Episode

The News Quiz: Ep4. By-elections, hello defections

Podcast
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
Published
Feb 6, 2026
Duration seconds
1701
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mxl991
Audio
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0my61wx.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/episodes/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections
Markdown
/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/episodes/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

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 save The Great British pub. To get to the bottom of all this, Andy is joined by Daliso Chaponda, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Hugo Rifkind and Holly Walsh. Written by Andy Zaltzman. With additional material by: Christina Riggs, Cameron Loxdale and Sarah Mills Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.