Dead Ringers: Ep1. Keir vs Kemi
The iconic impressions show returns to lampoon the week’s biggest headlines. This week World Cup fever, Government resignations and a Downin...
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The News Quiz Ep8. - Peter Scandalman
For the final episode of this series, we look at some of the stories that we’re leaving unresolved in our ‘News Quiz 2026 Summer Break Cliff...
The News Quiz Ep7. Heat and NEETs
Andy Zaltzman is joined by his panel of political satirists to unpack the critical essays of Tony Blair, the spending habits of Peter Murrel...
The News Quiz Ep6. Brexpressionism
Recorded at Hay Festival, Andy asks the panel the dreaded question - is Brexit back on the table? Also on the menu is Welsh independence, th...
The News Quiz Ep5. Starmer psychodrama
What a week it's been for the Prime Minister. In the aftermath of seismic local elections results, there's been non-stop Labour party in-fig...
The News Quiz: Ep4. The people have spoken
Recorded on Friday morning, Andy and the panel dig into the election results from 7th May. Who’s done well? Who’s done not so well? And how...
The News Quiz: Ep3. When the King came round for tea
This week you’re all cordially invited to join us for King Charles’ state visit to Donald Trump’s White House. Please dress to impress. We’l...
The News Quiz: Ep2. The art of vetting
Some hot topics of conversation this week include the ever evolving Peter Mandelson vetting saga, phones being banned in schools and robots...
The News Quiz: Ep1. Messiah or Doctor?
After six weeks off air Andy Zaltzman is back. Helping him kick off the series are Andrew Maxwell, Zoe Lyons, Stephen Bush and Kiri Pritchar...
The Naked Week: Ep6. Swearing, Steeplechase, and Strikes.
Following Trump's tirade, The Naked Week team bleep the hell out of the bleeping news, swear at a steeplechase, and stage a walk out. From T...
The Naked Week: Ep5. Jesus Christ Superstarmer, and Dark Satanic Mills
The team pile in on Mills and the Moon. (Mills and Moon sounds like a series of romantic novels. Just to manage your expectations, that's no...
The Naked Week: Ep4. Who ya gonna call...? (Clue: It's Donald Trump)
The team tackle Trump's tirades, and very much give the BBC's incoming Director General a problematic in-tray. From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes...
The Naked Week: Ep3. Shipping, Shopping, and Shagg...you know what, never mind.
The team launch the Naked Week Investment Portfolio for Hard Done-By Young People and go shipping, shopping and shagg...you know what, never...
The Naked Week: Ep2. The Naked Week team party like it's the 2003 Iraq War.
The Naked Week team party like it's the 2003 Iraq War, and then re-enact it with the help of a Viking. From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host...
The Naked Week: Ep1. War, Law, and Operation Amol Rajan.
The Naked Week team dive into war, flout the law and enjoy a real life Town Crier performing selected highlights from Amol Rajan's Instagram...
The News Quiz: Ep8. Flight risks and fly-tips
Joining Andy for the final episode of this series are Simon Evans, Zoe Lyons, Cindy Yu and Ahir Shah and not one of them can be deemed a fli...
The News Quiz: Ep7. The worst birthday ever
Top of the agenda this week is some royal breaking news - who got a special birthday visit from the police? We’ll be analysing yet another g...
The News Quiz: Ep6. Is the UK getting sunnier?
This week the panel discuss PM Keir Starmer fighting off a potential coup; whether it’s a good idea to take Valentine’s day tips from a two-...
The News Quiz: Ep5. The Prince of Darkness
Is there a way out for Keir Starmer after the Peter Mandelson scandal? Who fled ‘under the cover of darkness’ from their royal lodgings? Wha...
The News Quiz: Ep4. By-elections, hello defections
On the agenda this week is Starmer vs Burnham in Labour's latest civil war, Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform, and working out how to s...