Who has taken over from Sandi Toksvig as presenter of The News Quiz?
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
Sandi Toksvig Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, (, ; born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist. On 21 October 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show "QI". She was the host of "The News Quiz" on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show "1001 Things You Should Know" on Channel 4 television in 2012–13, and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's game show "Fifteen to One" on 5 April 2014.