The News Quiz in the week following the standard Radio 4 broadcast. This version was also made available as a podcast. 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
BBC Radio 4 Extra old Radio 4 documentaries, interviews and "educational/cultural" programmes concern is growing that the station's original mandate to provide comedy, drama and entertainment is being increasingly sidelined, turning Radio 4 Extra into what some are already starting to refer to as "Radio Bore(4)", Mk 2. Much of the channels schedule is formed of repeats from classic comedy and drama. The schedule spans "The Goon Show" (1950s) and "Round the Horne" (1960s), through Radio 2 favourites like "The News Huddlines", "Castle's On The Air" and "Listen to Les" to recent Radio 4 shows such as "Little Britain" and "Dead Ringers". Some of