In his 1st series, Miles Jupp is in the chair for eight episodes of BBC Radio 4’s ever-popular topical comedy display.

The News Quiz,’the finest topical comedy panel video game known to radio’, continues to be providing headlines, punchlines and a sharply satirical take on the news because it first aired in 1977.

In these eight shows, the players include regulars such as Mark Steel, Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed and Lucy Porter, as well as newer panellists including Danny Finkelstein, Sarah Kendall, Emily Ashton, Elis James and Sara Pascoe.

They dissect issues diverse and diverting, including Jeremy Corbyn; Lord Ashcroft’s biography of David Cameron; the 5p charge for plastic hand bags, the Rugby Globe Cup and Playboy’s cover-up. Additionally, there is the usual selection of funny cuttings sent in by listeners, examine bynewsreaders Neil Sleat, Kathy Clugston, Susan Rae and Diana Velocity.

New boy Miles Jupp is in the chair following retirement of Sandi Toskvig from your present in June 2015, building him the 5th host in the show’s 38-year history. Duration: 4 hours approx.