The News Quiz - Radio 4 Panel Show - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
1,092 (115 series), plus 34 highlights specials
Creator
Stars
Andy Zaltzman, Angela Barnes, Nish Kumar, Miles Jupp, Sandi Toksvig, Simon Hoggart, Barry Took and Barry Norman
Writers
Lucy Clarke, Simon Littlefield, Rhodri Crooks, James Kettle, George Poles, Dave Cohen, Tom Jamieson, Iain Pattinson and more
Producers
Simon Nicholls, Ed Morrish, Katie Tyrrell, Lucy Armitage, Jon Rolph, Aled Evans, Jon Naismith, Louise Coats and more
Companies
Catch-up
Additional details
Production
Studio
Soundtrack
The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson.
Website links
- Official Website
The official Radio 4 website for The News Quiz, featuring some audio clips. - BBC Comedy Guide
Another BBC web page, covering the history of the show. - Podcast
This series is also available as part of the Friday Night Comedy podcast. When this programme is not on, it instead downloads The Now Show. - S-t-u-f-f About The News Quiz
A fan site detailing the topics covered, cuttings aired and scores for each show - @TheNewsQuiz
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Tuesday 6th September 1977 at 6:30pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
- Monday 28th October 2024 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 115, Episode 8
- Saturday 26th October 2024 at 12:30pm on Radio 4 - Series 115, Episode 8
- Monday 21st October 2024 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 115, Episode 7
Recording details
BBC Radio Theatre, Bush Hall, RADA Studios, Shaw Theatre and The Drill Hall - Normally recorded the night before broadcast
Zoom (Virtual) - Series 102 onwards
Unity Theatre - Series 109
Hay Festival - Series 108, 111
The Stand Comedy Club (Glasgow) - Series 110
Band on the Wall (Manchester) - Series 112
Taliesin Arts Centre (Swansea), Limelight (Belfast) and Aberdeen Arts Centre - Series 113
Squire Performing Arts Centre (Nottingham) - Series 114