Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
Topical comedy from the sharpest satirical minds in the business. Listen first on BBC Sounds, every Friday.Is the news driving you up the wall? You’re not alone. Let the comedians take the strain and work out what’s been funny this week. Features BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked...
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The News Quiz: Ep1. Red, White, Blue and Green-land
With Andy away at The Ashes, guest host Ian Smith steps in to make sense of a dramatic news week. Topics include the US capturing Nicolás Maduro and t...
Best of The News Quiz 2025
A satirical smorgasbord of The News Quiz's best bits of the year, covering local elections, flag fever, Starmer's struggles, Trump's travails, and a v...
The Matt Forde Focus Group: Boxing Day Special
Top political comedian Matt Forde reconvenes his Focus Group for a Boxing Day special with a Dickensian twist.
Recorded in front of a live audie...
Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 2. A Very Kemi Christmas and a Lammy New Year
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their festive firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: Scrooge...
Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 1. Farage Goes to School, The Snowman v Keir, and Alan Carr: Special Negotiator
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: Farage go...
The Naked Week: Ep6. Parties, polycules, and pardoning
This week, The Naked Week team look at Your Party, join a polycule, and bestow some Christmas pardons.
From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Sk...
The Naked Week: Ep5. A Budget, A Bombshell, and a Bedtime Story.
This week, The Naked Week fingers some fudge, profits from the spoils of war, and reads everyone a lovely bedtime story with a very special guest.
The Naked Week: Ep4. Immigration, Espionage, and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition.
Immigration, espionage, and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition.
From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes comes Radio 4’s n...
The Naked Week: Ep3. Trump, Traitors, and RIP Tim Davie
This week, The Naked Week fundraises for the BBC, welcomes a traitor, and necromances a potato.
From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's...
The Naked Week: Ep2. Trains, Tice, and Taylor Swift
This week, The Naked Week shoehorns an agenda, gets out of jail free, and in a genuine Radio 4 first - Taylor Swift pays a visit to the studio!
...
The Naked Week: Ep1. Royal lodges, asylum hotels and witches.
This week we provide recourse for a randy royal, organise an on-air riot and, for Halloween, get confused over which witch is which.
From host A...
The News Quiz: Ep8. Titles, Jewels and "Chocolate" Bars
Alasdair Beckett-King, Laura Lexx, Ahir Shah and Ava Santina join Andy Zaltzman for this week's quiz.
Brace yourselves for stories about the str...
The News Quiz: Ep7. Forecast for Inflation and Flooding
In a week of budget talks, IMF forecasts of Inflation on the British horizon, flood risk reports and approval of solar farms, Andy Zaltzman is joined...
The News Quiz: Ep6. Peace Deals and Police Powers
In the week where Trump brokered a peace deal in the Middle East, buzz was generated at the Conservative Party Conference (honestly), the Home Office...
The News Quiz: Ep5. Less Flags, More Bunting
At this week's Labour Conference, Kier Starmer warned that Britain faces a 'fork in the road'. Helping Andy Zaltzman decide which way to turn are Ian...
The News Quiz: Ep 4. A Lib Dem Conference and a Seagull Summit
In the week where Trump addressed the UN, Lib Dems conferred on the beaches of Bournemouth, and a Seagull Summit came to Inverness, Andy Zaltzman is j...
The News Quiz: Ep 3. Crossing the Pond, Crossing the Floor
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Pierre Novellie, Sara Barron and Lucy Porter to break down the week in news. The panel unpack Trump's second...
The News Quiz: Ep 2. Cards revealed and Reshufffle
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Daliso Chaponda, Susie McCabe, Geoff Norcott and Ash Sarkar to break down the week in news. Expect discussion on the Labour...
The News Quiz: Ep 1. Flags out, stamp duty. Stamped out, off duty.
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alasdair Beckett-King, Andrew Maxwell, Lucy Porter and Coco Khan to break down the week in news. Topics include Angela Rayn...
Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 6. Computer says no
Is AI taking over? And if so, how should we treat our new robot overlords? Catherine Bohart investigates, with the help of Olga Koch, Professor Kate D...
Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 5. The Special Relationship
With UK-US relations in the spotlight, Catherine Bohart wants to know just what the special relationship means in 2025. With the help of Felicity Ward...
Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 4. We've got our work cut out
With unemployment on the rise, Catherine and friends want to know why Britain isn't working. Is it AI? Is it older workers taking early retirement? Or...
Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 3. Let's get this party started
Why does Britain have so many new parties? And why are none of them the fun kind? Catherine Bohart investigates the rising challengers to the two-part...
Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 2. It's a taxing subject
Wealth tax - no brainer or non starter? Catherine Bohart unpicks the arguments raging about the mooted solution to Britain's infamous financial black...
Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 1. There's something in the water
Columns. Analysis. The Guardian's Long Read. Who has time? Catherine Bohart, that's who - and she's going beyond the headlines to give you the lowdown...
Dead Ringers: Ep 6. Super-injunctions, Superheroes, and, er, Diane Abbott.
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: Super-inj...
Dead Ringers: Ep 5. Man of Steel, Woman of Salt Path
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: A Salt Pa...
Dead Ringers: Ep 4. Welfare woes and Wimbledon
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: The Gover...
Dead Ringers: Ep 3. Glastonbury, Benefits, and Bombs.
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions. This week: Trump drops the...
Dead Ringers: Ep2. De-escalation and nuclear proliferation
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: Iran play...
Dead Ringers: Ep1. Greta, Trump and Eau de Farage
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions.
This week: Greta Thu...
The News Quiz: Ep 8. Musk and Trump Break Up
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Glenn Moore, Felicity Ward, Athena Kugblenu and Marie Le Conte to break down the week in news. The panel discuss Musk and T...
The News Quiz: Ep 7. Tariff Turmoil
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Armando Iannucci, Ria Lina, Ian Smith and Cindy Yu for more topical comedy quizzing. This week they explore Trump’s tariff...
The News Quiz: Ep 6. Big Deals
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Andrew Maxwell, Ian Smith, Alex Kealy and Times columnist, Cindy Yu. They cover a triumph or a surrender (depending on who...
The News Quiz: Ep 5. An Island of Strangers
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alasdair Beckett-King, Sara Barron, Daliso Chaponda and ITV Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana. Discussion points incl...
The News Quiz: Ep 4. Conclave Concluded
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Ria Lina, Ava Santina and Alasdair Beckett-King to break down the week in news. The panel discuss the result...
The News Quiz: Ep 3. Power Outrage
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Lucy Porter, Ed Byrne and Marie Le Conte to unpack the week in news. Topics include the loss of power in the...
The News Quiz: Ep 2. Elections (Local and Papal)
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Andrew Maxwell, Zing Tsjeng, Jessica Fostekew and Pierre Novellie to unpack the upcoming local elections, the Conclave in t...
The News Quiz: Ep 1. Space, Steel and Strikes
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel, Athena Kugblenu and Hugo Rifkind to unpack bin workers strikes in Birmingham, pop stars popping to t...
The Naked Week: Ep6. Tariffs, Theme Parks, and Twister.
The Naked Week team are back to place satirical news-tariffs on current events with a mix of correspondents, guests and, occasionally, live animals.