Popcall
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== Host == | == Host == | ||
- | Tim Smith | + | Tim Smith |
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== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
- | BBC Radio 5, 1991 | + | BBC Radio 5, 1 May 1991 to 25 March 1994 (118 episodes) |
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The show flitted between Tuesday and Wednesday night during 1991 and '92, and was given a regular Friday night slot after the 1992 Olympics. It bit the dust when the station relaunched as Five Live. Sister programme [[Sportscall]] was more fortunate. | The show flitted between Tuesday and Wednesday night during 1991 and '92, and was given a regular Friday night slot after the 1992 Olympics. It bit the dust when the station relaunched as Five Live. Sister programme [[Sportscall]] was more fortunate. | ||
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+ | == See also == | ||
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+ | [[Sportscall]] | ||
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+ | [[Newscall]] | ||
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+ | [[Free Spin]] | ||
[[Category:Radio]] | [[Category:Radio]] | ||
[[Category:Themed Quiz]] | [[Category:Themed Quiz]] | ||
- | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Music]] |
+ | [[Category:Phone-in]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Specialist Subjects Quiz]] |
Current revision as of 18:25, 7 April 2019
Synopsis
Pop-music themed phone-in quiz. Most memorable game: Shoot the Pianist, in which the object was to identify a well-known song from an excruciatingly bad rendering by the titular ivory-tinkler.
Other, less well-remembered, rounds included the Decade Challenge (questions on a given decade); the Specialist Subject; and Connect Five (linking the five records played during the show).
The show flitted between Tuesday and Wednesday night during 1991 and '92, and was given a regular Friday night slot after the 1992 Olympics. It bit the dust when the station relaunched as Five Live. Sister programme Sportscall was more fortunate.