The News Quiz: Ep2. The art of vetting
5/1/202628 min
Some hot topics of conversation this week include the ever evolving Peter Mandelson vetting saga, phones being banned in schools and robots who can take over the world... sorry robots who can take over sports. Helping Andy make sense of it all are Daliso Chaponda, Catherine Bohart, Hugo Rifkind and Ria Lina.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Jade Gebbie, Christina Riggs, Henry Whaley and Angela Channell Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinators: Asha Osborne-Grinter & Caroline Barlow Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
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First 90 secondsAndy Zaltzman· Host0:01
Hello. I am Andy Zaltzman. I'm here at a very austere and serious state occasion, the official ceremonial passing of the buck. [laughing] And there is the prime minister. He has the buck with him. [laughing] And it looks like Zakir is now ready for the passing. As is traditional, he will pass it to the Duke of Buckingham, the Lord Royal Bucky Emeritus, of course, who will then himself, of course, pass the buck further onwards to a randomly selected civil servant. [laughing] And here comes the pass. [goat bleating] [glass shuttering] Oh. He's gone hard, the Prime Minister. He really put some welly into that. It's gone clean over the Duke of Buckingham's head and through the stained-glass windows here at the Abbey. [laughing] And next week, the official ceremonial carrying of the can. [laughing] All the way round the entire country at breakneck speed. 24-hour coverage on 5 Live with Eleanor Oldroyd. But first, the News Quiz. [cheering] [clapping] Hello, and welcome to the News Quiz. Uh, have you all vetted yourselves at home with your special home vetting kit? You should have received it in the post this week. Good, then we'll begin. Uh, our teams this week, we have Team Vetting Process against Team Time to Humanely Put It Out of Its Misery. [laughing] It's the kindest thing. On Team Vets, we have Ria Lina and Hugo Rifkin. [cheering] [clapping] And on Team Misery, Daliso Chaponda