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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 Week and Too Long; Didn’t Read. 

Listen on BBC Sounds, seven days earlier than anywhere else, and subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss an episode.

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Is A.I going to wipe out humanity by 2030? Will the forces of Piddington take the country hostage? Is there anyone left to support Ed Sheeran on tour? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more on this week's News Quiz!

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Adrian Gray, Angela Channell, Jade Gebbie and Lotte Allan
Producer: Pete Strauss
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu
Sound Editor: Marc Wilcox

The News Quiz: Ep3. The Robots Are/Aren't Coming

Answering the big questions of the week are Mark Steel, Celya AB, Zoe Lyons and Hugo Rifkind. Who's allegedly not been listening properly during a work meeting? How did thieves manage to lose two Renoir paintings almost immediately? And which Harry definitely isn't getting his old job back? 

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Catherine Brinkworth, Adrian Gray, Ruth Husko and Claire Rammelkamp
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu
Sound Editor: Jerry Peal
Recorded by David Thomas at The Glee Club in Birmingham

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

The News Quiz: Ep 2. Team Vibes vs Team Bribes

Is it too soon for the "Burnham bounce"? Can you rent No 10 Downing Street for £55 a night? How are laundry rooms going to save prisons? It's all up for discussion this week. Your panel is Pierre Novellie, Alasdair Beckett-King, Coco Khan and Kyrah Gray.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Adrian Gray, Alice Etches, Pravanya Pillay and Mike Shephard
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

The News Quiz: Ep1. The Burnham bounce?

It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Cody Dahler and Ayoade Bamgboye, and together with the audience, they solve the biggest problems facing the world right now.

What party trick would you use to bring about world peace? How can we make Trump and Carney bury the hatchet? And can you do a Kermit impression?

Written by Ian Smith, Angela Channell, Mike Shephard and Ruth Husko
Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter and Giulia Mazzu
Sound Editing: David Thomas
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Recorded at the Backyard Comedy Club

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

The People Have Spoken Ep3. British Maple Syrup

It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Harriet Kemsley and Ashley Storrie to work out what is going on, and together with an Edinburgh Fringe audience, solve the biggest problem facing the world right now.

Which family member would you send to negotiate with Hamas? How should we help Trump meet his self-imposed deadlines? And how to we protect Andy Burnham from scam phone calls?

Written by Ian Smith, Angela Channell, Cameron Loxdale and Katie Storey
Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter
Sound Editing: David Thomas
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Recorded the Edinburgh Fesitval Fringe

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production

The People Have Spoken Ep2. Fed Up With War!

It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Maisie Adam and Alasdair-Beckett King to work out what is going on, and together with our audience, solve the biggest problem facing the world right now.

Is Gianni Infantino just misunderstood? What kind of novelty candidate would you inhabit to capture the nation's imagination? and what small inconvenience should Andy Burnham fix next?

Written by Ian Smith, Cameron Loxdale, Angela Channel and Alex Kealy
Production coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter
Recorded by David and Luca Thomas
Edited by David Thomas
Exec Producer: Pete Strauss

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production

The People Have Spoken Ep1. Andy Cool'em Down'em

Lucy Porter is joined by Vittorio Angelone, Jake Bhardwaj, and Susie McCabe to talk all things current-ish events. Are exam results important? What should we do about early release? And what happened at Edinburgh airport?

Hosted by Lucy Porter

Written by Lucy Porter, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer with additional material by Mike Shephard

Producer - Katie Sayer
Assistant producer - Molly Punshon
Executive producer - Victoria Lloyd
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4

Current-ish Ep3. Exam results, early release, and the possible end of two marriages

Lucy Porter talks all things current-ish with Finlay Christie, Amy Annette and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd. Today - heatwaves, hosepipe bans, and a very hairy pizza.

Hosted by Lucy Porter
Written by Lucy Porter, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer

Producer - Katie Sayer
Assistant producer - Molly Punshon
Executive producer - Victoria Lloyd

A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4

Current-ish Ep2. Heatwaves, hosepipe bans, and a very hairy pizza

Lucy Porter is joined by John Tothill, Kyrah Gray and Amy Annette to talk all things current-ish events. Should politicians wear ties? Should children learn to read? And should we all now identify as Spanish?

Hosted by Lucy Porter

Written by Lucy Porter, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer, with additional material by Mike Shephard

Producer - Katie Sayer
Assistant producer - Lorna Reader
Executive producer - Victoria Lloyd
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4

Current-ish Ep1. Burnham, Bellingham, and the spirit of Margaret Thatcher

The Dead Ringers team train their vocal firepower on the week’s news. This week: England are out of the World Cup, Starmer is out of office, and Katherine Jenkins has a potty mouth.

Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod, Duncan Wisbey and Jess Robinson.

Produced by: Jon Holmes
Executive Producer:James Robinson
Production Co-ordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Dead Ringers Ep6. England out, Starmer out, School's out.

The fourth of our satirical specials this summer. Ria Lina heads up a crack team of international comics including: Daliso Chaponda, Heidi Regan, Urooj Ashfaq and Ignacio Lopez to discuss the big stories making the news at home and around the world. You'll get an outsider's view on the news affecting you and also a peek behind the headlines from our comedians' homelands. We show them ours and then they show us theirs. The United Nations of News: proof that comedy really is universal.

The United Nations of News

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