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
Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour sights on his rifle rather than the mislaid binoculars to view her across the field ('serpentining"). Zany's decades in the standup comedy world have given him a position, but it is the freshness of his material, much of which is drawn from the daily news, which continues to raise his stature. During the DVD performance, he interacts directly with the audience as many stage comics have done over the years, but always to punctuate his bits rather than to belittle the audience member. Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour is a DVD