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
BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary and that the writers must then fend for themselves. The first beneficiaries were Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville and Guy Jenkin, who were followed by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf). Since then, the scheme has helped several aspiring or part-time writers to go full-time and has produced a great number of professional writers and comedians, including Peter Baynham, Stewart Lee and Simon Blackwell (The Thick Of It, Veep). Under the current regime, those selected for the bursary work on BBC Radio 4's three high-profile topical shows; The News Quiz, The Now Show and Dead Ringers, contribute writing across the range