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
Hard Quiz Hard Quiz Hard Quiz is an Australian television comedy quiz show, which premiered on ABC on 19 October 2016. Hosted by Tom Gleeson, the show is a spin-off of his "Hard Chat" segment on the satirical television news program "The Weekly with Charlie Pickering". Gleeson has claimed he was surprised by the success of the program, saying he had given up hope of being a star. The third season premiered on 21 February 2018 and, following a mid-season hiatus, resumed on 19 September 2018. "Hard Quiz" features four contestants, each of which have selected a specialist subject area. The contestants