# Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413.md
RSS feed: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02pc9pj.rss
Official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9pj
Author: BBC
Episodes: 259

## Resource

Topical comedy from the sharpest satirical minds in the business. Listen first on BBC Sounds, every Friday. Is the news driving you up the wall? You’re not alone. Let the comedians take the strain and work out what’s been funny this week. Features BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn’t Read. Listen on BBC Sounds, seven days earlier than anywhere else, and subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss an episode.

## Machine-readable

JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413
Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413.md

## Episodes
- [The News Quiz Ep5. Starmer psychodrama](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep5-starmer-psychodrama) — 2026-05-22T18:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep4. The people have spoken](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep4-the-people-have-spoken) — 2026-05-15T18:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep3. When the King came round for tea](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep3-when-the-king-came-round-for-tea) — 2026-05-08T18:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep2. The art of vetting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep2-the-art-of-vetting) — 2026-05-01T18:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep1. Messiah or Doctor?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep1-messiah-or-doctor) — 2026-04-24T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep6. Swearing, Steeplechase, and Strikes.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep6-swearing-steeplechase-and-strikes) — 2026-04-17T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep5. Jesus Christ Superstarmer, and Dark Satanic Mills](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep5-jesus-christ-superstarmer-and-dark-satanic-mills) — 2026-04-10T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep4. Who ya gonna call...? (Clue: It's Donald Trump)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep4-who-ya-gonna-call-clue-it-s-donald-trump) — 2026-04-03T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep3. Shipping, Shopping, and Shagg...you know what, never mind.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep3-shipping-shopping-and-shagg-you-know-what-never-mind) — 2026-03-27T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep2. The Naked Week team party like it's the 2003 Iraq War.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep2-the-naked-week-team-party-like-it-s-the-2003-iraq-war) — 2026-03-20T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep1. War, Law, and Operation Amol Rajan.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep1-war-law-and-operation-amol-rajan) — 2026-03-13T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep8. Flight risks and fly-tips](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep8-flight-risks-and-fly-tips) — 2026-03-06T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep7. The worst birthday ever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep7-the-worst-birthday-ever) — 2026-02-27T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep6. Is the UK getting sunnier?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep6-is-the-uk-getting-sunnier) — 2026-02-20T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep5. The Prince of Darkness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep5-the-prince-of-darkness) — 2026-02-13T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep4. By-elections, hello defections](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections) — 2026-02-06T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep3. Bored of peace](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep3-bored-of-peace) — 2026-01-30T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep2. U-Turn, We Defect](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep2-u-turn-we-defect) — 2026-01-23T19:00:00+00:00
- [The News Quiz: Ep1. Red, White, Blue and Green-land](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep1-red-white-blue-and-green-land) — 2026-01-16T19:00:00+00:00
- [Best of The News Quiz 2025](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/best-of-the-news-quiz-2025) — 2026-01-09T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Matt Forde Focus Group: Boxing Day Special](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-matt-forde-focus-group-boxing-day-special) — 2026-01-02T19:00:00+00:00
- [Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 2. A Very Kemi Christmas and a Lammy New Year](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/dead-ringers-christmas-ep-2-a-very-kemi-christmas-and-a-lammy-new-year) — 2025-12-26T19:00:00+00:00
- [Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 1. Farage Goes to School, The Snowman v Keir, and Alan Carr: Special Negotiator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/dead-ringers-christmas-ep-1-farage-goes-to-school-the-snowman-v-keir-and-alan-carr-special-negotiator) — 2025-12-19T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep6. Parties, polycules, and pardoning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep6-parties-polycules-and-pardoning) — 2025-12-12T19:00:00+00:00
- [The Naked Week: Ep5. A Budget, A Bombshell, and a Bedtime Story.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-naked-week-ep5-a-budget-a-bombshell-and-a-bedtime-story) — 2025-12-05T19:00:00+00:00

## Actions

Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.