The News Quiz: The Very Best of 2004 Audiobook

Here is a third volume of highlights from recent series of The News Quiz, presented by chairman Simon Hoggart.

Since 1977, BBC Radio 4's funniest and quirkiest game show has been answering questions and offering wit and wisdom on global happenings, national news, and quite frankly pathetic parochial events.

Regular panellists Alan Coren, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, and Linda Smith are once again joined by a plethora of guests from the media and politics worlds.

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"David Copperfield is one of my favourite books. I have two editions and both are luxury editions, just for collectors, so that tells you a bit about how much I love this novel. As it has been said before, the focus of the book is the life of David Copperfield; a life that sometimes is filled with sadness and grief, and other times with joy and pleasure. David, Dora, Pegotty, aunt Betsey, and Mr. Dick are just some of the various fascinating characters that Dickes introduces to us. Each of these characters is unique; they are flawed but endearing. Nonetheless, there are also some boring, lethargic characters that never feel very real. A character that I do not find interesting at all is Ines. Dickens tried to glorify her but to the point in which the reader feels she is unreal. Ines lacks passion, lacks wit, lacks life. While her counterpart, Dora, although imperfect, a bit dumb and childish was also very charming, loving and very self conscious. Dora acknowledged and embraced her limitations....that made her wise. She was dependent and ridiculously impractical but at the same time she was carefree and cheecky! Dora loved the attention but she was not particularly demanding and she really make efforts to improve. An insightful reader will agree that Dora is always genuine. Ines, on the other hand, is too mature, too responsible, to mother-like to be likeable; hence, what Dickens tries to depict as Ines's perfection is in fact, her main flaw! Ines's attitude is passive and unimaginative. Ines is the stereotype of a martyr... but a boring, unatractive, tedious martyr. A martyr we respect but can never admire or love... David Copperfield is a brilliant novel; however, at times one feels that Dickens overdid it because he created unnecesary characters that do not add much to the story but instead, distract and disturb us. Thus,I agree with those who say that he could have achieved more by writing less. Still, this book is a masterpiece, a truly delightful literary work!"

— Regina (4 out of 5 stars)