Editions

  • Home
  • The News Quiz: Series 98
The News Quiz: Series 98

The News Quiz: Series 98

  • The topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show

  • BBC Radio Comedy

  • Andy Hamilton (Read by)

  • Full Cast (Read by)

  • Hugo Rifkind (Read by)

  • Miles Jupp (Read by)

  • Nish Kumar (Read by)

  • Zoe Lyons (Read by)

The complete 98th series from the long-running topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show, hosted by Miles Jupp.

Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence. Guests include; Hugo Rifkind, Zoe Lyons, Andy Hamilton, Lucy Porter, Susan Calman and Desiree Burch.

Each week, the panellists discuss the week's top stories including Vladimir Putin's suggestion to log off from the world wide web, Theresa May's return to Brussels to discuss the backstop, and the Polar Vortex.

Produced by Richard Morris

More from this Author

View all View all
View all View all

About the Author

BBC Radio Comedy

Chris Addison (Reader) Chris Addison is an award-winning comedian who is well known for his stand-up shows, appearances on TV panel games such as Mock the Week and starring as Ollie Reeder in The Thick of It and Toby Wright in the film In The Loop. He has also directed thirteen episodes of Veep, winning an Emmy for his role as Executive Producer on the show and a Directors Guild of America Award for director of a comedy series. With Carl Cooper, he co-created the Sony Award-winning series The Ape that Got Lucky and Civilisation.

BBC Radio Comedy

Our Use of Cookies

We use cookies on this site to enable certain parts of the site to function and to collect information about your use of the site so that we can improve our visitors’ experience.

For more on our cookies and changing your settings click here

Strictly Necessary

Strictly Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. See More.

Analytics

Analytics cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. These cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. See More.

Preferences & Features

Preference and Feature cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your language preferences and any customisations you make to pages on our website during your visit. See More.

Targeting / Advertising

Targeting cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same content from reappearing, ensuring ads are displayed and, in some cases, selecting content based on your interests. See More.