Radio 4 News Quiz Tribute To Linda Smith

[@johnfairweather9188]

Linda was one funny woman. She had one of the funniest lines on “Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue” when she thanked the audience for applauding her singing and added, “but I’m no Jeremy Hardy”. She’ll be missed.

[@julienneattwood8209]

I was at the tip and met a friend who said Linda Smith has died I knew , but it was so lovely to have someone feeling the grief.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

I have taken to listening to re runs of the News Quiz, every one of the team are National Treasures. Linda was wonderful, we all have to go but how many of us will leave behind such fun and laughter.

[@mckavitt13]

I miss her so. She was voted "the wittiest person on the planet" & could now be voted "the wittiest person off the planet". A great lady & comic spirit.

[@drjwww]

Gawd love Linda Smith. What a wonderful woman.

[@alexb6695]

oh my God, she is amazing. I never seen her before. that's actually 1st time i heard her. what a shame. why cleaver and talented always pass away way to young? RIP!

[@barrycross2585]

Many thanx for this post, I trully love Linda Smith and heartily concur, with all the plaudits given her in this fall too short prog. She was a truly original one off comedy star, truly inimitable.

[@GM-lx5um]

Had to come and listen to this again today - the 10th Anniversary of Linda's death. Unbelievable wit, dearly missed.

[@neilrobinson1815]

the voice of uktv in my era she would turn up late to vo ads one tine at xmas o3 she said uhh im ill do i say uk gold fast or slow i said take your time xxxx

[@alexb6695]

looool i heard this story about bus driver before, AMAZING!!! Oh am a fan of Linda now. she is brilliant.

[@paulthorpe3094]

Brilliant...thanks.

[@stevetayler9518]

I’d love to have heard Linda’s take on the disastrous 2020; the worst the situation the better the comedy; it would have been sublime.

[@benj5386]

How can anyone downvote this? Very funny, greatly missed.

[@barblessable]

brilliant LINDA ,wish someone could put her series A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME WASTING on yt ,it was so funny and had the late Jeremy Hardy on each week, both sadly missed .

[@janecme]

and now Jeremy Hardy - how grey life has become

[@frankiemia]

Ra HoWa Fuck off. Jeremy Hardy can’t be diminished for his wit. Wether it suits your political agenda or not.

[@julienneattwood8209]

Yes Jeremy had me in stitches when he was on Radio 4.

[@mckavitt13]

@@julienneattwood8209 Oh, I didn’t know. Damn. 😢

[@Gmoviesmoothie]

Linda Smith, then Jeremy Hardy and now Tim Brooke Taylor, laugh in peace dear friends

[@georgielancaster1356]

And Barry Cryer and Sean Lock

[@biggusdickus5986]

@@georgielancaster1356 It's a litany of lost great wits. The worlds definitely worse for their loss.

[@alisondark8183]

The thought of Linda being offered a 'Ladies glass' made me giggle as I have a lovely photo of her holding a full pint on a night out in Erith circa 1979. Drunk Delia was sublime. 😂

[@deepindercheema4917]

26:30. The Hapless Bus Driver story is one of the most memorable.

[@manicstreetpreacher1723]

My favourite female comic. I miss her.

[@Knappa22]

Her take on drunk Delia is so funny!

[@136miles]

Still very much missed :-(

[@adampickard9880]

Susan Calman recommend this, so glad she did :')

[@barblessable]

Sadly missed, check out her radio sit com A Brief History of Time Wasting . she was so witty.

[@morhywaden]

Linda Smith, just wonderful. Such a wealth of talent on that show. . I do feel that the show now relies on canned audience recordings to generate an atmosphere. This did not seem so prelevente ten to fifteen years ago. That was a golden age with Linda Smith, Alan Coren, and Jeremy Hardy.

[@chezceleste]

Not to mention Simon Hoggart...

[@biggusdickus5986]

Alan Coren was excellent, they all were Linda, and Jeremy and Alan were mainstays of the show, so witty and so quick l was envious of their skill and intellect. I really miss them.

[@etahenry3377]

Not only one of the funniest ,but one of the nicest women.May she ,as an atheist be giving God abloody good laugh

[@barblessable]

Linda's radio sitcom" brief histoty of time wasting" currently on bbc i player [sounds] very funny with old pals Jeremy Hardy and Mark Steel,

[@TheIkaraCult]

Linda was the funniest person i think ive ever heard.

[@thebobbs6999]

(reply toEmily C Yes, how dare people want their comedy to reflect the makeup of the population? It's a conspiracy!) Selecting comedians by some equal opportunities committee to reflect the makeup of the population makes about as much sense as selecting inventors or composers using the same criteria. Genius and talent cannot be apportioned according to equal opportunity quotas. How dumb can you get.

[@tedpeever7819]

"Lets be 'aving you!"

[@martinpickard6043]

If God exists, then you better believe Jeremy Hardy and Linda Smith are giving him a piece of their satirical brilliant minds for the bloody mess he made of it all! Everything!! The whole damn lot!!!.... And how the bloody hell dare he take them from us. Gone far too soon. Missing you both so much. Now just gotta live in this worldly mess without their brilliance to make it all seem laughably sane.

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

[@thebobbs6999]

Linda Smith, a natural comic genius with a razor sharp wit and no axe to grind. One of the best comedians ever to have taken part in the News Quiz, which for many listeners used to be the highlight of the week. Sadly, since Sandi Toksvig took over it seems many of the current crop of guests seem to have come out of some equal opportunity directive from within the BBC to ensure women/minority groups have equally allotted exposure on air, regardless of comic ability or wit. It has become so obviously biased, grievance-centric, uberPC and predictable now, and with Jeremy Hardy now officially classed as an old woman, some weeks we are lucky to get even one genuine comic on the panel. Andy Hamilton's occasional appearance is the one saving grace.

[@pigknickers2975]

+the bobbs Couldn't agree more. Glad that Toksvig's gone now though. Generally the BBC are discovering that PC comedy isn't funny at all.....

[@barblessable]

+the bobbs miss her very much , she was a Humanist and became active during the miners strike ,no axe to grind ?her close friends Mark Steel and Jeremy Hardy etc would not agree, go back to your Daily Mail .

[@barblessable]

LINDA WAS A SOCIALIST ,but ground her axe with subtle charm and great wit.

[@hyweltthomas]

Funny, funny woman.

[@bbbl8910]

She must be laughing now at what fine pickle we've got ourselves in. Well missed

[@pauloliver1842]

scissors ... lol

[@Yankee7000]

I see a lot of people wishing things like (paraphrasing): she is laughing with Hardy, Coren, Tim Brooke et al. Caution: she did not believe in an afterlife or the accompanying belief in God. But good wish though….