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Dan Kerins - Digital Editor, BBC South December 27, 2024 at 4:00 AM Thousands of stories have been published across the Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Dorset pages in 2024 - but how many do ...
Following the programme producers' decision in 2021 to "refresh" the Question of Sport by introducing a new host (Paddy McGuiness) and revising the structure of the quiz there was an ensuing drop-off in audience figures and, in December 2023, after two series of the revamped production, the BBC announced a decision to "shelve" the programme ...
Round Britain Quiz (RBQ) is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio. It was based on a format called Transatlantic Quiz, a contest between American and British teams on which Alistair Cooke was an early participant.
The News Quiz was created by John Lloyd, [2] based on an idea by Nicholas Parsons. [3]The series was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman in the chair. Subsequently it was chaired by Barry Took from 1979 to 1981, Simon Hoggart from 1981 to 1986, Took again from 1986 to 1995, and then again by Hoggart from 1996 until March 2006. [4]
Counterpoint is a BBC Radio 4 quiz. Described in the show's introduction as "The general knowledge music quiz", the questions are about music, from classical, jazz, pop, musicals, and all other forms of music. It was originally hosted by Ned Sherrin (1986–2006).
Pointless is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC hosted by Alexander Armstrong.In each episode, four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions, with the winning team eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot.
"The cliche is true; one really does grow in office," Williams says. "Up until then, I tended to fade into the background and defer to others who had more authority. But on the council we were all ...
After a contestant heard a question, they could discuss it with one member before answering. Each member could only be chosen once, so if the round progressed to the fifth pair of questions, the contestants had to answer without any help. The contestant who answered more questions correctly kept their winnings and advanced to the final.