November 18, 2003

The News Quiz is Back

Posted by Harry

The News Quiz is back on BBC Radio 4. This week’s is particularly good (despite the absence of the peer-less Linda Smith) for two reasons: 1) They are all barred by a court injunction from talking about the main news story which isn’t a news story because its only a rumour that no-one has printed (or have they?) but has already been denied and 2) a BBC newsreader had to fill in for Sandi Toksvig at the last minute and is, by terms of her employment, prohibited from expressing an opinions, which she refrains from doing extremely well.

Posted on November 18, 2003 04:08 PM UTC
Comments

Is it just my browser or is everyone experiencing “white-out” streaks randomly strewed through crookedtimber texts? It’s very frustrating.

Posted by Disk Thompson · November 18, 2003 05:24 PM

it’s happening to me as well

Posted by reuben · November 18, 2003 05:29 PM

no, it looks fine to me — but I’m using Netscape 7.1, not Internet Explorer

Posted by davemack · November 18, 2003 05:48 PM

the peer-less Linda Smith

I dispute this: my decision over whether or not to listen to the ‘News Quiz’ is based primarily on whether Jeremy Hardy is participating, given his ability to be astonishingly rude about both Tories and Tories in NewLabour clothing.

(New series of ISIHAC, too, though. Christmas comes early to R4.)

Posted by nick · November 18, 2003 06:45 PM

I’m not going to argue the relative merits of JH and LS — its like arguing the relative merits of the best camembert and the best stilton. Maybe I exaggerated with ‘peer-less’ but if so only because JH is alive.

Posted by harry · November 18, 2003 08:20 PM
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