBC Radio 4's ever-popular topical comedy show.
The News Quiz,‘the finest topical comedy panel game known to radio’, has been providing headlines, punchlines and a sharply satirical take on the news since it first aired in 1977.
In these eight episodes, the players include regulars such as Mark Steel, Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed and Lucy Porter, as well as newer panellists including Danny Finkelstein, Sarah Kendall, Emily Ashton, Elis James and Sara Pascoe.
They dissect issues diverse and diverting, including Jeremy Corbyn; Lord Ashcroft's biography of David Cameron; the 5p charge for plastic bags, the Rugby World Cup and Playboy's cover-up. There's also the usual selection of funny cuttings sent in by listeners, read bynewsreaders Neil Sleat, Kathy Clugston, Susan Rae and Diana Speed.
New boy Miles Jupp is in the chair following the retirement of Sandi Toskvig from the show in June 2015, making him the fifth host in the show's 38-year history. Duration: 4 hours approx.
- ISBN10 1785292226
- ISBN13 9781785292224
- Publish Date 7 January 2016
- Publish Status Permanently Withdrawn
- Out of Print 11 November 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Imprint BBC Digital Audio
- Edition A&M
- Format Audiobook (WAV)
- Duration 4 hours
- Language English