Felicity Ward, Mark Nelson, Kathleen Hughes and James Gardner
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the latest events in the Middle East, new ferry contracts for Ferguson Marine, the use of AI in customer service, research into βbaby brainβ, an exciting new reality show and more.
Lead Writer: Gregor Paton
Additional material: Stephen Holford, Chris Stanners, Uttom Chowdhury & Steve Trott, James Docherty, Gordon Watson, Nathan Cowley, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Lucienne Cummings, Robbie Taylor-Hunt, Claire Cox, Rachel Powell
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
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- Fri 6 Mar 202613:30BBC Radio Scotland
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Breaking the News
Topical comedy panel show takes a satirical view of the week's headlines.

