Round Britain Quiz Quinton. For many years, until his death in 1996, the host was Gordon Clough. The programme was then hosted by broadcaster Nick Clarke until his death in 2006. He was succeeded at the start of the 2007 series by Tom Sutcliffe. Regional contestants have included Irene Thomas, John Julius Norwich, Fred Housego, Brian J. Ford, Patrick Hannan, Philippa Gregory, David Edwards, and Val McDermid. The original theme tune was "Radioscopie" by Georges Delerue. The current theme tune is "Scherzo and Trio" performed by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Puzzles like those in "Round Britain Quiz" (a series of cryptic clues linked
The Identik-Hit Quiz The Identik-Hit Quiz The Identik-Hit Quiz was a daily feature on the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show between 1988 and 1993, was hosted by Simon Mayo. The quiz ran initially at 6:40am - when the show began at 6:30am - then after the programme was extended to a 6am start, room was found for two rounds a day as the feature became one of the bigger audience pulls, so it was placed in a crucial 8:20am slot. The basic premise was that Mayo, along with all or some of his "crew" (female co-host, newsreader, producer) would "act out" a scene