Draft list of radio quizzes

Revision as of 11:36, 2 July 2006

List of radio quizzes

When we add these to the A-Z index, I suggest the genre should be 'Radio' for two reasons - first, it makes it clear what the show is from the start, and secondly radio shows are nearly always panel games or quizzes anyway. For shows that migrated to/from radio, the word Radio should be appended to the genre: as in : 'Panel game, Radio'. Fair enough? - DJB

The DJ segments have been moved to this page:here.

• All the Way from Memphis - in-depth music quiz for nerds like David Quantick. Regulars are Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins. BBC Radio 4, 8th December 2004 to present. It's written and devised by the host, James Walton. "From the dawn of rock'n'roll to the bedtime of britpop, from Doo-wop to hip-hop, a new music quiz comes to BBC Radio 4, for all the young, and not so young, dudes. Written and hosted by James Walton."
• And I'm the Queen of Sheba (1997, Ken Livingstone MP chairs the panel game about lies, cheating and deceit)
• And This is Them (1999, impressions/topical news quiz, Sean Hughes hosts, Jon Culshaw regular guest) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/andthisisthem.html
• Beat the Kids (spoof panel game, presented by Graeme Garden)
• Beat the Record (Radio 2's Saturday evening show for years).
• [Steve Wright's] Big Quiz (Radio 2, since 1999?)
• The Board Game (business quiz, 1999 and 2001, Nigel Cassidy) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/boardgamethe.html
• Booked! (literary, 1997-2000?, Ian McMillan then Simon Fanshawe host it seems) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/booked.html
• Brain of Britain
• Brain of Sport (Peter Jones, ended 1989)
• Bull! (1992, comedy panel game, presumably about lying - http://epguides.com/Bull%5F1992/ host: Simon Fanshawe, caps: Nick Revell and Kit Hollerbach)
• Calling The Tune (1950s/early 60s)
• The Comedy Quiz (Pam Ayres, with regular team captains Bernard Cribbins and Jim Bowen [why are they on a comedy quiz? - DJB], 1997) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/comedyquizthe.html
• Counterpoint (late 80s? to present, Ned Sherrin hosts)
• County Questions / Wiz Quiz / QED (Radio Leicester's quizzes for villages, Women's Institutes, and Schools respectively. Ran from the late 70s into 2000. Include on sheer longevity?)
• The Crew of Two (Simon Mayo, circa 1990 - Simon also had The Alphabetical Experience and - later, when he was on mid-mornings - Dead Or Alive?)
• Dealing with Daniels (oh-ho! quiz with 52 playing cards with a question on each one, players had to remember which questions had already gone otherwise they'd get a penalty, Radio 2)
• Does The Team Think? (qualifies as a "comedy panel game"?)
• Factasia (Mike Smith's quiz)
• Fair Deal (may not be a game show?)
• Fighting Talk - radio version still going on Five Live with Christian O'Connell
• First Impressions (1997-8, Pete McCarthy hosts, apparently - who knew?, team captains Alistair McGowan and Steve Nallon)
• Five Live Christmas Quiz (1994-6?)
• The Food Quiz (presenter: Jay Rayner)
• Foul Play (Simon Brett hosted and wrote the murder mystery plays which two panellists had to solve)
• The Gardening Quiz - Irene Thomas was on it once. No other details at the mo as INFAX is down.
• Globetrotting (travel, 98, Gideon Coe) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/globetrotting.html
• Great Rock and Pop Quiz Marathon (1984-5 - Tim Rice and Paul Gambaccini, plus a rotating cast of guests, spend the best part of a Saturday answering questions about pop and/or rock trivia, and it's all for charity. Notable for Mr Gambaccini leaving the quiz for two hours to present his regular show.)
• Guess What? (1998, Barry Took presents a revised version of the popular radio parlour game of Twenty Questions. Regular team member - yes! - Geoffrey Durham!) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/guesswhat.html
• Guilty Party - Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason (see My Word! and My Music). See bottom of whirligig-tv link for some info.
• Have a Go - whirligig-tv link
• The Heritage Quiz (Sue MacGregor, 1997) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/heritagequizthe.html
• Hidden Treasures (antiques, 98)
• Hoax! (1986-95, epguides.com link)
• Hold Your Plums (Billy Butler's quiz, R Merseyside. Brought us the "Hitler" blooper.)
• The Identik-Hit Quiz (Simon Mayo)
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972-present)
• Inspiration!
• I've Half a Mind to Scream! (Bruno Brookes' Radio 1 lateral thinking quiz, is this the correct title for it though? The puzzle book I have was published in 1988)
• Jazz Score (1997, Benny Green) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/jazzscore.html Jazz Score actually ran for 19 years from 1978 onwards. It was devised by Richard Wilcox. Like HIGNFY the entertainment was not really so much in the contestants (all Jazz illuminaries) giving the correct answer but the stories and anecdotes they gave in relation to each piece of music. The final two series were produced by Unique, the last going out in 1997. Benny Green hosted.
• Just a Minute (1967-present)
• King Stupid (became 99p Challenge)
• Know Your Onions - extremely twee gardening quiz hosted by the world's most patronisingly slow host, possibly BBC Wales only?
