The News Quiz: Ep7. Team Calm vs Team Panic
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The News Quiz: Ep7. Team Calm vs Team Panic

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 23, 202628 min
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How did Zelensky’s visit to Downing Street go? What exactly is Starlink? And which tiny creatures are making a comeback? The panel is Lucy Porter, Stephen Bush, John Tothill and Sara Barron. Written by Andy Zaltzman. With additional material by JoJo Maberley, Mike Shephard and Peter Tellouche. Producer: Georgia Keating Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu Sound Editor: Marc Willcox A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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National Threat Update Report we have team keep calm and carry on against team

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On team calm we have John Tottshill and Lucy Porter.

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. The I am Andy Zoltzmann and I'm happy to announce that I am a fully qualified lawyer. Just positioning myself in case my dream job as White House press secretary comes up again.

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Let's meet our teams and in the week that the Director General of MI5 gave the annual National Threat Update Report we have team keep calm and carry on against team panic wildly and stock up on non-perishable foodstuffs. On team calm we have John Tottshill and Lucy Porter.

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APPLAUSE And on Team Panic, we have Sarah Baron and from the FT, Stephen Bush. APPLAUSE Right, our first question, this will go to Lucy and John.

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