Friday Night Comedy from 麻豆社 Radio 4 Podcast
The best topical comedy from 麻豆社 Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn鈥檛 Read. Listen first on 麻豆社 Sounds.
Topical comedy from the sharpest satirical minds in the business. Listen first on 麻豆社 Sounds, every Friday.
Is the news driving you up the wall? You鈥檙e not alone. Let the comedians take the strain and work out what鈥檚 been funny this week. Features 麻豆社 Radio 4鈥檚 The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn鈥檛 Read.
Listen on 麻豆社 Sounds, seven days earlier than anywhere else, and subscribe to make sure that you don鈥檛 miss an episode.
Episodes to download
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The Matt Forde Focus Group: Boxing Day Special
Boxing Day 2025
Comedian Matt Forde reconvenes his very own Focus Group for a one-off Boxing Day special.
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Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 2. A Very Kemi Christmas and a Lammy New Year
Fri 19 Dec 2025
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their festive firepower on the week鈥檚 news.
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Dead Ringers Christmas: Ep 1. Farage Goes to School, The Snowman v Keir, and Alan Carr: Special Negotiator
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.
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The Naked Week: Ep6. Parties, polycules, and pardoning
Fri 5 Dec 2025
This week the team enjoy parties, polycules and pardons.
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The Naked Week: Ep5. A Budget, A Bombshell, and a Bedtime Story.
Fri 28 Nov 2025
A Budget, a Bombshell, and a Bedtime Story.
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The Naked Week: Ep4. Immigration, Espionage, and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition.
Fri 21 Nov 2025
The Naked Week tackles immigration, espionage and a game of Guess Who? - Epstein Edition.
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The Naked Week: Ep3. Trump, Traitors, and RIP Tim Davie
Fri 14 Nov 2025
This week the team fundraise for the 麻豆社, welcome a traitor, and necromance a potato.
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The Naked Week: Ep2. Trains, Tice, and Taylor Swift
Fri 7 Nov 2025
The team shoehorn an agenda, get out of jail free and Taylor Swift is LIVE IN THE STUDIO!
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The Naked Week: Ep1. Royal lodges, asylum hotels and witches.
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Randy Royal Lodges, Asylum Hotels, and Which Witch is Which?
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The News Quiz: Ep8. Titles, Jewels and "Chocolate" Bars
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Andy Zaltzman and panellists quiz the week's news.
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The News Quiz: Ep7. Forecast for Inflation and Flooding
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Adam Kay and Ria Lina for the topical panel quiz show.
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The News Quiz: Ep6. Peace Deals and Police Powers
Fri 10 Oct 2025
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Ian Smith and Ayesha Hazarika for the topical panel quiz show.
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The News Quiz: Ep5. Less Flags, More Bunting
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Andy is joined by Ian Smith, Celya AB, Hugo Rifkind and Zoe Lyons.
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The News Quiz: Ep 4. A Lib Dem Conference and a Seagull Summit
Fri 26 Sep 2025
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Neil Delamere and Cindy Yu for the topical panel quiz show.
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The News Quiz: Ep 3. Crossing the Pond, Crossing the Floor
Fri 19 Sep 2025
Hugo Rifkind and Lucy Porter join for the panel quiz show, all about the news of the week
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The News Quiz: Ep 2. Cards revealed and Reshufffle
Fri 12 Sep 2025
Daliso Chaponda joins for the panel quiz show, all about the news of the week
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The News Quiz: Ep 1. Flags out, stamp duty. Stamped out, off duty.
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Alasdair Beckett-King joins Andy Zaltzman for a brand new series of the panel quiz show.
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 6. Computer says no
Fri 29 Aug 2025
What should we do about AI taking over?
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 5. The Special Relationship
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Just how special is the special relationship?
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 4. We've got our work cut out
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Why is unemployment rising in the UK?
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 3. Let's get this party started
Fri 8 Aug 2025
Why does Britain have so many new parties?
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 2. It's a taxing subject
Fri 1 Aug 2025
Wealth tax - no brainer or non starter?
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Ep 1. There's something in the water
Fri 25 Jul 2025
There's something in the water in the UK, literally...
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Dead Ringers: Ep 6. Super-injunctions, Superheroes, and, er, Diane Abbott.
Fri 18 Jul 2025
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week鈥檚 news.
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Dead Ringers: Ep 5. Man of Steel, Woman of Salt Path
Fri 11 Jul 2025
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week鈥檚 news.
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Dead Ringers: Ep 4. Welfare woes and Wimbledon
Fri 4 Jul 2025
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week鈥檚 news.
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Dead Ringers: Ep 3. Glastonbury, Benefits, and Bombs.
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.
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Dead Ringers: Ep2. De-escalation and nuclear proliferation
Fri 20 Jun 2025
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week鈥檚 news.
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Dead Ringers: Ep1. Greta, Trump and Eau de Farage
Fri 13 Jun 2025
The team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week鈥檚 news.
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The News Quiz: Ep 8. Musk and Trump Break Up
Fri 6 Jun 2025
Glenn Moore and Felicity Ward join Andy Zaltzman for another episode of the News Quiz.
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