BBC Radio 4 is piloting a US version of its topical satirical show The News Quiz, recorded in New York with a panel of American comedians taking aim at the Republican primary elections. The BBC is examining ways of tailoring the satire for broadcast in the US and Radio 4 will air a pilot of the American version as part of its coverage of this year’s US presidential election.
News Quiz USA will air on Radio 4 on 22 March, fronted by Daily Show contributor Lewis Black. The most likely US home for The News Quiz would be NPR, a network of nearly 1,000 public service stations that is the nearest radio equivalent to the BBC in America.
on Mar 20th, 2012 at 16:29
NPR already has a comedy news quiz. It’s called “Wait wait… don’t tell me!”