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
Sara Pascoe parade round as a former dancer and back-up singer for entertainer (and Robbie Williams's father) Pete Conway. Also that month, she appeared on the topical panel quiz "Have I Got News for You" as a panellist and in one of the sketches of the Channel 4 charity night "Stand Up to Cancer". In 2015, she appeared as a panellist on two Radio 4 programmes, science discussion programme "The Infinite Monkey Cage" in February, and comedy quiz programme "The Unbelievable Truth" in September. In 2016, along with numerous other celebrities, Pascoe toured the UK to support Jeremy Corbyn's bid to become