Who was the first chairman of Radio 4's 'The News Quiz' in 1977, a role later filled for many years by Barry Took?
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
Barry Took to promote adult literacy, was written by Took and featured Bob Hoskins and Donald Gee. He was involved in two further television series on the issue, "Your Move" and "Write Away". In 1977 Took hosted his own comedy sketch show, "Took and Co". Also featuring Robin Bailey, Chris Emmett, Andrew Sachs and Gwen Taylor, the series ran for seven episodes late at night on ITV. In 1979 he became chairman of "The News Quiz" on BBC Radio 4, a role he filled until 1981 and again from 1986 to 1995. In the same year he became a presenter of "Points