• The Law Game (with Shaw Taylor - players had to work out the judge's verdict of unusual cases based on short plays)
• Many a Slip (done - DJB)
• Mastermind (Peter Snow, 98-00)
• Masterteam (NOT the same as the Angela Rippon show, so needs a seperate entry)
• The Mileage Game (from the Radio 1 Roadshow)
• My Music - Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
• My Word! (1957-?) was also on TV very briefly, we even have a picture on file but no entry yet) - Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason (never knew there was a link between this and My Music)
• The Name's the Game (what's this?, host?, with Barry Cryer and Duggie Brown (ser 1&2)/John Junkin (ser 3&4)) http://epguides.com/NamestheGame/ The comedy biography game in which Barry CRYER and Duggie BROWN along with their guests Ian LAVENDER and John JUNKIN attempt to sort out who's who. Chaired by Roger KITTER. Written by Tony HARE and produced by Richard EDIS. [1]
• The News Quiz (1977-present)
• Newscall (1994, Dominick Diamond)
• The 99p Challenge (was King Stupid)
• One Minute Please (forerunner of JAM)
• On the Ball (title uncertain, Radio 5 football quiz from 1994, host Kevin Day?)
• Only Connect (98, shunted from 6.30 to 11pm after one episode, much panned, Arabella Weir hosts) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/onlyconnect.html
• Out of Order (political quiz extremely similar to Parliamentary Questions, which ran for several years on Radio 4 in the 1990s. The host was Patrick Hannan, and the team captains were MPs Austin Mitchell and Julian Critchley (later replaced by Guardian Political Editor Michael White when Critchley became too ill).
• Parliamentary Questions (Steve Richards chairs the light-hearted panel game about politics and politicians. Team captains Roy Hattersley and Patrick Cormack. Devised and written by Hugh Rycroft and David Spicer.)
• Play Your Hunch (Alan Freeman, early 60s. Needs research.)
• Popcall (Radio 5, pre-Five Live)
• Pop of the Form (Radio 1 80s quiz hosted by Mike Read and at one time possibly Simon Mayo.)
• Pop Score - Radio 2 panel game, late 80s/early 90s, Ken Bruce hosted, but not for the entire run (who else did it?).
• The Press Gang (1986-89, Glyn Worsnip, Gyles Brandreth; newspaper-based. Not to be confused with seminal children's drama. http://epguides.com/PressGang%5F1986/ )
• Punch Line - comedy quiz, devised by Myles Rudge, involved Monkhouse as a regular. Wogan hosted. See [2] for more.
• Puzzle Panel (1998-present)
• Quickfire!
• Quiz Kid (with Kid Jensen, Radio 1, late 70's to early 80's?, a weekly half-hour show with students teams answering pop questions on behalf of their Uni or Poly.)
• Quote... Unquote (1976-present)
• The Red Cross Quiz (1944, maybe before and after) - quiz in aid of the Red Cross, much in the same style as Comic Relief these days. Questions included things such as trying to guess which of three song clips involve the singer being sat on by the pianist, and which of three noises is that of a man walking in snow (the other two being a donkey chewing something).
• Round Britain Quiz (1947-present)
• Say the Word (language, 2001, Frank Delaney with the Nimmo Twins). http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/saytheword.html
• Screen Test (film, not the Michael Rodd kids' quiz, 98-99, presented by Brian Sibley) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/screentest.html
• Slightly Foxed (literary, 1997, Gill Pyrah) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/slightlyfoxed.html
• Smooth Talkers (deceit, 99)
• Speaking Volumes (literary, 97, Sarah Kennedy) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/speakingvolumes.html
• Sportscall (1990-99?, Danny Baker, Dominick Diamond)
• They Think it's All Over (1992-3)
• Thirty One Days in May (R1, 89-93 - arguable for inclusion)
• Time Cycle (1989-90, Adrian Love, Rory McGrath, history. http://epguides.com/TimeCycle/ )
• Transatlantic Quiz (1941-5)
• Top of the Form (1948-1986)
• Trivia Test Match (early 90s)
• True Lies (spin doctors, 00)
• Tug of Peace from Mark and Lard's shows
• Twenty Questions
• The Unfair Quiz (1988) - epguides.com link
• What Do You Know? (1) (forerunner of Brain of Britain, 1953-66)
• What Do You Know? (2)
• What's the Score? (Pubs competed for the annual Teamtalk 252 Trophy. Station came off air before series finished. 2002.)
• Whispers (2004-5?, Gyles Brandreth's quiz about scandal, team caps: Anthony Holden and Lucy Moore)
• Whodunnit? (DIFFERENT TO THE TV SHOW [even tho William Franklyn was on this sometimes too], 1995, R2, host?: Barry Norman, actors: David Timson, Joanna Brookes, team caps: Dulcie Gray and Francis Matthews)
• Whose Line is it Anyway? (suggest this is incorporated into the current TV entry, which is a bit thin anyhoo) (1988)
• Wicked Words (1993, Pete McCarthy, Meera Syal, Dominic Keating. Believed Radio 5. http://epguides.com/WickedWords/ )
• Wildbrain (wildlife, 2000?-2, Lionel Kelleway) http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/wildbrain.html
• Wireless Wise (1999-2003)
• Wits End - Lance Percival hosted. Basically just a comedy quiz game show with a bunch of comedians. Radio 2 around 1978-79 time.
• The Write Stuff (literary)
• X Marks the Spot
• The Year In Question (1993-4)
• You Asked For It (1989, Luke Sorba and members of the Whose Line team. http://epguides.com/YouAskedforIt/ )

Of use - Radio Listings - almost complete database back to 1997. Also the BBC's infax database: OpenBBC Infax