Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The News Quiz Ep7. Heat and NEETs

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Andy Zaltzman is joined by his panel of political satirists to unpack the critical essays of Tony Blair, the spending habits of Peter Murrell and the SNP, the sweltering heat, social media ban proposals for under 16's and young people in record levels of unemployment.

This week’s panellists are Scott Bennett, Cody Dahler, Ayesha Hazarika and Bella Hull.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Angela Channel, Sam Nicoresti, Pravanya Pillay and Peter Tellouche.
Producer: Rajiv Karia
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Published on Friday, 5th June 2026.

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