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
Radio comedy Way. Many of the BBC's most successful television comedies began life as radio shows. These include "Hancock's Half Hour", "Goodness Gracious Me", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "The League of Gentlemen", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", "Room 101", "Have I Got News For You", (based on Radio 4's "The News Quiz"), "Dead Ringers" and most recently "Little Britain" and "Absolute Power". The science fiction comedy "Red Dwarf" was developed from ideas in a radio show called "Son Of Cliché". Another science fiction comedy "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was created for radio, but also went on to great success in