Radio 4 Quiz: Recent Episodes
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Intelligent and challenging quiz games on BBC Radio 4. Featuring Round Britain Quiz, Counterpoint and Brain of Britain with Quiz Masters including Paul Gambaccini.
Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz that has been entertaining and challenging audiences since 1953. Four competitors test their wits against a vast array of questions, covering everything from Ariana Grande to Ariadne, and from baryons to baritones, seeking to become Brain of Britain 2026.
Spotlight rounds are Apollo 13, the Russian Far East, Catherine of Aragon and Sophie Germain.
Presenter: Russell DaviesVoiceover: Jess LambertCasting Producer: Sunil MistryAssistant Producer: Ami GillProduction Coordinator: Kate ScarbroughProducer: David BodycombeExecutive Producers: Justin Scroggie and Jago Lee
A TellTale Industries/Format People production for BBC Radio 4.
Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz that has been entertaining and challenging audiences since 1953. Four competitors test their wits against a vast array of questions, covering everything from Ariana Grande to Ariadne, and from baryons to baritones, seeking to become the 'Brain of Britain 2026’.
Spotlights rounds are: 'A Song of Ice and Fire', County cricket, Kathleen Lonsdale and Scottish chart acts.
Presenter: Russell DaviesVoiceover: Jess LambertCasting Producer: Sunil MistryAssistant Producer: Ami GillProduction Coordinator: Kate ScarbroughProducer: David BodycombeExecutive Producers: Justin Scroggie and Jago Lee
A TellTale Industries/Format People production for BBC Radio 4.
Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz that has been entertaining and challenging audiences since 1953. Four competitors test their wits against a vast array of questions, covering everything from Ariana Grande to Ariadne, and from baryons to baritones, seeking to become the Brain of Britain 2026.
Spotlight rounds are: René Magritte, Ru Paul's Drag Race, 21st century literature and monsters of Greek myth.
Presenter: Russell DaviesVoiceover: Jess LambertCasting Producer: Sunil MistryAssistant Producer: Ami GillProduction Coordinator: Kate ScarbroughSeries Producer: David BodycombeExecutive Producers: Justin Scroggie and Jago Lee
A TellTale Industries/Format People co-production for BBC Radio 4.
Hosted by Simon Reeve, Around the World in 80 Ways is a geography quiz where two teams race across the world, travelling from country to country with knowledge as their passport.
Host: Simon ReeveQuestions by Paddy DuffySound by Jerry PealProgramme Coordinator: Jodie CharmanProducer: Carl Cooper
BBC Studios production for Radio 4.
Hosted by Simon Reeve, Around the World in 80 Ways is a geography quiz where two teams race across the world, travelling from country to country with knowledge as their passport.
Host: Simon ReeveQuestions by Paddy DuffySound by Jerry PealProgramme Coordinator: Jodie CharmanProducer: Carl Cooper
BBC Studios production for Radio 4.
A brand-new, number-crunching comedy quiz for Radio 4 hosted by comedian and YouTuber Max Fosh. In the Every Answer Counts round, players must solve general knowledge equations such as multiplying the pH of pure water by the number of PHs in Philadelphia. In Bestimate Guesstimate, quizzers must calculate the value of a solid gold Max Fosh and how long it would take for Dolly Parton to sing Islands in the Stream on every island of the Philippines. And in the fast-paced Facts & Figures round - where extraordinary facts provide frankly useless clues to a series of tricky equations – they must work out the world record for the number of bees in a human mouth… or 763 divided by 7.
Presenter: Max Fosh Writers: Benjamin Sutton, James Trickey and James Rawson Line Producer: Natascha McQueen Assistant Producer: James Rawson Producer: Benjamin Sutton Executive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4
A brand-new, number-crunching comedy quiz for Radio 4 hosted by presenter, comedian and YouTuber Max Fosh. In the Every Answer Counts round, players must solve general knowledge equations such as adding the number of US Supreme Court justices to the number of Strictly Come Dancing judges. In Bestimate Guesstimate, players must calculate how many eggs Nigella Lawson would need to make a Yorkshire pudding for everyone in Yorkshire, and how much it would cost Lou Bega to send a Valentine’s card to all of the women named in Mambo No. 5. In Twenty-One – the quizzing equivalent of blackjack – players must try and build a winning hand using countries and the number of times they have won the Eurovision Song Contest.
