{"podcast":{"title":"Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4","slug":"friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413","podcast_index_feed_id":160413,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02pc9pj.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9pj","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lbr5kr.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":259,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413"},"episode":{"title":"The News Quiz: Ep4. By-elections, hello defections","slug":"the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections","published_at":"2026-02-06T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mxl991","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0my61wx.mp3","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.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1701,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"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","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friday-night-comedy-from-bbc-radio-4-160413/the-news-quiz-ep4-by-elections-hello-defections.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}