Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn't Read.

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The News Quiz: Ep 2. Elections (Local and Papal)
Pierre Novellie and Andrew Maxwell join Andy Zaltzman for the topical panel quiz show.
25 Apr 2025,28 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 1. Space, Steel and Strikes
Mark Steel and Zoe Lyons join host Andy Zaltzman for the topical panel quiz show.
18 Apr 2025,28 mins
The Naked Week: Ep6. Tariffs, Theme Parks, and Twister.
Death of globalisation and a tour of Keir's new theme park.
11 Apr 2025,27 mins
The Naked Week: Ep5. Tariffic Trump retaliation, and Woop Woop - it's the sound of the Thought Police.
We plot 'tariffic' Trump retaliation, and go Woop Woop at the sound of the Thought Police
04 Apr 2025,28 mins
The Naked Week: Ep4. Performing, Potholes, and Paddington.
This week, the team help Rachel Reeves with her Spring Statement, and fall in a hole.
28 Mar 2025,27 mins
The Naked Week: Ep 3. Benefits, Borders, and a game of Truss or Towers.
We get our benefits cut, ride a Liz Truss rollercoaster, and declare war on The Archers.
21 Mar 2025,27 mins
The Naked Week: Ep 2. Brick Walls, Dead Wood, and Charlie.
We mourn Reform, carve a wooden Starmer, and listen in on Prince Andrew's playlist.
14 Mar 2025,27 mins
The Naked Week: Ep 1. Oval arguments, awful algorithms, and a game of Top (Donald) Trumps.
We give up our minerals, fail to wear a suit, and attempt to radicalise some children.
07 Mar 2025,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep8. Mr. Starmer Goes To Washington
Scott Bennett and Lucy Porter join host Andy Zaltzman for the topical panel quiz show.
28 Feb 2025,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep7. Lying and Reassurance
Ian Smith and Zoe Lyons join host Andy Zaltzman for the topical panel quiz show.
21 Feb 2025,28 mins
The News Quiz: Ep6. Corruption Leagues and Leaked WhatsApps
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
14 Feb 2025,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep5. Tariffs, Tabloids and Typewriters
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
07 Feb 2025,28 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 4. Gear shifting and Shoplifting
Andy Zaltzman hosts the topical quiz show, unpicking the week's news stories.
31 Jan 2025,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 3. The Donald and The Dons
Andy Zaltzman hosts the topical quiz show, unpicking the week's news stories.
24 Jan 2025,28 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 2. Unconditional Discharge In Charge
Andy Zaltzman hosts the topical panel quiz show.
17 Jan 2025,30 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 1. Checked Facts & Unfettered Fictions
Andy Zaltzman returns for a new series of the topical panel quiz show.
10 Jan 2025,28 mins
Best of The News Quiz 2024
A satirical smorgasbord of the show’s best bits of the year.
03 Jan 2025,28 mins
The Naked Christmas Week: Books, Trump, and When Is Bins?
The Naked Week team sticks its hand into Christmas and pulls out a bag of news-giblets.
27 Dec 2024,28 mins
The Naked Week: Ep4: Spies, Uncanny Ghosts, and Christmas Crackers
We recruit a spy, and try to contact Nigel Farage with a ouija board.
20 Dec 2024,28 mins
The Naked Week: Ep 3. Prisons, Syria, and Kemi's Catchphrase.
We invade Nuneaton, and shout statistics at a dog.
13 Dec 2024,28 mins
The Naked Week: Ep2. Spin, Milestones, and Monopoly (Qatar edition)
Stop talking and start apologising, plus the shortest game of Monopoly ever.
06 Dec 2024,27 mins
The Naked Week: Ep1. Lobbying, art, soup, and farms
We become landowners and throw art at soup.
29 Nov 2024,28 mins
Dead Ringers: Ep4. Revolting Farmers
Jeremy Clarkson and Nigel Farage weigh in on the new land tax & Donald Trump talks turkey.
22 Nov 2024,28 mins
Dead Ringers: Ep 3. New World Disorder
Donald Trump makes some surprising new additions to his team.
15 Nov 2024,28 mins
Dead Ringers: Ep 2. America Went There
The American election result is chewed over and spat out.
08 Nov 2024,28 mins
Dead Ringers: Ep1. Budget Politicians
Rachel Reeves reveals the real inspiration for her budget.
01 Nov 2024,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 8. Interference, Incentives and Interruptions
Ian Smith steps in as guest host to skewer this week's news.
25 Oct 2024,28 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 7. Inflation and Incinerators
Lucy Porter steps in as guest host for the weekly quiz on the latest news.
18 Oct 2024,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 6. Cleverly Timed Exits
Guest host Geoff Norcott steps into the chair for a quiz of the week's news.
11 Oct 2024,27 mins
The News Quiz: Ep 5. Peace & Peaks
Alasdair Beckett-King, Zoe Lyons, Scott Bennett, and Cindy Yu quiz the news.
04 Oct 2024,28 mins