The News Quiz those who have only appeared once. The News Quiz also features considerable comedic input from regular BBC newsreaders (or "hacks-neutral", as Alan Coren referred to them). The current regulars are: And former regulars include: Corrie Corfield appeared 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 opinionated comments on-air (When asked, "What do you think of Bush, Corrie?", she responded, "He's an American.") Peter Donaldson also appeared as a guest, in an episode broadcast in September
Alan Coren one of the regular panellists on BBC Radio 4's new satirical quiz show, "The News Quiz". He continued on "The News Quiz" until the year he died. From 1996 to 2005 he was one of two team captains on the UK panel game "Call My Bluff". In 1978 he wrote "The Losers", an unsuccessful sitcom about a wrestling promoter starring Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina. Coren published about twenty books during his life, many of which were collections of his newspaper columns, such as "Golfing for Cats" and "The Cricklewood Diet". From 1976 to 1983 he wrote the "Arthur" series