The News Quiz

Went to the recording last night at the Drill Hall - fantastic. If you haven't done this already I would recommend it to you - the tickets are free and it is a great night out. The recording lasted for an hour and a half - how they are going to get 30 minutes of material that isn't libellous I'll never know!

I am consumed with jealousy! How fantastic for you, though. Having recently returned to the US of A, I only get to listen to Sandy Toksvig's good humour through podcasts and online radio. Americans are many, many things, but we are not a witty lot.

DeadGoodBooks: how did you get hold of tickets? It sounds like an awesome night out :-)

LizT, try http://www.bbc.co.uk/tickets. There they list the shows they currently have tickets for, plus it is possible to sign up to a mailing list.

This will only cover recordings of shows actually made by the BBC, which means this isn't the route for tickets for the ever wonderful I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Producer (and mystery voice) Jon Naismith runs a mailing list for that. E-mail isihac@btinternet.com. This does charge as much as £15 a ticket, which I'm sure would be money well spent - I've never been to one.

I went to the recording of the Chain Reaction conversation between Richard Wilson and Arabella Weir in January which, I think, is broadcast next week.

Tomorrow I shall be at the recording of the first programme in a new series of The Now Show, which I'm looking forward to a lot.

Grammath, thanks! I will keep an eye out on that one. And ISIHAC too :-) Hurrah for Radio 4!

No problem.

A new series of the News Quiz starts on Friday 2nd May.