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
Harry Thompson focus to comedy, he worked as a researcher for BBC2's "Not the Nine O'Clock News" and for various comedy shows on BBC Radio, including BBC Radio 4's "The Mary Whitehouse Experience". Rising to the level of producer, he was responsible for the production of long-established show "The News Quiz" as well as Alexei Sayle's new comedy series, "Lenin of the Rovers" (1988). "The Guardian" would note that at this time he established himself as "a maverick" who pushed established boundaries with "outrageous jokes". In the 1980s, several independent producers realised that BBC Radio 4 had a number of comedy shows