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The News Quiz is a topical comedy quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took (until 1995), and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006 [1]. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in September 2006. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...
Sandi Toksvig, official photograph Sandi Toksvig (IPA: ) (born 3 May 1958 in Copenhagen) is a Danish comedian, author, and radio presenter based in the United Kingdom. ...
Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 1954) is a British comedian, game show panelist, director and comedy scriptwriter for television and radio. ...
Jeremy Hardy (born 17 July 1961) is a British alternative comedian. ...
Francis James Baird Wheen (born January 22, 1957) is a British writer and journalist, who was educated at Harrow School and Royal Holloway College, University of London. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was best known as an American composer of short, light concert music pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. ...
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The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ...
A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams), attempt to answer questions correctly. ...
old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
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Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ...
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March 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...
Sandi Toksvig, official photograph Sandi Toksvig (IPA: ) (born 3 May 1958 in Copenhagen) is a Danish comedian, author, and radio presenter based in the United Kingdom. ...
September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...
Originally Private Eye editor Richard Ingrams and Punch editor Alan Coren acted as team captains. Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio...
Richard Ingrams (born August 19, 1937) was the second editor of British satirical magazine, Private Eye, taking over from Christopher Booker in 1963. ...
Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ...
Alan Coren (27 June 1938[1] – 18 October 2007) was an English writer and satirist. ...
Each week, four panellists appear on the show. They are usually either comedians or journalists, and sometimes politicians. Journalists predominated in the show's early years. A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...
A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ...
A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ...
It was adapted for television in 1981 under the title Scoop [2], running for two seasons, and later inspired the television programme Have I Got News For You. Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show; produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ...
The programme is usually recorded in front of a live audience on a Thursday evening at the BBC Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in central London. It is then edited, broadcast first on Friday evening, then repeated on the Saturday lunchtime. For other uses, see Broadcasting House (disambiguation). ...
Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ...
As of 28 September 2007, The News Quiz became a podcast.[1] is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. ...
Current chair The Danish-born comedienne Sandi Toksvig took up the chairman's role in the sixtieth series, which began on 8 September 2006. Sandi Toksvig, official photograph Sandi Toksvig (IPA: ) (born 3 May 1958 in Copenhagen) is a Danish comedian, author, and radio presenter based in the United Kingdom. ...
is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Former chairmen
 "Pick of the News Quiz Volume 1" double cassette cover featuring Barry Took, 1996 Barry Norman (b. ...
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Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (610x770, 301 KB) News Quiz Volume 1 double cassette cover, 1996 This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (610x770, 301 KB) News Quiz Volume 1 double cassette cover, 1996 This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s...
Current regular panellists Jeremy Hardy (born 17 July 1961) is a British alternative comedian. ...
Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 1954) is a British comedian, game show panelist, director and comedy scriptwriter for television and radio. ...
Armando Iannucci (born 1964, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish comedian, satirist and radio producer. ...
Fred MacAulay (December 29, 1956) is a Scottish comedian. ...
Mark Steel (born 1961) is an English socialist columnist and comedian. ...
Francis James Baird Wheen (born January 22, 1957) is a British writer and journalist, who was educated at Harrow School and Royal Holloway College, University of London. ...
Former regular panellists Alan Coren (27 June 1938[1] – 18 October 2007) was an English writer and satirist. ...
Ian Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is the editor of British satirical magazine Private Eye, a team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz Have I Got News for You and a comedy scriptwriter. ...
Richard Ingrams (born August 19, 1937) was the second editor of British satirical magazine, Private Eye, taking over from Christopher Booker in 1963. ...
Linda Smith Linda Smith (29 January 1958 – 27 February 2006) was an English stand-up comic and comedy writer. ...
Guest panellists Includes panellists that have appeared on several occasions over many years, and those who have only appeared once. Clive Anderson (born 10 December 1952) is a former practising barrister turned successful comedy writer as well as a television and radio presenter in the United Kingdom. ...
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Barry Cryer (born March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK) is a writer and comedian. ...
Rebecca Front (born June 28, 1965) is a British comedian and actress. ...
Fi Glover, (born February 27th) is a BBC journalist and presenter. ...
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born April 5, 1970) is a British television newscaster and journalist currently fronting Channel 4 News (produced by ITN), which he joined in 1998. ...
Dr Phil Hammond is a doctor who has become noted as a comedian and commentator on health issues in the UK. Although he still works part time as a GP he is most famous for his humorous commentary on the NHS. He first came into the public spotlight writing a...
Tony Hawks is a British comedian and author. ...
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964, New York)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and former editor of The Spectator. ...
Phill Jupitus (born March 6, 1962 in Newport, Isle of Wight) is a British comedian. ...
Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959), is a British politician who was the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third largest political party in the United Kingdom, from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006. ...
Mark Lawson (born April 11, 1962) is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. ...
Norman Lovett (born October 31, 1946) is a British stand-up comedian and actor, best known for the role of Holly in Red Dwarf during the first, second, seventh and eighth series. ...
Steve Punt is a British writer, comedian and actor, most famous for his long-time partnership with Hugh Dennis. ...
William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (August 18, 1937–December 11, 1996) was a British cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer. ...
Moira Stuart OBE (born 1952) was the first Afro-Caribbean female newsreader on British television. ...
Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC (born December 28, 1932) is a British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist from Sheffield, England. ...
BBC Newsreaders The News Quiz also features considerable comedic input from regular BBC newsreaders (or "Hacks-neutral", as Alan Coren famously refered to them). Notable among the regulars are: Corrie Corfield did appear as a panellist once, when Sandi Toksvig was unable to attend. As a current BBC newsreader, she was bound by the BBC's code of practice for newsreaders, which prevented her from making any personal comments about the news. In a moment of irony (probably intentional on the part of the show's producer), one of her questions concerned an alleged scandal about Prince Charles that had a court order preventing English media from reporting. Carolyn Brown is a BBC Radio 4 newsreader and continuity announcer. ...
Harriet Cass is one of two BBC Radio 4 senior announcers with responsibility for newsreaders and continuity. ...
Corrie Corfield (born 1961) is a BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer and newsreader, was born in Oxford but grew up near Stratford Upon Avon. ...
Peter Donaldson is a main newsreader on BBC Radio 4. ...
Charlotte Green Charlotte Green is a British radio announcer and news reader for the BBCs Radio 4. ...
Brian Perkins (born 1943 in Wanganui, New Zealand) is a senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4. ...
Prince Charles may refer to: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, current heir-apparent to the British throne Any of the previous British royals named Charles, Prince of Wales The former Belgian regent, Prince Charles of Belgium This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that...
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge (or panel of judges) that defines the legal relationships between the parties before the court and requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more parties to a case. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
Music The opening title music is from The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson. The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was best known as an American composer of short, light concert music pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. ...
Cultural References BBC MindGames Magazine regularly featured a number of BBC-linked puzzles, including The News Quiz, a series of questions about the last months more unlikely news. Issue 5 (November 2006) also included an interview with Sandi Toksvig. BBC MindGames is a British magazine devoted to puzzles, brainteasers and articles concerning the mind. ...
Podcast As of 28 September 2007, The News Quiz became downloadable as part of the "Friday Night Comedy" podcast for Radio 4. The podcast switches between The News Quiz and The Now Show, depending on which show is being transmitted.[1] is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt at the 2005 Radio Festival, Edinburgh. ...
References - ^ a b The News Quiz Podcast (2007-09-28). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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