The News Quiz The News Quiz The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4. "The News Quiz" 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. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in September 2006, who in turn was replaced by Miles Jupp in September 2015. The series was created by John Lloyd based on an idea from Nicholas Parsons. Originally "Private Eye" editor Richard Ingrams and "Punch" editor Alan Coren acted as team captains. It
The News Huddlines As of November 2018, "The News Huddlines" has started to be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and can also be found on internet radio stations including ROK British Comedy Channel http://rokradio.com/ (under the ambiguous title "Roy Hudd shows"), The material of "Huddlines" was in a traditional British comedy style, usually aimed at an older audience, with every gag ending on a recognisable punchline. Each show is loosely based around a series of ‘news items’ — usually convenient pegs on which to hang one-liners of greater or lesser topicality — and sketches about events in the week’s news. The sketches