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
Richard Coles 2008 he appeared on the Radio 4 panel game show "Heresy" and he has appeared five times as a guest on the topical television news quiz "Have I Got News for You", in 1994, May 2009, May 2013, April 2016 and June 2017. He presented a special edition of "Songs of Praise" in January 2010. He was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 comedy "Heresy" in May 2010 and a Children in Need special of the BBC quiz "Only Connect" in November of the same year. In 2011 he presented a four-part Radio 3 series called "Out in the