Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, Catherine Bohart: TL;DR and Dead Ringers.

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Dead Ringers: Ep1. Budget Politicians
Rachel Reeves reveals the real inspiration for her budget.
27 mins01 Nov 2024
The News Quiz: Ep 8. Interference, Incentives and Interruptions
Ian Smith steps in as guest host to skewer this week's news.
28 mins25 Oct 2024
The News Quiz: Ep 7. Inflation and Incinerators
Lucy Porter steps in as guest host for the weekly quiz on the latest news.
27 mins18 Oct 2024
The News Quiz: Ep 6. Cleverly Timed Exits
Guest host Geoff Norcott steps into the chair for a quiz of the week's news.
27 mins11 Oct 2024
The News Quiz: Ep 5. Peace & Peaks
Alasdair Beckett-King, Zoe Lyons, Scott Bennett, and Cindy Yu quiz the news.
27 mins04 Oct 2024
The News Quiz: Ep4. Conference & Confidence
Robin Morgan, Ian Smith, Alice Fraser, and Ash Sarkar quiz the news.
27 mins27 Sep 2024
The News Quiz: Ep3. Work & Play
Simon Evans, Ian Smith, Aditi Mittal and Anushka Asthana quiz the news.
28 mins20 Sep 2024
The News Quiz: Ep2. Prisoners and Pensioners
Simon Evans, Ria Lina, Glenn Moore and Coco Khan quiz the news.
28 mins13 Sep 2024
The News Quiz: Ep1. Labour’s Brat Summer
Neil Delamere, Lucy Porter, Mark Steel and Marie Le Conte quiz the news.
28 mins06 Sep 2024
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 6. Hang on - are there ghosts in this machine?
Hang on - are there ghosts in this machine?
27 mins30 Aug 2024
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 5. Are we going to see Robert Jenrick's Brat Summer?
No time for a deep dive? TL;DR does the reading. This week - what's the Opposition for?
27 mins23 Aug 2024
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 4. Want to brush up on education for the new school year?
No time to read the news? Catherine Bohart does it for you in TL;DR.
27 mins16 Aug 2024
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 3. What's with all the riotous goings-on?
What's with all the riotous goings-on?
27 mins09 Aug 2024
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 2. What's Putin's endgame in Ukraine?
What's Putin's endgame in Ukraine?
28 mins02 Aug 2024
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR - 1. We Need To Talk About Kamala
We Need To Talk About Kamala.
28 mins26 Jul 2024
The News Quiz - 19th July
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
28 mins19 Jul 2024
The News Quiz- 12th July
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
28 mins12 Jul 2024
The News Quiz - 5th July
Lucy Porter, Ria Lina, Simon Evans, and Hugo Rifkind quiz the news.
28 mins05 Jul 2024
The News Quiz - 28th June
Geoff Norcott, Stuart Mitchell, Daliso Chaponda and Katy Balls quiz the news
27 mins28 Jun 2024
The News Quiz - 21st June
Alasdair Beckett-King, Simon Evans, Laura Smyth, and Cindy Yu quiz the news.
28 mins21 Jun 2024
The News Quiz - 14th June
Lucy Porter, Alasdair Beckett-King, Athena Kugblenu and Hugo Rifkind quiz the news.
28 mins14 Jun 2024
The News Quiz - 7th June
Ian Smith, Geoff Norcott, Shaparak Khorsandi, and Anushka Asthana quiz the news.
28 mins07 Jun 2024
Dead Ringers - 31st May
As always, the team treat all the political parties with equal contempt.
29 mins31 May 2024
Dead Ringers - 24th May
A special episode this week from the Hay Festival
28 mins24 May 2024
Dead Ringers - 17th May
Politics, world affairs, the culture wars, and Mr Blobby.
28 mins17 May 2024
Dead Ringers - 10th May
Mordant topical satire from the usual team.
27 mins10 May 2024
Dead Ringers - 3rd May
The winners and losers in England's elections and the SNP Scottish leadership race.
28 mins03 May 2024
Dead Ringers - 26th April
Lee Anderson MP, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Taylor Swift make their debuts.
27 mins26 Apr 2024
The Now Show - 19th April
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the last ever Now Show.
34 mins19 Apr 2024
The Now Show - 12th April
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
27 mins12 Apr 2024