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
The Daily Quiz! stories from the day's papers and discussed them in a light-hearted manner. Viewers could win up to £5000 in the jackpot game. "The Daily Quiz!" was part of the ITV Play stable (along with "The Mint" and "Quizmania") and started broadcasting on this channel on 19 April 2006. One of "The Daily Quiz!"s main presenters was Kat Shoob, who is also a presenter on ITV Play's flagship programme, "The Mint". The show was produced by the same production team as Big Game TV. On 21 April 2006 weather forecaster Michael Fish appeared on "The Daily Quiz!", and was the only