The Personality Test

Contents

Host

Changes each week

Co-hosts

Regular panellists: Sue Perkins, Robin Ince. Guests include: Alan Carr, Lucy Porter, Caroline Quinlan, Nick Doody and Will Smith (the other one)

Broadcast

BBC Radio 4, 12 July 2006 to 9 August 2007 (16 episodes in 3 series)

Synopsis

Surprisingly freeform panel game where the game is based around the celebrity host, who changes each week - in a neat reversal, it's the panel of comedians that remains the same. Said comics have a week to mug up on the biography of said celeb and try to answer the questions, often revolving around choice anecdotes from their autobiography.

The warm-up round involves the comics providing a satirical shortened version of the host's life. The middle bit is varied, and there's the obligatory buzzer round at the end. Quite silly and quite funny.

Hosts

The hosts and subjects for the programme were:

Summer 2006 series

2006-7 series

  • 7 Dec - Roy Hattersley
  • 14 Dec - Rick Wakeman
  • 21 Dec - Adam Hart-Davis
  • 28 Dec - Antony Worral-Thompson
  • 4 Jan 2007 - Claire Rayner
  • 11 Jan - Esther Rantzen

Summer 2007

Inventor

Aled Evans

Web links

Official site

Wikipedia entry

British Comedy Guide entry

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