Presenter: Max Fosh Writers: Benjamin Sutton, James Trickey and James Rawson Line Producer: Natascha McQueen Assistant Producer: James Rawson Producer: Benjamin Sutton Executive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4
Lucy Porter hosts a brand new quiz as contestants are questioned on a century of news archive which tests their knowledge of the sound of stories from the last 100 years. Presenter: Lucy Porter Team One – Ian Musgrave and James Musgrave Team Two – Jason Hill and Harriet Anderson Writers: Ali Panting and Laura Grimshaw Researcher: Hannah Ratcliffe Production Co-Ordinator: Molly Punshon Consultants: Paul Bajoria and Lizzie Foster Producers: Jon Holmes and Laura Grimshaw An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
Lucy Porter hosts a brand new quiz as contestants are questioned on a century of news archive which tests their knowledge of the sound of stories from the last 100 years. Presenter: Lucy Porter Team One - Phil Donaldson and Adrian Field Team Two - Ann Higgs and Ian Guest Writers: Ali Panting and Laura Grimshaw Researcher: Hannah Ratcliffe Production Co-Ordinator: Molly Punshon Consultants: Paul Bajoria and Lizzie Foster Producers: Jon Holmes and Laura Grimshaw An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
A brand-new quiz about books hosted by Clare Balding. In this episode, teams are tested in a game of nerves in the Long List round to name as many Charles Dickens novels as possible. In Plot Points – where the answers to five literary questions are all clues to a different well-known book – players must work out which 19th-century classic links a Margaret Atwood post-apocalyptic novel with the Lemony Snicket series, and which 21st century crime bestseller connects a racy British novelist with an Egyptian poet. Finally, in the show’s climax, it’s fingers on buzzers for the fast-paced Anagrams round, which features books with colours in the title and celebrity memoirs.
Presenter: Clare BaldingQuestion Writers: Naomi Lock & the QI ElvesLine Producer: Natascha McQueenAssistant Producer: James RawsonProducer: Lyndsay FennerExecutive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4
A brand-new quiz about books hosted by Clare Balding. In this episode, teams are tested in a game of nerves in the Long List round as they try and name as many of the 60+ Stephen King novels as possible. In Plot Points – where the answers to five literary questions are all clues to a different well-known book – players must work out which 1960s classic links a Daphne Du Maurier novel with a Booker Prize winner, and which 21st century global bestseller connects a William Blake poem with the American queen of caustic wisecracks. Finally, in the show’s climax, it’s fingers on buzzers for the fast-paced Anagrams round, which features well-known literary horses and celebrated food writers.
Presenter: Clare BaldingQuestion Writers: Naomi Lock & the QI ElvesLine Producer: Natascha McQueenAssistant Producer: James RawsonProducer: Lyndsay FennerExecutive Producers: Simon Urwin and Kitty Walshe
A QITV production for BBC Radio 4
Kirsty Lang begins the new series with a contest between the Midlands & Northern Ireland
Paul Gambaccini is at Media City in Salford welcoming three more music lovers to the quiz
Paul Gambaccini returns with a new run of the wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz.
Russell Davies is in the question master's chair for the classic general knowledge quiz.
Kirsty Lang's penultimate 2024 contest, featuring the Midlands and the South of England.
Kirsty Lang with teams from Wales and Northern Ireland in their last match of the series.
Kirsty Lang chairs another contest of wordplay with Scotland taking on Northern Ireland.
Kirsty Lang puts the cryptic connections to teams from Scotland and the North of England.
Kirsty Lang with the cryptic contest featuring the South of England against the Midlands
Kirsty Lang kicks off the series with a contest between Wales and the South of England.
The last cryptic contest of the current series pits Wales against the North of England,
Kirsty Lang with Scotland and the North of England in the latest heat of the cryptic quiz
Three semi-finalists join Paul Gambaccini to compete for a place in the Final of the quiz
Paul Gambaccini is in the chair for the music quiz that has something to suit every taste
Paul Gambaccini welcomes three music lovers to the quiz with music of all eras and genres
Three more competitors line-up in the wide-ranging music quiz hosted by Paul Gambaccini.
Paul Gambaccini asks questions on music of all genres and eras, in the nationwide quiz.
Russell Davies puts the questions to a new batch of contenders in the prestigious quiz,
Russell Davies puts the questions to a new batch of contenders in the prestigious quiz,
Russell Davies is in the question master's chair for the classic general knowledge quiz,
The last match in the 2022 season of the cryptic quiz, with Northern Ireland & Scotland.
The cryptic quiz features the Midlands vs Wales, with Kirsty Lang asking the questions.
The South of England play Northern Ireland in the game of cryptic cultural connections.
Paul Gambaccini asks the questions in the first semi-final of the challenging music quiz.