The News Quiz interview with Sandi Toksvig. Entire series from series 87 onwards have been released on audio CD and made available for download. The following compilations have also been released by BBC Audio. As of 28 September 2007, "The News Quiz" became downloadable as part of the "Friday Night Comedy" podcast feed for Radio 4. The podcast switches between "The News Quiz" and "The Now Show", depending on which show is being transmitted. During Miles Jupp's tenure, an extended version of the show entitled The News Quiz Extra featuring an additional 10-15 minutes of material was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The News Quiz 1999. Each week, the chair's script is written by three main writers, with material contributed by one or two additional writers. Current regular writers include: Former regular writers include: The opening title music is an arrangement of "The Typewriter", by Leroy Anderson played by The James Shepherd Versatile Brass. For the programme the original recording (on Decca records SB 314) has been increased in speed and pitch by about 33%. BBC MindGames Magazine regularly featured several BBC-linked puzzles, including "The News Quiz", a series of questions about the last month's more unlikely news. Issue 5 (November 2006) also included an