History Radio / TheNewsQuiz

* StupidStatementDanceMix: One was made with Sandi's Pronunciation of [[http://tumblr.gothick.org.uk/post/535197189/a-dance-remix-of-sandi-toksvig-pronouncing-the "Eyjafjallajökull"]]. This was then featured on the show itself.

* IncrediblyLamePun: At ''least'' once a month. The story of North Korea's 2009 nuclear test unlocked a HurricaneOfPuns:
-->"The North wants to invade the South and make a Korea (career) of it."
-->"We should worry about the situation careering out of control."
** On the subject of a member of the church resigning due to the 'Occupy London' protests;
--->'''Hugo Rifkind:''' The canon has fired himself.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: One was made with Sandi's Pronunciation of [[http://tumblr.gothick.org.uk/post/535197189/a-dance-remix-of-sandi-toksvig-pronouncing-the "Eyjafjallajökull"]].
** Which was then featured on the show itself

* MadLibsCatchphrase: Miles Jupp has developed two:

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The 30 December 2011 episode was an all-star Radio 4 {{Panto}}, with Sandi and Andy rescuing the Greenwich Pips from Radio 4 Island and returning them to Broadcasting House, thereby foiling the evil plot of [[spoiler: Nigel Pargetter from ''Radio/TheArchers'']].

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Several of the left-wing panellists, but especially the late Jeremy Hardy, were fond of parodying this. The most direct being Jeremy's "You can't do anything these days. You can't even sexually harrass someone without being accused of sexual harrassment!"

* BerserkButton: Susan Calman reacted with near-fury to Hugo Rifkind's declaration that he found ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff'' boring.

* EskimosArentReal: One of Jeremy Hardy's surreal rants:

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Nish Kumar makes a joke about being unable to hold one's liquor might lead to someone standing outside an off-license shoeless at four in the morning screaming "I'M THE HOST OF THE NEWS QUIZ!" while demanding booze... or so he's heard.

->''"We present ''The News Quiz'', with your host..."''

A [[LongRunner Long-running]] (reaching its 100th series in 2019) [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] PanelGame, ''The News Quiz'' is a comedy programme in which "contestants" make fun of news stories over the last week. The show began broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairperson; it was later hosted by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig[[note]]who stepped down in June 2015 to found the Women's Equality Party[[/note]], and Miles Jupp. There is currently no regular chairperson following Jupp's departure in May 2019; for the three series in 2020, Nish Kumar, Angela Barnes and Andy Zaltzman will host one series each. The panellists are predominantly stand-up comedians and political journalists. It is known for having actual BBC newsreaders who read out funny news stories in the show.

Usually broadcast every Friday in the late afternoon, [[note]]alternating every 6-8 weeks with Radio/TheNowShow and occasionally Series/DeadRingers[[/note]] and has a [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r9yq set of pages on the BBC website]].

Usually broadcast every Friday in the late afternoon, [[note]]alternating every 6-8 weeks with Radio/TheNowShow[[/note]] and has a [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r9yq set of pages on the BBC website]].

[[LongRunner Long-running]] [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] PanelGame, ''The News Quiz'' is comedy programme in which "contestants" make fun of news stories over the last week. The show began broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairperson, it was later hosted by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig[[note]]who stepped down in June 2015 to found the Women's Equality Party[[/note]], and Miles Jupp. There is currently no regular chairperson following Jupp's departure in May 2019; for the three series in 2020, Nish Kumar, Angela Barnes and Andy Zaltzman will host one series each.

It is known for having actual BBC newsreaders who read out funny news stories in the show.

In 2019, it transmitted its milestone 100th series.

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* TakeThat: When discussing a hike in train fares at the beginning of 2018, Miles Jupp finishes by stating that train fares in Europe remain unaffected, but the trains there go to places in Europe, and are therefore worthless.

->''"We present ''The News Quiz'', with your host Miles Jupp."''

[[LongRunner Long-running]] [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] PanelGame, ''The News Quiz'' is comedy programme in which "contestants" make fun of news stories over the last week. The show began broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairperson, it was later hosted by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig[[note]]who stepped down in June 2015 to found the Women's Equality Party[[/note]], and Miles Jupp. There is currently no regular chairperson following Jupp's departure, with the most recent series having guest hosts.

[[LongRunner Long-running]] [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] PanelGame, ''The News Quiz'' is comedy programme in which "contestants" make fun of news stories over the last week. The show began broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairperson, it was later hosted by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig[[note]]who stepped down in June 2015 to found the Women's Equality Party[[/note]], and Miles Jupp. There is currently no regular chairperson.

[[LongRunner Long-running]] [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] PanelGame, ''The News Quiz'' is comedy programme in which "contestants" make fun of news stories over the last week. The show began broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as host, it was later hosted by Barry Took and Simon Hoggart; Sandi Toksvig became the host in September 2006 but stepped down in June 2015 to found the Womens' Equality Party, with her successor named as Miles Jupp. It is known for having actual BBC newsreaders who read out funny news stories in the show.